Pam Smith
Pam Smith is the number eight-ranked female for 2016. Smith, a pathologist and mother of two from Salem, Oregon, was the top U.S. finisher in the IAU World 100K Championships in Spain, and was second woman at the 153-mile Spartathlon in Greece. Stateside, she clocked 143.66 miles in the Dawn to Dusk to Dawn 24-hour race, where she came through 100 miles in a split of 14:09:48. Photo: Glenn Tachiyama
2016 Race Results
| Race | Time | Place | Gender Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dawn to Dusk to Dawn | 143.66 | 1 | |
| Dawn to Dusk to Dawn | 14:09:48 | 1 | |
| Spartathlon (Greece) | 27:13:31 | 13 | 2 |
| Hagg Mud | 4:38:30 | 8 | 1 |
| IAU World 100K (Spain) | 7:56:48 | 79 | 12 |
Andrew Miller
Andrew Miller ran only two races in 2016, but made the most of them. He won the Georgia Death Race 68 Mile in the spring, which earned him a golden ticket into Western States. He then won Western States in June, at age 20 the youngest winner in the race’s venerable history. The Corvallis, Oregon native is a full-time college student at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. Photo: Paul Nelson
2016 Race Results
| Race | Time | Place |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia Death Race | 11:42:51 | 1 |
| Western States | 15:39:36 | 1 |