Caleb Olson and Abby Corridor received the 2025 Western States 100 in 14:11 and 16:37 after second-half duels with Chris Myers and Ida Nilsson (Sweden), respectively. Olson’s time was the race’s second-fastest ever and Corridor’s win got here two years after a devastating damaged leg.
Olson bumped into the lads’s lead on the climb to Satan’s Thumb at mile 48 and threatened the course report all the way in which to the end. He missed the report by two minutes and simply barely held off Chris Myers over the race’s second half. Myers was second in 14:17.
Caleb Olson successful the 2025 Western States 100. Photograph: iRunFar/Meghan Hicks
Corridor received out quick and gained the ladies’s lead close to mile 55. Her win got here after restoration from a damaged leg in 2023, and he or she received by simply 10 minutes over a fast-closing Fu-Zhao Xiang (pre-race interview) of China.
Olson, Myers, Corridor, and Xiang have been a part of a gaggle of 369 runners who began the 52nd Western States 100. The race began at 5:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time on Saturday, June 29, and ran for 100.2 miles via the Sierra Nevada from Olympic Valley to Auburn, California, with a end on the Placer Excessive Faculty monitor. Finishers overcame some 18,000 ft of climbing and 23,000 ft of descent in temperatures that reached 100 levels Fahrenheit.
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Abby Corridor taking the ladies’s title on the 2025 Western States 100. Photograph: iRunFar/Meghan Hicks
2025 Western States 100 Males’s Race
Defending champion Jim Walmsley and 2024 third-placer Hayden Hawks have been sidelined on account of damage, however the race was nonetheless among the many best in its lengthy historical past, and among the many best 100 milers worldwide this yr too. Final yr’s runner-up Rod Farvard (pre-race interview) was again to enhance on his 14:14 third-fastest ever run. The 2022 winner Adam Peterman (pre-race interview) was once more on the beginning line, and 2011 winner Kilian Jornet (pre-race interview) of Spain and Leadville 100 Mile course record-holder David Roche (pre-race interview) have been additionally among the many favorites.
This present day belonged to Caleb Olson, although. Olson, who simply turned a brand new dad, was fifth right here in 2024 in 14:40 and that was the quickest Western States debut in historical past. He received Transgrancanaria earlier this yr in Spain too.
Roche led a gaggle of no less than 15 to the course excessive level at mile 3.5, and so they have been already virtually a minute quicker than Farvard’s main break up from 2024. The primary 12 have been all nonetheless inside 34 seconds of one another at Purple Star Ridge (mile 15), and so they’d jumped much more time forward of final yr’s splits. Farvard was on the entrance of the group right here in 2:21 and was seven minutes quicker than report tempo. Jeff Mogavero and Olson have been instantly behind Farvard, and Myers was formally in fourth and simply eight seconds again. The remainder of the highest males included Roche and Jornet, 2024 UTMB winner Vincent Bouillard (pre-race interview) of France, the 2025 Cocodona 250 Mile winner Dan Inexperienced, and Golden Ticket winners Seth Ruhling and Hans Troyer.
Hans Troyer crossing the American River later within the race. Photograph: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
Farvard needed to win and he and Mogavero broke the group up on an enormous downhill to mile 24.5’s Duncan Canyon. Farvard and Mogavero have been almost collectively in 3:24 and the subsequent eight runners — Bouillard, Olson, Roche, Myers, Ruhling, Troyer, Jornet, and Peterman — have been principally collectively and a minute behind the entrance two.
Ruhling jumped from the chase group to the lead group on the climb to Robinson Flat (mile 30). He was there with Olson and Farvard, and Myers and Jornet have been seconds behind. It was now a gaggle of eight that have been inside a minute of one another. Dan Jones (pre-race interview) had moved up into ninth, his first time within the high 10 on the day, and he was 90 seconds again of the lead. Mogavero although had fallen off the lead and was now Tenth, and Bouillard was bumped again to eleventh, earlier than later dropping from the race.
