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First & Last at WS100: Courtney Dauwalter & Jennifer St. Amand

Scotty Sandow 08/01/2023
Scotty Sandow 08/01/2023
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In this new format, First & Last, we talked with two amazing women: Western States 100 first-place woman and female course record holder, Courtney Dauwalter, and the very last finisher, Jennifer St. Amand, who finished with just 21 seconds to spare. This new feature gives listeners insight into how WS100 unfolded for both runners who had two of the most compelling finishes at this year’s event.

Dauwalter lives in Leadville, Colorado, and is a retired school teacher turned professional ultrarunner. Her running resume is nothing short of staggering with first-place finishes from around the US and abroad, including UTMB, Hardrock, Tahoe 200, Tarawera, Moab 240 and others. This interview was recorded just days before her record-setting performance and win at the Hardrock 100.

St. Amand is from Dexter, Minnesota, a former social worker and now recruiter for the Minnesota Army National Guard. Jen has ten 100-mile-races under her belt, including seven sub-24 hour finishes with two of those under 19 hours at the Tunnel Hill 100 in Illinois.

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Scotty Sandow has over 20 years of experience in the audio production industry. Career highlights include executive producer of a top-rated morning talk show, co-founding an influential ultrarunning podcast, launching the California Department of Public Health’s podcast and co-hosting an award-winning podcast for Placer County, The Placer Life. Scotty also consults with new podcast hosts, sharing his bag of tricks to launch podcasts. He lives in the Sierra Nevada foothills with his family and pet rabbit, Presley. Email: [email protected] Instagram: @ScottySandow

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