Ok, it’s waaaay to early for a preview or anything of that sort for next year’s 2012 Hardrock 100. However, we thought we’d take a quick break from out TNF 50 mile coverage to share the Hardrock lottery highlights with you.
Thanks to Blake Wood for posting a list of entrants and folks with waitlist spots in the comments.
Top Men for 2012 Hardrock 100
Joe Grant after finishing the 2011 Hardrock 100.
- Jonathan Basham
- Jared Campbell – Pre-lotto entry
- Joe Grant
- Dominic Grossman
- Scott Jaime – Pre-lotto entry
- Christian Johnson
- Dakota Jones
- Hal Koerner
- Jason Koop
- Karl Meltzer – Pre-lotto entry
- Timmy Parr
- Nick Pedatella
- Geoff Roes
- Jordan Whitlock
- Adam Wilcox
Top Women for 2012 Hardrock 100
Darcy Africa running in Maggie Gulch in 2011.
- Darcy Africa
- Diane Finkel – Pre-lotto entry
- Betsy Kalmeyer – Pre-lotto entry
- Krissy Moelh
- Diane van Deren – Pre-lotto entry
Possible Waitlist Additions
- 6th – Andy Jones-Wilkins (essentially accepted)
- 16th – Anton Krupicka (nearly guaranteed)
- 39th – Nathan Yanko
- 40th – Jamil Coury
- … and no point in going past 40 even if there are 100 names on the waitlist (even if my two time HRH Garett Graubins is 41st on the waitlist).
Call for Comments
- Who else is psyched for next year’s Hardrock 100?
- Who else is hoping for great conditions so Jones, Krupicka, Meltzer & Roes as well as Africa, Finkel & Moehl to at least have a shot at the Hardrock course record? Anyone willing to shovel if need be? ;-)
- Who needs to be added to the above lists of top runners?
- Who thinks Dakota Jones has a lot to celebrate ($4,000 from TNF 50 & HR100 ’12) on his 21st birthday on Monday?
- Who thinks iRunFar should be in the San Juan’s covering the race live? ;-)
Diana Finkel shows 'accepted'. Better include her as Top Woman.
Anton did not get in!?!??!?!? DAAAAAAAAAAANG IIIIITTTT
being 16th on the wait list, theres a 99.9% chance he'll get in.
I nearly put up the same parenthetical as I did for AJW. Perhaps I should.
These are the lottery "results"? Where are you getting your list? I have been on the HR website but they don't have the listed posted (at least that I can find).
hardrock on twitter
Anton name just came on the wait list! Ah there is hope
So just how random is the lotto? Seems like an awful high percentage of big names get in.
I agree. People with multiple DNFs also getting in. A DNF should -1 ticket.
Anton will get in, he's in the top 20 on the wait list! What a race it will be!
Anton is on the waiting list…This list is in order??
Sure Dakota has a lot to celebrate !
Kilian not even on the waiting list….such a shame !
Karl Meltzer is also on the "accepted" list (of 36, if I remember correctly).
Meltzer has an automatic entry if he so wishes due to five+ prior finishes: http://hardrock100.com/hardrock-lottery.php
Yup. I've just added the pre-lotto acceptances to the list. :-) I'm doing this on the fly.
:-)
You're doing a great job! Thanks for this discussion!
Thanks, Cat! :-) I'm juggling many balls at the moment!
Damn, no Nick Clark?
Regarding the male runners…
Would love to see Chorier come back after last years win. How about a field that also included Sebastian Chaigneau, Nick Clark, Ryan Sandes, Mike Wolfe, Kilian Jornet? Still great field with Roes, Grant, Jones, Koerner, Meltzer, Nick P., and AJW & Anton on the short end of the wait list.
I'd love to see Chorier back at Hardrock. However, he did say he wouldn't be back in 2012 in our post-race interview: https://www.irunfar.com/2011/07/julien-chorier-pos… .
The only place you'll get to see a showdown like the one you propose is at a race like UTMB or an invitiational ultramarathon. Hardrock doesn't make exceptions to allow elites to enter and while Western States has it's top ten, the Montrail Ultra Cup, and a very rare exception policy to letting elites in, even it's format wouldn't allow for such a field to form.
Yeah, I know the lottery rules…was just thinking about what a special event that would be. Still, very excited to see what Roes can do in this venue. maybe he'll stick around in CO longer this year to prepare for it? Great field as it is. BTW, great work on NTF yesterday and on top of the HR lottery today!!
Cheers!
Kilian was in the lottery but did not get selected. Too bad.
Would have been great to see Kilian try to rock Hardrock. Still going to be an amazing race!
real shame kilian did not get in….