Seth Ruhling and Rod Farvard main a practice of males into Robinson Flat at mile 30. Photograph: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
Temperatures have been already as much as 75 levels Fahrenheit as Myers, Ruhling, and Olson continued to guide at Dusty Corners (mile 38). Troyer was 30 seconds behind in fourth, and Roche was fifth and one other 45 seconds behind. Behind the entrance 5, a chase group of 4 with Jornet, Peterman, Farvard, and Jones was about 90 seconds behind in sixth via ninth place.
After a fast descent out of Dusty Corners, Myers hit mile 43’s Final Likelihood in 5:47 alone within the lead. He was a minute forward of second-place Olson and it was the most important lead of the race thus far. After Olson, the subsequent seven runners have been all roughly in a gaggle three minutes off the lead.
Olson regained Myers on the climb as much as Satan’s Thumb at mile 48 in 6:32. Jornet, Roche, and Peterman got here in third, fourth, and fifth and have been nonetheless over three minutes again of Olson and Myers. Jones had moved as much as sixth, six minutes behind Olson. Troyer, Mogavero, Ruhling, and Farvard rounded out the highest 10.
New Zealand’s Dan Jones as soon as once more taking good care of enterprise within the Western States warmth. Photograph: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
Frontrunners Myers and Olson remained within the lead at El Dorado Creek at mile 53 in 7:08 and scored a much bigger break. They have been now eight minutes in entrance of everybody else. Mogavero had moved up 4 spots and was with Roche in third and fourth. Jornet, Jones, and Peterman have been fifth, sixth, and seventh, and 9 minutes again of the leaders. Ruhling, Farvard, and Troyer have been eighth, ninth, and Tenth.
Olson used the sooner Satan’s Thumb climb to drag even with Myers, after which broke freed from him on the climb to Michigan Bluff (mile 56). Olson led Myers by two minutes right here. Jornet did some work on the climb too to maneuver up two spots to get to 3rd, however he was nonetheless virtually eight minutes again of Olson. Mogavero was now two minutes behind Jornet, and Roche was 90 seconds behind Mogavero in fifth. The hole between first-place Olson and Tenth-place Troyer was as much as 19 minutes.
Jeff Mogavero climbing properly on his option to Michigan Bluff. Photograph: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
At Foresthill (mile 62), a celebratory milestone on the course stuffed with spectators, Olson got here in at 8:32. He was 34 minutes quicker than he ran in 2024. Myers was second and 4 minutes behind Olson. Mogavero and Jornet have been 13 minutes again of Olson, and Ruhling was one other three minutes again of Mogavero and Jornet. As a lot of a celebration as Foresthill is, it’s additionally the place the race’s attrition begins to point out. The harmful mixture of quad-wrecking downhills, warmth, and competitors noticed Roche lose three spots from mile 56 to mile 62 to fall to eighth after which drop out shortly after, and Peterman fell outdoors the highest 10.
Olson and Myers have been nonetheless one-two at mile 66 with Olson three minutes in entrance. Mogavero and Jornet have been nonetheless 10 minutes again of Myers, and Ruhling was fifth however one other three minutes behind Jornet. Jones and Farvard have been sixth and seventh and regardless of operating in seventh, Farvard was solely 4 minutes slower than in 2024 when main the race. Troyer was eighth however 11 minutes behind Farvard, and Ryan Montgomery charged up into ninth. He was already two spots higher than he was 4 miles earlier at Foresthill.
It was Olson and Myers on the entrance the remainder of the way in which. Olson led Myers by two minutes at mile 73, and Mogavero and Jornet have been 13 and 14 minutes again of Myers in third and fourth. Olson pushed it to a five-minute lead after the climb to Inexperienced Gate (mile 80) and he was 9 minutes forward of Walmsley’s course report tempo. Jornet and Mogavero have been battling for third and making up time on Olson and Myers too.
