Transvulcania and Cocodona were the week’s high spots, but that’s just the start of another big rundown. Read up on the Skyrunner World Series in Türkiye, the Ice Age Trail in Wisconsin, and a U.S. 24-hour national team qualifying spot in Pennsylvania.
You can also check out our race coverage from earlier in the weekend:
- 2025 Cocodona 250 Mile Results: Dan Green and Rachel Entrekin Set New Course Records
- 2025 Transvulcania Results: Anne-Lise Rousset Séguret and Peter Fraňo Storm to Victory
Transvulcania – La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain
Ultramaratón 73k
The event’s classic distance went 45 miles in, at times, wild weather with heavy rain and wind. After three second-place finishes, Anne-Lise Rousset Séguret (France) moved past defending champion and course record holder Ruth Croft (New Zealand) near halfway and rolled to a first-place 8:18. Croft dropped from the race with hypothermia, and no one finished within 18 minutes of race winner Rousset Séguret.
Second-place Ekaterina Mityaeva (Neutral) stalled enough late that Martina Valmassoi (Italy) made big time jumps and finished only 27 seconds behind Mityaeva. The pair came in at 8:36 and 8:37, respectively.
Anne-Lise Rousset Séguret, 2025 Transvulcania Ultramarathon champion. Photo: iRunFar/Meghan Hicks
The women’s top five was:
- Anne-Lise Rousset Séguret (France) – 8:18
- Ekaterina Mityaeva (Neutral) – 8:36
- Martina Valmassoi (Italy) – 8:37
- Martina Cugnetto (Italy) – 8:58
- Giulia Marchesoni (Italy) – 9:00
For the men, Peter Fraňo (Slovakia) has quietly moved up the international ranks in recent years and scored a big win here. He finished in 6:55 after a late-race duel with Andreas Reiterer (Italy). The two were only three minutes apart with second-place Reiterer in at 6:58. Fraňo makes his 100-mile debut in June at the Western States 100.
Manuel Anguita (Spain) was a distant third in 7:19.
Peter Fraňo, 2025 Transvulcania Ultramarathon champion. Photo: iRunFar/Meghan Hicks
The men’s top five was:
- Peter Fraňo (Slovakia) – 6:55
- Andreas Reiterer (Italy) – 6:58
- Manuel Anguita (Spain) – 7:19
- Andrés García (Spain) – 7:22
- Ramon Manetsch (Switzerland) – 7:31
Top American entrants David Sinclair and Matt Daniels and a bunch of top Europeans too dropped prior to finishing.
Andreas Reiterer is bundled up in bad conditions near the high point of the 2025 Transvulcania Ultramarathon course. Photo: iRunFar/Sarah Brady
Maratón 43k
It was an all-Spanish women’s podium. María Teresa La Chica topped Sheila Aviles and Ines Astrain for first. The three finished in 4:29, 4:36, and 4:47, respectively.
For the men, Raúl Criado (Spain) led Tobias Baggenstos (Switzerland) and Andrea Prandi (Italy) to the line in 3:43. The chasers followed in 3:45 and 3:48.
María Teresa La Chica on her way to winning the 2025 Transvulcania Marathon in stormy conditions. Photo: Transvulcania/Roberto Martín
Media Maratón 24k
Maude Mathys (Switzerland) ruled the women’s race in 2:37. Alba Valladares (Spain) edged Silvia Lara (Spain) for runner-up honors in 2:48. Lara was only 41 seconds back in 2:49 for third.
[In 2015, Maude Mathys received a warning without suspension from the Disciplinary Chamber for Doping Cases of Swiss Olympic for two positive tests for clomifene (previously clomiphene) after it was determined that she was mistakenly taking the drug without first obtaining a World Anti-Doping Agency Therapeutic Use Exemption.]
Skyrunning phenom Luca Del Pero (Italy) beat out Sergio Alvarez (Spain) for the men’s win. Both finished in 2:11 with Del Pero 12 seconds in the lead. Daniel Osanz (Spain) was third in 2:12, 61 seconds behind the runner-up.
The 2025 Transvulcania Half Marathon men’s podium (l-to-r): 2. Sergio Alvarez, 1. Luca Del Pero, and 3. David Osanz. Photo: Transvulcania/Van Marty
Cocodona 250 Mile – Black Canyon City, Arizona
Cocodona 250 Mile
Both course records fell on the 256-mile one-way adventure through Arizona. Runners had up to 125 hours to finish the epic, but Rachel Entrekin and Dan Green did it in 63:50 and 58:47. For Entrekin, it was a repeat win, her second in the event’s five-year history, and Green did it in his first go at anything longer than 100 miles.
Entrekin gained the lead just after 100 miles when early leader Courtney Dauwalter stopped and her 63:50 finish was over seven hours better than Annie Hughes’s event record that had stood since 2022.
Green’s run topped Joe McConaughy’s former event best from 2022.
The 2025 Cocodona 250 Mile women’s winner Rachel Entrekin got into it with the weather in the early miles of the race.
The women’s top five was:
- Rachel Entrekin – 63:50
- Lindsey Dwyer – 79:35
- Sarah Ostaszewski – 80:25
- Shelby Farrell – 85:26
- Melissa Browne – 85:45
The men’s top five was:
- Dan Green – 58:47
- Ryan Sandes (South Africa) – 61:21
- Edher Ramirez – 63:10
- Harry Subertas – 65:28
- Finn Melanson – 66:29
Dan Green ran a smart and consistent race to travel from Black Canyon City to Flagstaff, Arizona, faster than anyone else and win the 2025 Cocodona 250 Mile. All photos: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
Sedona Canyons 125 Mile
Half of the long course, the 125 miler went from Jerome to Flagstaff. Andrea White and Nick Allen were champs in 30:57 and 26:24.