Still waiting to see if I got in. If not, I'll be glued to irunfar coverage
Lam, what's your name? The results are all out.
out where? on the web? tweeter has incomplete list
Twitter has all of the entrants from the lottery. There are 36 additional pre-lotto entrants found here: [broken link to Hardrock ticket list removed] .
It looks like Hardrock might be the Ultra-Of-The-Year in 2012, replacing Western States as the race with the biggest names. That is pretty cool to me as I like the mountain ultras best.
I should say the biggest 100 mile ultra in the United States….
You're right that there'll be a many big names at Hardrock. Not sure I'd go so far as "Ultra of the Year" given the depth of talent that's still likely to toe the line at Western States.
Good chance of Tony getting into HR so that would top off an already stacked field. WS would need some serious international talent to top that (recall Kilian indicated he will not be doing WS).
Both will be great races, that's all I mean. In half a second, I can think of Wolfe, Clark, Wardian, Sharman, Riddle, Olson, and AJW running committed to running States with the lottery and a bunch of Montrail Ultra Cup races to come. Can't wait to watch BOTH unfold… unless I get lucky next weekend. :-)
I agree with Bryon, WS will be just as competitive as it's always been. Might not be all the same usual names but it will still be a tough race with at least 30 guys in it to win it. And, the women's race will likely be even more competitive!
you overlooked jonathan basham on your top mens list. he'll be one of the tuffest dudes to ever toe the line.
Agree on JB. Barkley CR holder and one tough dude!
AJW……if he brings his posse from the NE like Andrew Thompson to pace and crew, it'll bring a very cool element to the race.
Definitely, he should just bring his Aid Station crew from Grindstone. Those guys know how to party!
Completely unintended! I had him on the text document I was typing up during the lottery, but botched him on the cut and paste. Thanks for the reminder!
Well this ups the odds he does the Pikes Peak Marathon.
I wonder if Matt Carpenter will come out of retirement again to defend against a person half his age.
I was thinking about Kilian and PPM early today…. although I think there was already a good chance of Kilian running it. I think the only reason he wouldn't is if he went after Carpenter's Leadville 100 record.
Here are the results from today's Hardrock Lottery – sorry for the delay. First the 140 names that were chosen, then the 100-deep wait list:
140 Entered (alphabetical):
Tim Adams
Darcy Africa
Honey Albrecht
Robert Andrulis
Kirk Apt
Darla Askew
Cam Baker
Jim Ballard
Jonathan Basham
Jerry Bloom
Steve Bremner
Scott Brockmeier
Gretchen Brugman
Levi Burford
Adam Byerly
Jared Campbell
Jim Campiformio
Noe Castanon
David Coblentz
Kerry Collings
William Cook
Bob Crowley
Dick Curtis
Aaron Denberg
John DeWalt
Mike Dobies
Dennis Drey
Mike Ehrlich
Scott Eppelman
Stuart Erskine
Elizabeth Everly
Leah Fein
James Ficke
Diana Finkel
Brian Fisher
Ernie Floyd
Geoffrey Foote
Clark Fox
Devin Gardiner
Susan Gardner
Susan Gebhart
Chris Gerber
Harris Goodman
Ken Gordon
Brett Gosney
Joe Grant
Dominic Grossman
Drew Gunn
Rich Haefele
Larry Hall
Corey Hanson
Garry Harrington
Jim Harris
Donnie Haubert
Mark Heaphy
Roy Heger
Rick Hodges
Sheila Huss
Kristina Irvin
Randy Isler
Shinsuke Isomura
Clemente Izurieta
Scott Jaime
Julian Jamison
Beat Jegerlehner
Jack Jewell
Brian Johnson
Christian Johnson
Cory Johnson
Lance Johnson
Dakota Jones
Betsy Kalmeyer
Kristen Kern
Robert King
Brad Koenig
Hal Koerner
John Koester
Jason Koop
Larry Kundrik
David LaDuc
Bill Losey
Kim Love-Ottobre
Dmity Lysenko
Ted Mahon
Glen Mangiantini
Brian McNeill
Karl Meltzer
Krissy Moehl
Tommy Mowchan
Warren Muldoon
Brian Murray
Ted Nunes
Barbara Heidi Olmer
Scott Olmer
Kerry Owens