Chris Myers having a very good snicker in second place on the Rucky Chucky river crossing. Photograph: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
At Quarry Street (mile 91), Olson break up 13:18 to Myers’s 13:24 and he was hanging onto Walmsley’s report tempo. Jornet continued to eat into the lead and he was third right here in 13:30. Farvard, who had led the race early on, dropped right here.
The order of the highest three caught the remainder of the way in which, and Olson simply missed the course report. After main for all the race’s second half, Caleb Olson received in 14:11 and simply missed the 14:09 course report. Olson’s end was the race’s second quickest ever.
Chris Myers chased the lead for some 52 miles and was second in 14:17. It was the race’s fourth-fastest end ever. Jornet closed extremely properly to complete third in 14:19. He was third in 2010 too as a 22 yr previous, and this end was improbably 85 minutes quicker than his personal 2011 successful time.
Jeff Mogavero fell off Jornet’s podium tempo however was fourth in 14:30. He broke Olson’s year-old report for the quickest first-time Western States. Dan Jones jumped Ruhling for fifth between mile 85 and 91 and held that spot to the end in 14:36. It was Jones’ third-straight top-five end. Seth Ruhling struggled over the ultimate 15 miles and completed in 14:59.
Kilian Jornet climbing via the warmth of the day in Michigan Bluff. Photograph: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
Ryan Montgomery, who’d moved up the sector within the race’s late levels, completed seventh in 15:54. Hans Troyer took eighth in 16:06 after a constant run, and late additions to the highest 1-, Peter Fraňo (Slovakia) and Hiroki Kai (Japan), have been subsequent in 16:10 and 16:22.
Ryan Montgomery crossing the American River on his option to a seventh-place end. Photograph: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
2025 Western States 100 Males’s Outcomes
- Caleb Olson (Nike) – 14:11:25
- Chris Myers (Brooks) – 14:17:39
- Kilian Jornet (NNormal) – 14:19:22 (pre-race interview)
- Jeff Mogavero (On) – 14:30:11
- Dan Jones (adidas Terrex) – 14:36:17 (pre-race interview)
- Seth Ruhling (The North Face) – 14:59:36
- Ryan Montgomery (Janji) – 15:54:29
- Hans Troyer (Altra) – 16:06:52
- Peter Fraňo (Scarpa) – 16:10:44
- Hiroki Kai – 16:22:46
Ryan Montgomery identifies as non-binary and competes within the males’s race.
2025 Western States 100 Girls’s Race
In 2024, China’s Fu-Zhao Xiang (pre-race interview), Hungary’s Eszter Csillag (pre-race interview), and Zimbabwe’s Emily Hawgood (pre-race interview) ran the race’s third-, fourth-, and seventh-fastest instances ever because the second-, third-, and fourth-place finishers. Absent defending champion Katie Schide, these three have been favored within the girls’s race.
It was Abby Corridor, although, who positioned herself close to the lead early and ran the race’s climbs higher than anybody else towards a near-perfect day. Corridor had a standout 2022 that noticed her end second at Transgrancanaria and Transvulcania, and he or she was third at CCC that very same yr, however then she broke her leg in June 2023. After a protracted restoration from that damage, she earned her approach into Western States with a fifth-place run at this yr’s Black Canyon 100k.
Abby Corridor crossing the American River within the lead. Photograph: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
In contrast to the lads, the ladies didn’t begin out at underneath course-record tempo, however Corridor stretched the group on the opening climb. She ran via a tunnel of followers on the 3.5-mile excessive level in first in 43:54. Sixth and seventh the final two years, Ida Nilsson (Sweden) got here subsequent and Martyna Młynarczyk (Poland), Riley Brady (pre-race interview), and others have been all inside a minute of the chief Corridor. Młynarczyk, a triathlete-turned-trail runner who was second ultimately yr’s CCC, was a shock on the entrance of the race. Conversely, Tara Dower (pre-race interview) was anticipated to problem for the win however was hampered by a pre-race chilly and was again in sixteenth and by no means entered the highest 10.
