Rocklin’s Tollefson set to compete for first time; women’s field strong again
Bill Poindexter Jun 23, 2021 10:30 AM
What happens when excitement clashes with pent-up energy? Show up for the Western States Endurance Run on Saturday and find out.
The field is a little smaller this year as the 100-mile event returns for its Olympic Valley-to-Auburn run, but it’s no less packed with star power, including Jim Walmsley, who broke the course record in 2018, then hacked another 20 minutes off his mark a year later.
Jared Hazen, like Walmsley from Flagstaff, Ariz., was the runner-up in 2019. Rocklin’s Tim Tollefson is in the Western States for the first time and becomes an immediate threat. He won the Bishop High Sierra on May 22 by 35 minutes.
Meanwhile, eight of the top 10 women from 2019 are back in the Western States, including defending champion Clare Gallagher of Boulder, Colo., and runner-up Brittany Peterson of Pocatello, Idaho. Diana Fitzpatrick, president of the board of directors for the Western States Endurance Run, described the international women in the elite field as “exciting...”
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https://goldcountrymedia.com/news/190282/100-western-states-endurance-run-is-back-includes-local-threat-among-elite-men/
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