Harvey Lewis III
Harvey Lewis III checks in at number seven in the 2023 UROY voting. He had a typically busy year, running nine ultras. He saved his best performance for his last race, completing a record 108 “yards” (450 miles) and winning Big’s Backyard World Championship. Lewis lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he is a social studies teacher at a magnet school for the arts. – John Medinger. Photo: Howie Stern
2023 Race Results
| Event | Result | GP | OP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hocking Hills Indian Run | 4:55:36 | 1 | 1 |
| Canadian Death Race | 14:41:33 | 4 | 4 |
| Badwater | 27:06:49 | 3 | 5 |
| Australian Backyard Masters | 374.79 | 3 | 3 |
| Dawn to Dusk to Dawn | 137.16 | 1 | 1 |
| Rocks and Roots Trail | 4:35:25 | 2 | 4 |
| Big’s Backyard | 450 | 1 | 1 |
| In the Woods 30A | 4:10:09 | 2 | 2 |
| Barkley Marathon | dnf |
Helen Mino Faukner
Helen Mino Faukner is ranked seventh among the women for 2023. A relatively new ultrarunner, Mino Faukner won the two most competitive sky races in the US—Broken Arrow and Speedgoat. She also was on the podium at the Courmayeur-Champex-Chamonix (CCC) 100k in the Alps. The former University of Nevada athlete now lives in Truckee, California. – John Medinger. Photo: Howie Stern
2023 Race Results
| Event | Result | GP | OP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valhöll Ultra Trail by UTMB (Argentina) | 8:30:52 | 1 | 2 |
| CCC (Italy) | 12:38:05 | 3 | 33 |
| Speedgoat by UTMB | 6:09:16 | 1 | 9 |
| Broken Arrow Skyrace | 4:50:19 | 1 | 29 |
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