It was Nilsson and Corridor on the entrance of the race via mile 15 at Purple Star Ridge. Nilsson break up 2:40, 28 seconds in entrance of Corridor. Młynarczyk was 38 seconds behind Corridor, and Csillag and Canada’s Marianne Hogan (pre-race interview) have been fourth and fifth. Heather Jackson, Hannah Allgood, Xiang, Hậu Hà (Vietnam), and Hawgood have been in the back of the highest 10. Pre-race favorites Brady and Dower have been each outdoors the highest 10.
Fu-Zhao Xiang on her option to ending second at Western States for the second yr in a row. Photograph: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
At mile 24.5’s Duncan Canyon, Corridor pulled even with Nilsson to guide, and Młynarczyk had closed to inside seconds of the leaders. These breakaway lead three have been almost three minutes in entrance of fourth-place Csillag. Rosanna Buchauer (Germany), the 2024 Lavaredo Extremely Path 120k winner, was the race’s first main drop when she exited the competition at mile 24.
Corridor and Młynarczyk outclimbed Nilsson to Robinson Flat (mile 30), with Corridor simply in entrance of Młynarczyk and Nilsson was 90 seconds behind in third. The remainder of the highest 10 stayed intact with Csillag, Hogan, Allgood, Jackson, Xiang, and Hà all there, and Shea Aquilano moved into the highest 10 for the primary time forward of Hawgood.
Marianne Hogan striding out within the excessive nation. Photograph: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
Młynarczyk was the race chief at Miller’s Defeat (mile 34), operating 5:27 and coming via 31 seconds in entrance of second-place Corridor. Nilsson was 20 seconds behind Corridor in third because the entrance three have been solely 61 seconds aside, and people entrance three had put a spot on everybody else. Fourth-place Csillag was now over six minutes behind Nilsson and fifth- and sixth-place Hogan and Allgood have been one other three minutes behind Csillag.
Nilsson bridged as much as Młynarczyk within the five-mile downhill from Miller’s Defeat to Dusty Corners at mile 38, making up a minute as the 2 each got here in at 5:54. Corridor was just a bit behind in third however the lead three have been basically collectively. Csillag was nonetheless stalking the group in fourth, bettering her personal splits from 2024, however had misplaced extra time on the lead three. She was now over 9 minutes behind the entrance three and was about to be overtaken by Hogan.
Ida Nilsson crossing the American River at mile 78. Photograph: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
At Satan’s Thumb (mile 48), Młynarczyk and Corridor have been over three minutes forward of third-place Nilsson. It was one other massive hole to fourth with Hogan 9 minutes behind Nilsson. Allgood and Xiang overtook Csillag for fifth and sixth as Csillag began to sluggish with damage and ultimately dropped from the race. Hà, Jackson, and Hawgood have been eighth, ninth, and Tenth.
Młynarczyk was alone on the entrance at El Dorado Creek (mile 53) in 8:15 however she’d by no means raced longer than 100k and perhaps she’d gone too quick too early. Corridor was two minutes behind in second, and Nilsson was nonetheless third however now 4 minutes behind Corridor. Hogan, Xiang, Allgood, Hà, Hawgood, Fiona Pascall (U.Ok.), and Jackson have been all within the high 10.
Emily Hawgood, Fiona Pascall, and Shea Aquilano operating into Robinson Flat. Photograph: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
Corridor flew via Michigan Bluff within the lead at 8:58 and that was over 10 minutes in entrance of now second-place Nilsson. Xiang, who closed properly in 2024, jumped clear as much as third and was solely six minutes again of Nilsson. Allgood and Hogan have been fourth and fifth and Młynarczyk received into the help station sixth however was in bother. Hà and Hawgood have been into help seventh and eighth, and Pascall and Caitlin Fielder (New Zealand) have been ninth and Tenth, however everybody would get out forward of Młynarczyk. Jackson, and Csillag, each high 10 final yr, and early chief Młynarczyk all dropped from the race right here.
