Desert RATS Trail Running Festival 2025 Results

Desert RATS in Fruita, Colorado kicked off UTMB racing in the US for the year just weekend. With Canyons looming just a couple of weeks later this event always feels like it gets passed over in getting any attention.

Find all UTMB coverage on my dedicated UTMB page here.

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

100K – 102K (100K – 3 Stones)

Women:

1. Lotti BRINKS – USA – 09:25:50
2. Emilie MANN – Canada – 10:21:38
3. Geneviève ASSELIN-DEMERS – Canada – 10:31:59

Men:

1. Alex JOHNSON – USA – 08:57:28
2. Tyler D’ARCY – Canada – 09:04:06
3. Corey KALLEMBACH – USA – 09:23:40

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50K – 49K (50K – 2 Stones)

Women:

1. Allison BACA – USA – 03:57:03
2. Ashley BRASOVAN – USA – 04:10:39
3. Sophie LINN – Australia – 04:24:13

Men:

1. Brian WHITFIELD – USA – 03:35:46
2. Grant COLLIGAN – USA – 03:49:12
3. Austin ANDERSON – USA – 03:59:44

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21K – 20K (20K – 1 Stone)

Women:

1. Tabor HEMMING – USA – 01:36:16
2. Janelle LINCKS – USA – 01:39:20
3. Sydney PETERSEN – USA – 01:40:29

Men:

1. Eli HEMMING – USA – 01:19:46
2. Taylor STACK – USA – 01:22:33
3. Coleman CRAGUN – USA – 01:23:28

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Below are the numbers broken down by distance and gender:

• 100K Starters: 205. DNF: 53 + Finishers: 152. Women 39 (26%), Men 113 (74%).
• 50K Starters: 411. DNF: 26 + Finishers: 385. Women 140 (36%), Men 245 (64%).
• 21K Starters: 502. DNF: 3 + Finishers: 499. Women 253 (51%), Men 246 (49%).
• 10K Starters: 163. DNF: 2 + Finishers: 161. Women 112 (70%), Men 48 (30%).

Desert RATS was just a tad smaller in attendance compared to last year, and definitely one of the smaller events compared to the rest of the world. Desert RATS saw a total 1,281 starters and 1,187 finishers. 544 (46%) women and 652 (54%) men reached the finish line and earned themselves their respective stones and an UTMB index (or directly punched their ticket to the Finals in Chamonix for 2025).

Next up is Ultra-Trail Mount Yun in Xiangning, China on April 11 – 20, 2025.