Tarawera 2026 Results

Tarawera by UTMB in New Zealand is the second race of the year for the UTMB World Series and the T102 race the first Golden Ticket race for WSER for the year.

• 3rd Honoka Akiyama and 4th Holly Ransom accepted the Golden Tickets in the Women’s race.
• 2nd Jacob Banta and 3rd Max Yanzick accepted the Golden Tickets in the Men’s race.

For full results visit the UTMB website, below the top runners by race:

TMiler 163KM (100M – 4 Stones) – Full Results

Women:

1. Devon YANKO – USA – 19:58:28
2. Hannah MCRAE – Australia – 20:25:45
3. Sarah PARKINS – Australia – 21:34:06

Men:

1. Simon COCHRANE – New Zealand – 16:26:17
2. Yutaro YOKOUCHI – Japan – 17:28:05
3. Takumi SAWAYANAGI – Japan – 17:59:50

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T102 103KM (100K – 3 Stones) – Full Results

Women:

1. Ruth CROFT – New Zealand – 08:41:11
2. Caitlin FIELDER – New Zealand – 08:45:34
3. Honoka AKIYAMA – Japan – 09:00:24

Men:

1. Daniel JONES – New Zealand – 07:31:27
2. Jacob BANTA – USA – 07:57:39

3. Max YANZICK – New Zealand – 08:01:56

T50 52KM (50K – 2 Stones) – Full Results

Women:

1. Robyn LESH – USA – 04:05:35
2. Jemima COOPER – Great Britain – 04:12:31
3. Julia ANDERSON – Australia – 04:19:37

Men:

1. Samuel MACAULAY – New Zealand – 03:36:23
2. Charles HAMILTON – Australia – 03:38:23
3. Sam ROUT – New Zealand – 03:41:02

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T21 23KM (20K – 1 Stone) – Full Results

Women:

1. Katie LOWERY – Great Britain – 01:38:58
2. Lydia ODONNELL – New Zealand – 01:40:05
3. Katinka VON ELSNER-WELLSTEED – Australia – 01:46:21

Men:

1. David VERNON – Great Britain – 01:25:28
2. Michael SUTTON – New Zealand – 01:25:39
3. Nathan PEARCE – Australia – 01:28:19

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Full event summary to follow

Next up the UTMB World Series travels to Mexico for Puerto Vallarta on 5-7 March and to Taiwan for Xtrail Kenting on 6-08 March 2026.