Corridor got here into Foresthill (mile 62) in 9:58 and Nilsson was nonetheless 10 minutes again, however she ran the subsequent a number of miles to the American River quicker than Corridor. At mile 66, Nilsson had minimize the hole to only seven minutes, after which it was solely 5 minutes at mile 71 after which solely 4 minutes at mile 78. Xiang had additionally made up time and was solely 10 minutes behind Corridor at mile 78, however pre-race favourite Brady dropped from the race at Foresthill.
Hậu Hà operating sturdy within the early going. Photograph: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
After dropping time from Foresthill to the American River at mile 78 to her chasers, Corridor pushed the two-mile climb out of the river to Inexperienced Gate (mile 80). She rebuilt an eight-minute lead on Nilsson. Not solely did Nilsson lose time in opposition to Corridor, after which Xiang additionally handed her close to mile 85 to safe second place.
After main for nearly all the race’s second half, Abby Corridor completed first in 16:37. It was the race’s fourth-fastest end ever and it was an enormous step up from Corridor’s 14th-place run in 22:11 from 2021. Fu-Zhao Xiang was second for the second-straight yr. She completed in 16:47 and whereas she didn’t match final yr’s 16:20 run, this yr’s end ranks because the race’s seventh-fastest end ever.
Hannah Allgood operating early within the excessive nation. Photograph: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
After earlier difficult Corridor for the lead, Nilsson fell behind Hogan within the remaining 10 miles. Marianne Hogan was simply over three minutes behind Xiang on the end in 16:50 to take third. It was Hogan’s second third-place end, including to a 2022 podium run. Ida Nilsson completed fourth in 17:00. Though the time didn’t fairly match final yr’s masters record-setting time, she improved two spots.
Fiona Pascall made a really late cross of Hậu Hà and the 2 completed fifth and sixth in 17:21 and 17:23. Pascall was the fourth worldwide runner within the first 5 and in all, worldwide runners took seven of the highest 10 finishes.
Caitlin Fielder making her approach throughout the American River. Photograph: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
Hannah Allgood took seventh in 17:39 and Caitlin Fielder took eighth in 17:47. After shifting into the highest 10 late race, Keely Henninger completed ninth in 17:57.
After roughly sustaining her place all day, Emily Hawgood closed out the highest 10 in 18:11, her fifth top-10 end in as a few years.
Keely Henninger about to shut her approach into the ladies’s high 10. Photograph: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
2025 Western States 100 Girls’s Outcomes
- Abby Corridor (adidas Terrex) – 16:37:16
- Fu-Zhao Xiang (Hoka) – 16:47:09 (pre-race interview)
- Marianne Hogan (Salomon) – 16:50:58 (pre-race interview)
- Ida Nilsson (Craft) – 17:00:48
- Fiona Pascall (Salomon) – 17:21:52
- Hậu Hà (Kailas Fuga) – 17:23:47
- Hannah Allgood (adidas Terrex) – 17:39:02
- Caitlin Fielder (adidas Terrex) – 17:47:26
- Keely Henninger – 17:57:24
- Emily Hawgood (adidas Terrex) – 18:11:05 (pre-race interview)
Emily Hawgood having fun with a cool off within the American River. Photograph: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
Protection Thanks
Thanks a lot to the next people who helped iRunFar cowl this race: Robbie Harms, Ellie Greenwood, Marissa Harris, Casey Wyatt, Grace Lattyak, Jo Ohm, Paula Leuzzi, Emma Grupe, Luke Grupe, Deanna Ertola, Anthony Rietl, Paulina Popovskaia, Nikki Buurma, Ryan Anderson, Peyton Bilo, Lance Cooper, Matt Settle, Ginger Marcelino, and Jordan Tager.