Gareth Parker
Timmy Parr
Eric Payne
Nick Pedatella
Deb Pero
Steve Pero
Rollin Perry
Bud Phillips
Chad Piala
Don Platt
Jason Poole
Joe Prusaitis
Mauricio Puerto
Kris Quandt
Rickie Redland
Axel Reissnecker
Tom Remkes
Jennifer Roach
Geoff Roes
Todd Salzer
Doug Seaver
John Sharp
Billy Simpson
Alan Smith
Julian Smith
Charlie Sperry
Patrick Stewart
Edward Strickland
Doug Sullivan
Jon Teisher
Drake Tollenaar
Chris Twiggs
Diane Van Deren
James Varner
Ken Ward
Mike Weigand
Hans-Dieter Weisshaar
Steve Westlund
Jordan Whitlock
Adam Wilcox
David Wilcox
David Williams
Allie Wood
Blake Wood
Rodger Wrublik
100-Deep Wait List:
1 John Constan
2 David Hayes
3 John Hart
4 Rob Erskine
5 Kenneth Farley
6 Andy Jones-Wilkins
7 Tim Long
8 Scott Snyder
9 Martin Fritzhand
10 Loren Wohletz
11 Andrew Barney
12 Reid Delman
13 Whit Rambach
14 Simon Gilna
15 Nick Serfass
16 Anton Krupicka
17 Randall Dunn
18 Jeason Murphy
19 Ricky Denesik
20 Megan Finnesy
21 Harry Harcrow
22 Mike Farris
23 Gary Redwine
24 Mark Oveson
25 John Wojciechowski
26 Rhonda Claridge
27 Borkur Arnason
28 Tom Stockton
29 Joe Constantino
30 Stephen Young
31 Seth Hales
32 Liz Bauer
33 Tetsuro Ogata
34 Charles Leonard
35 Lewis Persons
36 Jeremy Pade
37 Jordan Hanlon
38 Charlie Vincent
39 Nathan Yanko
40 Jamil Coury
41 Garrett Graubins
42 Barry Oelrich
43 Lain Hughes
44 Colleen Ihnken
45 Todd Cook
46 Heather McNiff
47 Scott Rabb
48 Mark Moran
49 Neal Gorman
50 Thomas Schnitzius
51 Melinia Cabiles
52 Scott Kunz
53 Jeb Burchenal
54 Eric Lee
55 John Fegyveresi
56 Ian Farris
57 Michael James
58 Gary Lukacs
59 Andrew Heard
60 Chris Basford
61 Elizabeth Bouquet
62 David Wronski
63 Ryan McDonald
64 Mike Thomas
65 Travis Liles
66 Andrew Harding
67 Jean Francois Geiss
68 Chihping Fu
69 Kuni Yamagata
70 Flora Krivak-Tetley
71 Becky Wheeler
72 David Larson
73 Ryan McDermott
74 Craig Slagel
75 Bill Jordan
76 Scott Railton
77 David Brown
78 Paul Schoenlaub
79 Dwight Worthington
80 Jim Sweatt
81 Brian Holthausen
82 Jeff List
83 Chris Picon
84 Paul Ralyea
85 Paul Hooge
86 Jeff Browning
87 Masahiko Tamakami
88 Gregory Norrander
89 Chad Brackelsberg
90 Chris Rennaker
91 Troy Howard
92 Diana Widdowson
93 Daniel Brenden
94 Gretchen Evaul
95 Duane Nelson
96 Margaret Welk
97 Todd Gangelhoff
98 Kevin Twidwell
99 Allen Hadley
100 David Pease
To anticipate the inevitable question, here is the highest number on the
initial wait list to get into the run for the past few years:
Year – Highest # to start Hardrock
2003 – 75
2004 – 50
2005 – 28
2006 – 42
2007 – 38
2008 – 99
2009 – 27
2010 – 27
2011 – 36
– Blake
Blake P. Wood
President, Hardrock Board of Directors
Blake, Don't apologize for a "delay"… it's wonderful of you to have a public list together so quickly and I'm so glad you took the time to post it.
See you in Silverton next July!
Looking forward to seeing JB perform well at hardrock (I'll be following, literally, from back on the course), and I think he has a great chance, but he's not the CR holder at barkley: Flyin' Brian is (I believe), along with others who are under JB's time.
As far as I've heard Kilian will be competing in WS again as he wants the record. I could be wrong but am pretty sure he will be.
As well as hopefully a few other International athletes that may go! I believe WS will be the more competitive race in the US next year
Alright, I will admit that maybe, because i am from CO, my bias may have affected my assessment. Let's call it a draw (for now)!
would love to see nick clark and killian in the mix, but it will be a great race all the same – i'm pumped that basham is in it!
yeah! young money has been killing it and has a lot to celebrate – he just recently broke mackey's record for the grand canyon as well. i'm excited to see how he progresses in the next few years…
How can Hardrock be taken seriously as a prestigious race when Kilian Jornet is denied entry?
