2022 UTMB Events Women’s Top Runners

It’s lottery time! Check out the results for who’s who for the 2022 UTMB festival events on the women’s side. We’ve got a lot of elite athletes who received their spots from the race administration, but also some fast feet who got in through the lottery.

Here you can search the full entrants lists for all the UTMB races, six events spread over about a week. Also on this page are lists of the “favorites” for each event singled out by the race administration.

In this article, we preview the front of the women’s races for the 170-kilometer UTMB, the 100k CCC, the 145k TDS, and the 55k OCC.

This list may change in the coming months: elites may be allowed late entrance, and not all who intend to start will be able to. There’s always the possibility that COVID-19 could change things, but we’ll keep you and the list up to date as the year progresses.

Let’s look at how these four women’s race fields are shaping up. We list each section in alphabetical order and provide a recent and relevant result or two for each woman to help identify her.

Be sure to also check out our article previewing the 2022 UTMB events men’s top runners!

The start of the 2017 UTMB. Photo: iRunFar/Kirsten Kortebein

2022 UTMB Top Women

We’ve divided the top UTMB women’s entrants into a couple of categories, Recent Top-Five Finishers who’ve finished in the top five in the last half-decade or so, Headliner Women who have proven performances at long mountainous ultramarathons with deep international competition, and More Top Women who we think have potential to finish in a top-25 position.

Recent Top-Five Finishers

Luzia Bühler (Switzerland) – 5th 2021 UTMB; 1st 2020 Sean O’Brien 100k
Mimmi Kotka (Sweden) – 3rd 2021 UTMB; 1st 2017 TDS; 1st 2016 CCC
Ekaterina Mityaeva (Russia) – 4th 2019 UTMB; 4th 2021 TDS
Kaori Niwa (Japan) – 13th 2021 & 4th 2017 UTMB; 1st 2021 Ultra-Trail Mt. Fuji 100 Mile
Beth Pascall (U.K.) – 5th 2019 & 4th 2018 UTMB; 1st 2021 Western States 100
Jocelyne Pauly (France) – 3rd 2018 UTMB; 2nd 2019 Tor des Géants 330k

Headliner Women

Hillary Allen (USA) – 1st 2021 Madeira Island Ultra-Trail 115k; 2nd 2019 TDS
Kirsten Amundsgård (Norway) – 2nd 2021 Madeira Island Ultra-Trail 115k; 4th 2019 Lavaredo Ultra Trail 120k
Manon Bohard (France) – 1st 2021 TDS; 4th 2019 Mont-Blanc 90k
Ragna Debats (Netherlands, lives in Spain) – 3rd 2021 Western States 100; 1st 2019 CCC
Azara García (Spain) – 1st 2021 Ultra Pirineu 100k; 2nd 2019 OCC
Kaytlyn Gerbin (USA) – 1st 2020 & 2nd 2019 Transgrancanaria 130k; 6th 2019 Western States 100
Emily Hawgood (Zimbabwe, lives in the USA) – 10th 2021 UTMB; 7th 2021 Western States 100
Camille Herron (USA) – 1st 2021 Javelina Jundred Mile; 24-hour world record in 2019
Marianne Hogan (Canada) – 1st 2022 Bandera 100k; 2nd 2021 Ultra-Trail Cape Town 100k
Lucie Jamsin (France) – 7th 2021 UTMB; 4th 2021 Transgrancanaria 130k
Alexandra Morozova (Russia) –2nd 2019, 3rd 2018, & 3rd 2017 Comrades Marathon 90k
Jasmin Paris (U.K.) – 1st 2021 Ultra Trail Monte Rosa 170k; 6th 2016 UTMB
Brittany Peterson (USA) – 4th 2021 & 2nd 2019 Western States 100
Katie Schide (USA, lives in France) – 8th 2021 & 6th 2019 UTMB
Sabrina Stanley (USA) – 4th 2021 Madeira Island Ultra-Trail 115k; 1st 2021 & 2019 Hardrock 100
Audrey Tanguy (France) – 6th 2021 Western States 100; 1st 2019 & 2018 TDS
Claudia Tremps (Spain) – 9th 2021 UTMB; 2nd 2021 Transgrancanaria 130k
Fu-Zhao Xiang (China) – 2nd 2020 Transgrancanaria 130k; 11th 2019 & 20th 2018 UTMB

