Tarawera Ultra-Trail 2024 Results

Here are the results for the the Tarawera Ultra-Trail in New Zealand on Feb 17-18, 2024, the first UTMB event on the 2024 UTMB World Series Calendar (For full results visit the UTMB website):

TMiler (162KM)

Women:

1. Konoka AZUMI – Japan – 18:24:53
2. Chantelle SMITH – Australia – 19:55:41
3. Chrissi FABER – Germany – 21:15:17

Men:

1. Adrian MACDONALD – USA – 15:00:57
2. Samuel HARVEY – New Zealand – 15:29:53
3. Mike CARROLL – Australia – 15:37:01

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T102 (102KM)

Women:

1. Ruth CROFT – New Zealand – 09:14:14
2. Beth MCKENZIE – USA – 09:38:03
3. Nikki EVERTON – New Zealand – 10:26:53

Men:

1. Dan JONES – New Zealand – 07:46:42
2. Justin GRUNEWALD – USA – 08:25:57
3. Matthew HEALY – South Africa – 08:58:43

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T50 (51KM)

Women:

1. Caitlin FIELDER – New Zealand – 04:01:41
2. Kate AVERY – New Zealand – 04:09:58
3. Robyn LESH – USA – 04:13:31

Men:

1. Ronnie SPARKE -Great Britain – 03:30:48
2. Charlie HAMILTON – Australia – 03:34:36
3. Yutaro YOKOUCHI – Japan – 03:38:19

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T21 (23KM)

Women:

1. Beth GARLAND – Great Britain – 01:41:20
2. Jessica RONAN -Australia – 01:48:31
3. Rach PETERS – USA – 01:50:28

Men:

1. Michael SUTTON – New Zealand – 01:28:45
2. Liam DOOLEY – New Zealand – 01:29:38
3. Robert SMITH – Great Britain – 01:30:24

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Combined, the events had 4,034 racers and 3,709 finishers broken down by distance and gender:

• TMiler Starters: 450 – DNF 119 – Finishers 242. Women: 61 (25%) – Men: 181 (75%)
• T102 Starters: 726 – DNF: 79 – Finishers: 641. Women: 222 (35%) – Men: 419 (65%)
• T50 Starters: 1,569 – DNF: 24 – Finishers: 1,545. Women: 774 (50%) – Men: 771 (50%)
• T23 Starters: 1,289 – DNF: 8 – Finishers: 1,281. Women: 755 (59%) – Men: 526 (41%)

In total the event saw 3,709 finishers, with an almost equal number (incredible!) of women (1,812 – 49%) and men (1897 – 51%) reaching the finish line, earning stones and an UTMB index or punching their ticket directly to the Finals in Chamonix.

Why do I just count finish line numbers, you ask?
The UTMB Live webpage shows these numbers easily, and I don’t want to wait until full results are posted to share these numbers.