She ran early with UTMB champion Katie Schide, but eventually began a searing surge from Robinson Flat (mile 30) on that saw her move into the top 10 overall by mile 70. A heavy Sierra winter had left the “high country” portion of the course with near-record amounts of snow, but Dauwalter, a former collegiate Nordic skiing standout, bided her time well over the most difficult portion of this year’s course. What made Dauwalter’s new record all the more remarkable was the fact that she needed to negotiate about 20 miles of snow in the early going of the race. Greenwood’s previous record set in 2012 was 16:47.ĭauwalter, in winning her second Western States in the past five years, became the first woman in WSER history to ever break 16 hours. In a sterling career that has seen Courtney Dauwalter record one superlative after another, her course record-setting effort on Saturday in winning the women’s race at the Western States Endurance Run was perhaps her best ever.ĭauwalter, 38, of Leadville, Colorado, shattered Ellie Greenwood’s longstanding 11-year-old course record by more than an hour in running 15 hours, 29 minutes and 33 seconds. Transgender and Nonbinary Entrant PolicyĬONTACT: John Trent, media relations, (775) 842-4871, RUNS A RACE FOR THE AGES AND EVANS RUNS AWAY FROM MEN’S FIELD AT WESTERN STATES ENDURANCE RUN PRESENTED BY HOKAĬourtney Dauwalter shatters women’s course record, Tom Evans runs the fourth-fastest men’s time at 2023 WSER.
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