"While a small group of women ran together for the first half of the race, it was a second-half duel between Jennifer Lichter and Anne Flower. Lichter stayed just ahead of her chaser for all of the race's more challenging, hillier second half and finished in 7:57. Flower was only 70 seconds behind at 7:58, and third-place Tara Dower came through in 8:11."
"Men Hans Troyer was back on the Black Canyon 100k start line for the first time since a 10th-place run at the 2024 race that ended with rhabdomyolysis. One by one, the lead group fell off the fast pace until only Troyer remained. He ran the last 16 miles alone and won in 7:20. It too was a new course record. Troyer chipped almost five minutes off Seth Ruhling's 7:24 mark from last year."
Black Canyon 100k was a 62-mile point-to-point super Golden Ticket race offering three women's and three men's Western States 100 entries and just over $16,000 in prize money. A small women's lead group split, leaving a second-half duel; Jennifer Lichter stayed just ahead of Anne Flower to win in 7:57, with Flower 70 seconds back in 7:58 and Tara Dower third in 8:11. All three bettered Riley Brady’s 8:16 course record. Lichter, Flower, and Molly Seidel earned Golden Tickets; Dower was already entered. On the men’s side, Hans Troyer ran the final 16 miles alone to win in a new course record of 7:20. Anthony Costales (7:24) and Tracen Knopp (7:26) completed the podium. Troyer trimmed almost five minutes off the prior mark. Troyer and fourth-place Canyon Woodward were already entered in Western States 100.
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