This would be like the Boston Marathon turning away Kenenisa Bekele because he doesn't have an official "qualifying" time.
I guess the answer to that is that Hardrock DOESN'T aspire to "be taken seriously as a prestigious race". We DO aspire to provide a fun and challenging mountain running experience.
– Blake
We can leave that niche to Western States and Leadville. This has worked pretty well for 20 years now. Why change it now?
– Blake
Whether you want to or not, based on the list of those running and the attention HR has garnered, I would say HR is already being taken seriously and is a "prestigious" race (whatever that means – Interpret it yourself).
When the reigning champion of both UTMB and Western States attempts to enter a 100-mile mountain race and is denied entry, it just makes me scratch my head. That's all.
When Jurek entered the race he was the reigning 7-time defending WS champ. He was put on the waitlist. Maybe it leads to head scratching, but it's the way HRH has always done it and there's nothing wrong with that, IMHO.
Those exemplary runners were not "denied entry"….their names didn't come out of the hat (just like several other hundred unfortunate aspirants) ….. per "tradition" …..
BTW, Jornet is qualified and was in the lottery. His name just didn't come out of the jar.
– Blake
Thanks for chiming in Blake. But now the question becomes, who do we have to bribe to allow Kilian entry to the race? Would it be enough for Bryon to "fix" his next giveaway contest? Or maybe we can all chip in and send a six of AJW's weekly brew to your doorstep from now until the race?
While there's something to be said for tradition, can't you also make the case for a little discretion? No one thinks HR should be the Bolder Boulder, each has their place, but it sure would be neat to see HR more inclusive of special opportunities that didn't present themselves just because they didn't make the lottery. Just because you do something the same way for 20 years doesn't mean it's always the right answer in year 21.
With respect,
Mike
While I don't necessarily agree with the selection process, I don't think 'elite' runners should have any special preference. I personally don't care who is in the race – it' all about me. Criticize, suggest, bitch all you want, it's not your race – If you don't like the rules, go somewhere else or start your own. I'm 0/2 if you want to know.
I agree Jn, I may not like the selection process of lottery races, but I only think they work if the elites are in the same pool as everyone else. I agree with preferences for past winners but don't see why someone is popular that they should get in just because. I applaud the directors that keep requirements the same for everyone.
I appreciate the offer, but I brew my own!
– Blake
We go through this same discussion every year….if one wants to better their chances of getting into Hardrock, come out and captain an aid station or do some trail work, both which gives you an extra ticket.
Hardrock is Hardrock and I like it that way…I for one hope the "run" never changes.
I would give Killian my spot if I could….in a heartbeat…if I could trade for his spot at WS. :-). Hardrock is a far better race than WS, but WS is a piece of a puzzle that I would like to solve. I really want to see him run Hardrock in his prime. I am sure he is NOT in his prime yet, and I hope he continues to enter this great race. It may be called a "run", but it is a race for everyone who "runs" it.
As an RD myself, I do understand that the RD (and the committee) can have their own rules and qualifications. I do at my race and if Killian wants to run 5 minutes before the start, I'll be the first guy to give him the number.
I really hope, he, and other fast guys and gals continue to enter HR, cuz' it is the Superbowl, not just another track meet.
not really, if you look at who didn't get in, you might find that it's pretty balanced as far as lotteries go. I assure you it's random.
Yes, a DNF should not earn a second ticket for the following year, but if the name is pulled, even if they've never finished in 10 tries…..that's what a lottery is. They are just lucky and should head to Vegas instead. :-)
Love this race next year, lots of favorites and my favorite wild card Timmy Parr.
The basic problem is that we're limited by permit (and choice) to 140, and this year we had 703 qualified applicants. There are many top runners competing this year, as listed at the top of this thread. Who would you toss overboard to let in Killian? There are already many good friends – runners who have supported the Hardrock for many years – who did not get in. I would have loved to see Killian run this year, and hope he gets to in a future year, and I'm really excited that Geoff, Jared, Karl, JB, Anton, AJW, Hal, Dakota, Nick, Scott, Joe, and the rest will get the chance to go head-to-head if they choose. But it's a tough choice – we simply can't let in everyone who wants to run it or everyone that others want to see run it. At the same time, we take flak from the other side about making it too hard for first-time applicants to get in. It's a scarce resource, and you can't please everyone.
Right on, Blake!
I also value the transparency of the process … it 'is what it is' and 'it is what is' for everyone.
Blake
you have run Hardrock at least 16 times. perhaps if you and others like you voluntarily stepped aside, others would have a slightly better chance.
there seem to be a lot of multiple timers, while others never get in.
but it is your race.