Mingus Traverse 78 Mile
The race picked up some of the best parts of the 250-mile course, going 78 miles from Prescott to Sedona. Elise Lagerstrom and Francesco Sunseri won in 17:57 and 15:13.
Flagstaff Crest 39 Mile
The end-of-week 39 miler combined city trails and some of the area’s higher country footpaths. Mary Mickler and Trueheart Brown did it in 6:24 and 4:24. It was Brown’s first race since shock winning the 2022 Black Canyon 100k.
Tahtali Run to Sky – Kemer, Türkiye
The Skyrunner World Series race went point-to-point on an uphill route over 27k and with 2,600 meters of climbing (17 miles, 8,500 feet).
Anastasia Rubtsova (Neutral) hit the forward gear with a 3:17 winning time for the women. Spanish runners Carrodilla Cabestre and Naira Irigoyen were second and third in 3:26 and 3:28.
Anastasia Rubtsova, the 2025 Tahtali Run to Sky women’s champion. Photo: Skyrunner World Series
Only 57 seconds separated men’s one-two Alain Santamaria (Spain) and Nicolas Molina (Spain) with 2:46 and 2:47 on the clock. Jose Manuel Quispe (Peru) was third in 2:50. The front three gapped the field. It was another 11 minutes before the next man finished.
Alain Santamaria, the 2025 Tahtali Run to Sky men’s champion. Photo: Skyrunner World Series
Additional Races and Runs
Margaret River Ultramarathon – Cowaramup, Australia
A field of almost 2,000 took part in the Western Australian weekend event on the Cape to Cape coastline. In the 80k, Holly Ransom and Carl Harrison led in 7:23 and 7:12. Full results.
Tiger Claw – Issaquah, Washington
Hillary Allen and Anthony Fagundes won the 50k in 4:38 and 3:46, and Claire DeVoe and Brian Eimstad were best in the day prior’s 2.5-mile Ascent race in 33:57 and 30:12. Full results.
Tillamook Burn – Timber, Oregon
Recent Gorge Waterfalls 100k runner-up Jade Belzberg led the women’s 50 miler in 7:41 and Joe McConaughy tuned up for the Western States 100 with a 6:56 men’s win. Full results.
Pauite Meadows 50k – Susanville, California
The small field was led by Ashley Nordell and Nicholas Connolly in 4:33 and 4:15. It was at least Nordell’s third win here and she still has the course record from her 2021 run. Full results.
Quad Rock – Fort Collins, Colorado
Riley Brady and David Roche prepped for the Western States 100 with 50-mile wins in 8:16 and 7:06. Both times were new course records. Brady was 13 minutes better than Marianne Hogan’s 2019 run and Roche cut 14 minutes from Ryan Smith’s 2016 push. Jaycie Thomsen and Adam Merry won the 25 miler in 3:57 and 3:26. Full results.
Wildflower Trail Run – Bastrop, Texas
At Bastrop State Park, Ana Escobar and Rex Rimato won the 50k in 5:35 and 4:07. Full results.
Ice Age Trail – La Grange, Wisconsin
In the longtime 50 miler, it was Camille Herron and Michael Quesnell winning in 7:44 and 6:05. Gracia Sich won the women’s 50k in 4:21 and Tim Parr is still getting done and took the men’s 50k in 3:41. Full results.
USATF 25k Road National Championships – Grand Rapids, Michigan
Pat Smyth and Andy Wacker crossed over to the roads for eighth- and 10th-place finishes in 75:53 and 77:21. Full results.
Running With My Gnomies 50k – Dover, Ohio
Women’s best Karmell Ohlrogge ran 6:31 and Alec Cline scored a new men’s course record in 4:22. Full results.
Thunderbunny 50k – Athens, Ohio
At Strouds Run State Park in southern Ohio, Caitlin Hughes and Tyler Callahan won in 5:18 and 4:41. Full results.
West Virginia Trail Fest – Snowshoe, West Virginia
The 100k winners were Lindsay Weaver and Timmy Morgan in 15:09 and 13:02, and Allison Lee and Drew Miller won the 60k in 6:57 and 5:39. Both races ran point to point. Full results.
Glacier Ridge Trail Races – Portersville, Pennsylvania
Maria Reviello and Jeffrey Adams were best in the 50 miler at 9:54 and 8:03, and Morgan Kiebler and Brian Stewart were out front in the 50k at 7:02 and 5:46. Full results.
Dawn to Dusk to Dawn Track Race – Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania
Over 24 hours, Colleen Drahos and Pete Kostelnick totaled 118 and 154 miles, respectively. That puts Kostelnick third among qualifiers for the U.S. 24-hour national team that will race at the IAU 24-Hour World Championships in October 2025. Kostelnick has a 163.5-mile best for the fixed time. Full results.
Hellbender 100 Mile – Old Fort, North Carolina
Shannon Howell and Anthony Woloski won the Black Mountain tour in 22:37 and 21:52. The course was run on an alternate course after last year’s flood damage, but Howell’s time was a new event record by over three hours. Full results.
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