More Top Women

Clair Bannwarth (France) – 4th 2021 Tor des Géants 330k
Elisabeth Borgersen (Sweden) – 6th 2019 & 7th 2018 TDS
Naomi Brand (South Africa) – 3rd 2020 Tarawera 100k; 15th 2019 UTMB
Anna Carlsson (Sweden) – 1st 2021 Val d’Aran by UTMB 162k; 4th 2019 TDS
Eszter Csillag (Hungary) – 4th 2021 CCC; 6th 2020 Vibram Hong Kong 100k
Isabelle Dragon (France) – 1st 2021 Endurance Trail des Templiers 108k; 13th 2021 TDS
Basilia Förster (Italy, lives in Germany) – 8th 2021 TDS; 13th 2017 UTMB
Claire Heslop (Canada) – 18th 2021 UTMB
Mariya Nikolova (Bulgaria) – 9th 2018 UTMB
Manuela Soccol (Belgium) – 1st 2020 Tarawera 100k
Katarzyna Solińska (Poland) – 8th 2021 Ultra Pirineu 100k; 5th 2021 CCC
Eva-Maria Sperger (Germany) – 1st 2019 Grossglockner Ultra-Trail 110k; 9th 2019 Transvulcania 73k
Alissa St Laurent (Canada) – 5th 2018 TDS; 6th 2017 UTMB
Anna Troup (U.K.) – 1st 2021 Lakeland 100 Mile; 1st 2021 Spine Race Summer Edition 268 Mile
Emily Vaudan (Switzerland) – 5th 2021 Madeira Island Ultra-Trail 115k

Mimma Kotka’s eyes gaze at the horizon dawning in La Fouly at the 2021 UTMB. She took third at the 2021 edition and will return for 2022. Photo: iRunFar/Ben Clark

2022 CCC Top Women

These top CCC women’s entrants are divided into two categories, Headliner Women who have proven performances at long mountainous ultramarathons with deep international competition and More Top Women who we think have the potential to finish in a top-15 position.

Headliner Women

Ruth Croft (New Zealand) – 1st 2021 Grand Trail des Templiers 80k; 2nd 2021 Western States 100; 1st 2019 & 2018 OCC
Marion Delespierre (France) – 4th 2021 UTMB; 2nd 2019 Diagonale des Fous 165k
Elisa Desco (Italy) – 5th 2021 OCC; 6th 2019 Transvulcania 73k; from 2010 to 2012, Desco served a two-year doping ban from the IAAF after she tested positive for EPO at the 2009 World Mountain Running Championships
Kathrin Götz (Switzerland) – 5th 2021 Lavaredo Ultra Trail 120k; 3rd 2019 TDS
Abby Hall (USA) – 2nd 2021 & 8th 2019 CCC
Blandine L’hirondel (France) – 1st 2021 OCC; 1st 2019 Trail World Championships 44k
Kaci Lickteig (USA) – 6th 2020 Transgrancanaria 130k; 10th 2018 UTMB
Ailsa Macdonald (Canada) – 1st 2020 Tarawera 100 Mile; 6th 2019 CCC
Meg Mackenzie (South Africa, lives in France) – 7th 2021 Grand Trail des Templiers 80k; 9th 2021 CCC; 3rd 2019 Pikes Peak Marathon
Ida Nilsson (Sweden) – 1st 2021 Ultra Pirineu Marathon; 3rd 2018 CCC
Taylor Nowlin (USA) – 9th 2021 OCC; 2nd 2021, 2019, & 2018 Speedgoat 50k
Marcela Vasinova (Czech Republic, lives in Austria) – 6th 2021 Sierre Zinal 30k; 5th 2021 Mont-Blanc Marathon

