Joe Fejes (photo by Catherine Harding)
Joe Fejes
Multi-day specialist Joe Fejes checks in at number eight. Fejes, an attorney from Hoschton, Georgia, started the year with an astounding total of 329.64 miles in 72 hours at the Across the Years run in Arizona. Fejes won six events during the year, including the Vol State Run, a 314-mile trek across the state of Tennessee. He won the Hinson Lake 24-Hour Run and finished tenth at the IAU World Championship 24-Hour Run in Holland.
2013 Race Results
| Place | Time | Event | Distance (miles) |
| 1 | 72-hr | Across the Years 2012/13 | 329.64 |
| 1 | 24-hr | Destin Beach | 134 |
| 1 | 24-hr | Hinson Lake | 141.36 |
| 10 | 24-Hr | IAU – Steenbergen | 154.189 |
| 7 | 7:34:53 | Laurel Valley | 35 |
| 1 | 12-hr | Operation Endurance Run | 78.605 |
| 1 | 10:42:57 | Palm 100 | 62 |
| 6 | 28:59:44 | Superior Fall | 100 |
| 1 | 80:10:16 | Vol State | 314 |
| 1 | 80:10:16 | Vol State – Supported | 314 |
Kaci Lickteig
Kaci Lickteig
Kaci Lickteig ran eight ultras during the year and finished as top woman in all of them. The physical therapist from Omaha, Nebraska, won four of these races outright! Lickteig, a 2:44 marathoner, ran her first ultra 2012. A little over a year later, she ran her first 100 mile race at the Black Hills 100 and finished second overall out of 93 starters, and broke the women’s course record by seven hours.
2013 Race Results
| Place | Female Place | Time | Event | Distance (miles) |
| 1 | 1 | 6:54:15 | Bear Chase | 50 |
| 2 | 1 | 19:12:01 | Black Hills | 100 |
| 2 | 1 | 3:54:17 | GOATZ Trail Run | 31 |
| 1 | 1 | 7:25:38 | Hawk | 50 |
| 4 | 1 | 9:47:12 | Kettle Moraine | 62 |
| 2 | 1 | 3:43:50 | Lean Horse | 31 |
| 1 | 1 | 3:38:02 | Market to Market | 31 |
| 1 | 1 | 4:19:35 | Psycho Psummer | 31 |
3 Comments
Kaci – it has been a wonderful honor training and racing with you throughout the year – congratulations on an achievement well earned! 2013 was fantastic, 2014 will be even better!
Kaci – We are so proud of you and your accomplishments. What’s even more impressive than your running accomplishments is the person you are on and off the trail. You represent the culture of ultra and trail running and make all of us, even back-of-the-packers like me, feel like a superstar! Thank you for raising the bar for all of us in so many ways!
Top woman in all 8 races and outright 1st overall in 4 of them!!
She should be #1 UltraRunner of the year, IMHO! WAY TO GO KACI!!