Tarawera Ultramarathon

Tarawera Ultramarathon is a trail running event which includes a 21km, 50km, 102km and a 100-mile ultramarathon trail race, with the inaugural even held in 2009, it is part of the Ultra-Trail World Tour.[1] It is held annually in February and takes place in Rotorua, New Zealand. Awards are given to top men and women finishers in each category.

The race was created by Paul Charteris.

Event History

The inaugural race was over an 85km distance and was won by New Zealanders, Kerry Suter and Jean Beaumont. Kerry backed up his 2009 win with a further win in 2010, this time over a new distance, 100km. In 2017 the 100km race was extended by 2km to a complete distance of 102km. In 2018 the inaugural 100 mile race was added to the event and was won by Frenchman Adrian Prigent and American Sally McRae.

Course Records

The course record in the 100-mile race is held by the Australian Vladimir Shatrov and was set in the 2020 edition in a time of 15h 53m 30s among a field of more than 1,450 entrants.[2]

Course Records
Distance Female Nationality Time Year Male Nationality Time Year
100 miles Camille Herron 17:20:52 2019 Vladimir Shatrov 15:53:30 2020
102km Courtney Dauwalter 09:28:03 2019 Tom Evans 08:03:29 2020
50km Caitlin Fielder 04:11:58 2020 Michael Voss 03:41:27 2020
21km Paige Penrose 01:48:09 2020 David Haunschmidt 01:28:31 2020

Results and Past Winners

Past 100km race winners include American Jim Walmsley, who described the course as “extremely hot, but beautiful” upon finishing the 2017 edition which was held in February of that year; seasonal rivers, chirping cicadas, and green tree canopy decorated the course.[3]

102km Winners
Female Nationality Time Male Nationality Time
2009[lower-alpha 1] Jean Beaumont Kerry Suter
2010 Fleur Bromley Kerry Suter
2011 Amy Campbell Sam Wreford
2012 Nicola Gildersleeve Mick Donges
2013 Ruby Muir Sage Canaday
2014 Jo Johansen Sage Canaday
2015 Ruby Muir Dylan Bowman
2016 Fiona Hayvice Jonas Buud
2017 Camille Herron Jim Walmsley
2018 Kelly Wolf Dylan Bowman
2019 Courtney Dauwalter Reece Edwards
2020 Manuela Soccol Tom Evans
2021 Ruth Croft Rhys Johnston
100 Mile Winners
Female Nationality Time Male Nationality Time
2018 Sally McRae Adrian Prigent
2019 Camille Herron Jeff Browning
2020 Ailsa Campbell Vladimir Shatrov
2021 Katie Wright Matt Urbanski

References
  1. www.taraweraultra.co.nz https://www.taraweraultra.co.nz/newsarticles/. Retrieved 2020-03-21. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "Vlad Shatrov smashes 100 mile course record at Tarawera Ultramarathon". NZ Herald. 2020-02-09. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  3. "Winners smash Tarawera Ultra records". NZ Herald. 2017-02-11. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 2020-03-21.

Notes
  1. 85km course
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