More Top Women

Henriette Albon (Norway) – 4th 2021 Ultra Pirineu 100k; 6th 2021 OCC
Katie Asmuth (USA) – 5th 2021 Western States 100
Alex Borsuk (USA) – 11th 2021 TDS
Tessa Chesser (USA) – 3rd 2021 Javelina Jundred Mile; 3rd 2019 Run Rabbit Run 100 Mile
Sylvaine Cussot (France) – 4th 2021 Diagonale des Fous 165k
Kathryn Drew (Canada) – 8th 2019 Western States 100
Caitlin Fielder (New Zealand) – 3rd 2021 & 6th 2019 OCC
Anna Mae Flynn (USA) – 1st 2019 & 2017 Speedgoat 50k; 1st 2019 Lake Sonoma 50 Mile
Landie Greyling (South Africa) – 4th 2020 Vibram Hong Kong 100k
Nancy Jiang (New Zealand) – 8th 2019 OCC; 2nd 2022, 1st 2020, 3rd 2019, & 1st 2018 Kepler Challenge 60k
Catrin Jones (Canada) – 9th 2019 Comrades Marathon 90k
Yngvild Kaspersen (Norway) – 2nd 2021 Madeira Island Ultra-Trail 85k; 2nd 2019 Pikes Peak Marathon
Sarah Keyes (USA) – 12th 2021 Western States 100
Abby Levene (USA) – 5th 2021 Run Rabbit Run 100 Mile
Holly Page (U.K.) – 9th 2019 CCC; 9th 2018 Trail World Championships
Emily Schmitz (USA, lives in Colombia) – 11th 2021 & 5th 2019 OCC
Veronika Vadovicova (Slovakia, lives in China) – 2nd 2020 Vibram Hong Kong 100k
Sarah Vieuille (France) – 1st 2019 High Trail Vanoise 70k; 2nd 2018 Grand Trail des Templiers 80k

Ruth Croft on her way to winning the 2021 Grand Trail des Templiers 80k. Ruth will race the 2022 CCC. Photo: iRunFar/Kirsten Kortebein

2022 TDS Top Women

We divide the top TDS women’s entrants into a couple of categories, Headliner Women who have proven performances at long mountainous ultramarathons with deep international competition and More Top Women who we think have the potential to finish in a top-10 position.

Headliner Women

Delphine Avenier (France) – 10th 2019 UTMB; 6th 2017 CCC; 1st 2016 TDS
Kristin Berglund (Sweden, lives in Austria) – 2nd 2019 UTMB; 11th 2017 CCC
Corrine Malcolm (USA) – 10th 2019 Western States 100; 4th 2018 TDS
Agnes Valz Gen (Italy) – 7th 2021 CCC
Ildikó Wermescher (Hungary) – 3rd 2021 & 2017 TDS; 9th 2019, 7th 2018, 7th 2016, & 6th 2014 UTMB
Katie Wright (U.K., lives in New Zealand) – 1st 2021 & 2nd 2019 Tarawera 100 Mile

More Top Women

Claire Bernard (France) – 14th 2021 CCC
Esther Fellhofer (Austria) – 7th 2021 Lavaredo Ultra Trail 120k
Maija Oravamäki (Finland) – 19th & 13th 2019 UTMB; 5th 2018 CCC
Kristina Pattison (USA) – 3rd 2021 Bighorn Trail 100 Mile; 10th 2017 & 6th 2015 Transvulcania 73k
Fiona Porte (France) – 4th 2021 Grand Trail des Templiers 80k
Mira Rai (Nepal) – 4th 2018 Lavaredo Ultra Trail
Julia Rezzi (France) – 10th 2019 Mont-Blanc 90k
Martina Valmassoi (Italy) – 2nd 2019 Mont-Blanc 90k
Adriana Vargas (Argentina) – 1st 2021 Patagonia Run 100 Mile
Manu Vilaseca (Brazil, lives in Spain) – 8th 2021 Madeira Island Ultra-Trail 115k; 5th 2019 TDS

2019 UTMB - Kristin Berglund at Grand Col Ferret

Kristin Berglund at Grand Col Ferret on her way to finishing second at the 2019 UTMB. She’s signed up to compete in the TDS for 2022. Photo: iRunFar/Mauri Pagliacci

2022 OCC Top Women

We’ve organized the top OCC women’s entrants into a couple of categories, Headliner Women who have proven performances at mountainous races of medium distances with deep international competition and More Top Women who we think have the potential to finish in a top-10 position.

Headliner Women

Sarah Alonso (Spain) – 11th 2021 Sierre-Zinal 30k
Sheila Avilés (Spain) – 3rd 2019 Trail World Championships 44k
Anna Comet (Spain) – 4th 2021 & 2019 OCC; 9th 2017 CCC
Eli Anne Dvergsdal (Norway) – 10th 2021 Mont-Blanc Marathon; 1st 2019 Zegama Marathon
Núria Gil (Spain) – 8th 2021 Sierre-Zinal 30k
Marta Molist (Spain) – 1st 2021 CCC
Jasmin Nunige (Switzerland) – 8th 2021 OCC; 6th 2019 Vibram Hong Kong 100k
Virginia Perez (Spain) – 10th 2021 OCC
Anne-Lise Rousset Seguret (France) — 4th 2018 CCC; 2nd 2019, 2017, & 2016 Transvulcania 73k
Anaïs Sabrié (France) – 3rd 2021, 2nd 2020, & 5th 2019 Sierre-Zinal 30k
Mathilde Sagnes (France) – 2nd 2021 OCC
Simone Troxler (Switzerland) – 7th 2021, 6th 2019, & 3rd 2018 Sierre-Zinal 30k
Miao Yao (China) – 1st 2018 CCC
Yuri Yoshizumi (Japan) – 3rd 2019 & 4th 2017 OCC

More Top Women

Fanny Borgström (Sweden) – 3rd 2019 Ring of Steall Skyrace 26k; 4th 2019 Mont-Blanc Marathon
Eleanor Davis (U.K.) – 1st 2021 Ring of Steall Skyrace 25k
Stephanie Howe (USA) – 4th 2019 CCC; 8th 2015 UTMB
Kimber Mattox (USA) – 4th 2021 JFK 50 Mile; 1st 2020 Way Too Cool 50k
Allie McLaughlin (USA) – 1st 2021 Pikes Peak Ascent Half Marathon; 2nd 2021 Pikes Peak Marathon
Kristina Randrup (USA) – 2nd 2021 Lake Sonoma 50 Mile; 1st 2021 American River 50 Mile
Monica Vives (Spain) – 2nd 2019 Penyagalosa Trails MiM 60k; 3rd 2018 OCC

2021 CCC women’s champion Marta Molist raises her hands in celebration. For 2022, she’s competing in the OCC. Photo: UTMB/Michel Cottin

Top Runners Not on Any 2022 UTMB Event Entrants List

Some of the top finishers in the UTMB festival’s recent history are not currently on the entrants’ list of any 2022 races.

Christelle Bard (France) – 3rd 2017 UTMB; 3rd 2016 TDS; 4th 2015 CCC
Rory Bosio (USA) – 8th 2019, 1st 2014, 1st 2013, & 4th 2012 UTMB; 2nd 2018 TDS; 6th 2017 OCC
Camille Bruyas (France) – 2nd 2021 UTMB; 3rd 2019 CCC
Francesca Canepa (Italy) – 1st 2018 & 2nd 2012 UTMB
Caroline Chaverot (France) – 1st 2016 UTMB; 1st 2013 CCC
Courtney Dauwalter (USA) – 1st 2021 & 2019 UTMB
Uxue Fraile (Spain) – 2nd 2018, 3rd 2016, 2nd 2015, & 5th 2014 UTMB
Maite Maiora (Spain) – 3rd 2019 UTMB; 2nd 2017 CCC
Núria Picas (Spain) – 1st 2017, 2nd 2014, & 2nd 2013 UTMB

Call for Comments

Who do you see vying for the podiums in each of these events?
Considering last year’s large number of DNFs among the top women, who do you think will be back with a special vengeance?
Yep, that’s a lot of data! We did our very best, but with so many names and races on so many lists, we surely missed a couple of top runners or made a couple of data mistakes. Let us know if you think someone should be included on these lists or if you see an error. Thanks!

The Saint-Gervais aid station during the 2021 UTMB. Photo: iRunFar/Meghan Hicks