Superior 100 Mile Trail Race

Superior 100 Mile Trail Race
Datefirst Friday and Saturday in September
LocationGooseberry Falls State Park to Lutsen Mountains in Minnesota
Event typeUltramarathon
Distance103.3 miles (166.2 km)
Established1991 (1991)
Course recordsMen's: 18:56:02 (2018)
Neal Collick
Women's: 21:54:10 (2023)
Gretchen Metsa
Official siteSuperior 100 Mile Trail Race

The Superior 100 Mile Trail Race is an annual ultramarathon in Minnesota. The race starts at Gooseberry Falls State Park and runs along the Superior Hiking Trail until it finishes at Caribou Highlands Lodge on Lutsen Mountains. It is run on the first Friday and Saturday in September.

Harry Sloan founded the race in 1991, who served as race director from 1991 until 1997.[1] The current race director is John Storkamp, and the race is organized by RockSteady Running.[2]

Representative view of the Superior Hiking Trail, along which the Superior 100 is run.

Having started in 1991, the Superior 100 Mile Trail Race is the ninth oldest 100 mile trail race in the United States. It has a reputation for being among the most difficult races of its kind, owing to grueling climbs and unpredictable weather conditions.[3] [4] [5] The race has 21,000 feet (6,400 m) of vertical climbs and in 2013 the average finish time was 34 hours.[6] The Superior 100 has a time limit of 38 hours.[7]

History and Records

The course records after the 2023 race are held by Neal Collick (18:56:02) for men and Gretchen Metsa (21:54:10) for women.[8]

The current course has been run since 2006, which was originally measured twice via a surveying wheel by Donald Clark and Bonnie Riley.[9] The original course ran from the junior high school in Silver Bay, Minnesota to the Cook County football field in Grand Marais, Minnesota on the Superior Hiking Trail.[10] Harry Sloan, race director from 1991 to 1997 along with Tami Tanski-Sherman, believes the current course is more challenging than the original.[11]

Notable history

  • In 2022, Sophie Tibbetts became the first known member of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa to have completed the Superior 100.[12]
  • In 2017, the Split Rock River Bridge was out and runners had to cross Split Rock River on foot. Beavers also flooded part of the course with knee-high water.[13]
  • As of 2016, Eugene Curnow was the first person to have completed the Superior 100 ten times and remains one of only three people to have done so.[14]
  • Courtney Dauwalter ran the Superior 100 in 2013 and finished second.[15]

Women's Winners[16]

YearWinnerTimeAgeCountry
2024Cheryl Matson27:41:5441 United States[17]
2023Gretchen Metsa21:54:1040 United States
2022Gretchen Metsa24:06:1939 United States
2021Katie Kubont27:14:1037 United States[18]
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019Kelly Teeselink25:23:1932 United States
2018Mallory Richard22:36:3933 Canada
2017Gretchen Metsa25:23:0334 United States[19]
2016Mallory Richard23:51:0131 Canada[20]
2015Mallory Richard25:36:4730 Canada[21]
2014Mallory Richard27:32:2729 Canada
2013April Anselmo26:03:1428 United States[22]
2012Kristina Folcik24:49:0634 United States[23]
2011Sheryl Wheeler27:19:1748 United States[24]
2010Sheryl Wheeler27:42:0347 United States
2009Eva Pastalkova30:59:3233 United States[25]
2008Helen Lavin26:49:22unknown United States Ireland[26]
2007Susan Donnelly32:35:5844 United States[27]
2006Kerry Owens29:37:2643 United States[28]
2005Event not held
2004Jenny Hoffman28:31:51unknownunknown
2003Susan Donnelly32:03:3840 United States
2002Diana Finkel26:39:2430 United States[29]
2001Karen Libsch28:52:16unknown United States[30]
2000Susan Donnelly28:43:3037 United States[31]
1999Sue Johnston23:52:4033 United States
1998No female finishers
1997Mary Bystedt26:02:5344 United States[32]
1996Mary Bystedt28:07:4943 United States
1995Peggy Stafford28:39:5647 United States[33]
1994Mary Bystedt24:17:5941 United States
1993Mary Bystedt25:30:2840 United States[34]
1992Susan Gimbel26:45:0245 United States
1991Susan Gimbel26:49:4944 United States[35]

Men's Winners[36]

YearWinnerTimeAgeCountry
2024Scott Wopata20:54:0340 United States[37]
2023Kyle Moss19:40:1632 United States
2022Jake Hegge20:45:0231 United States
2021Thomas Carr21:09:3229 United States
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019Mick Jurynec20:15:5542 United States
2018Neal Collick18:56:0238 United States
2017Neal Collick19:31:4037 United States[38]
2016Frank Pipp20:23:1539 United States[39]
2015Jake Hegge19:30:3724 United States[40]
2014Adam Schwartz-Lowe21:58:3241 United States
2013John Horns23:21:3651 United States
2012Steven Moore21:02:4145 United States[41]
2011John Horns24:13:5349 United States[42]
2010Brian Peterson22:35:2826 United States
2009Angus Repper26:31:4737 United States[43]
2008Chris Gardner21:57:53unknown United States[44]
2007Wynn Davis23:17:2626 United States[45]
2006Sean Andrish21:42:1136 United States[46]
2005Event not held
2004Christopher Hanson28:04:5633 United States
2003Doug Hansel26:42:4343 United States
2002Steve Schuder24:05:1138 United States[47]
2001Andy Holak23:27:06unknown United States[48]
2000Ian Torrence18:59:5827 United States[49]
1999Jeff Simpkins20:40:0537unknown
1998Frederick Brooks22:55:1045unknown
1997Mark Marcelli19:50:4538 United States[50]
1996Larry Ochsendorf20:40:2451 United States[51]
1995David Atlas20:30:12unknown United States[52]
1994David Wrolstad21:15:2935 United States
1993Joe Franko20:46:03unknownunknown[53]
1992Eric Clifton17:21:42unknownunknown[54]
1991Bob Stavig23:08:5742 United States[55]

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  2. ↑ Kurt, Alex (26 April 2017). "Rock Steady: John Storkamp has battled addiction, finished some of the toughest races on the planet and received accolades as a race director. But he really excels at making those around him better". Trailrunner Magazine. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  3. ↑ Barker, Sarah (1 September 2016). "Superior 100 trail race remains among the toughest, wildest of its kind". Minnesota Star Tribune. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  4. ↑ St George, Louie (7 September 2016). "Superior Hiking Trail 100-Mile Race is Definitely Not Minnesota Nice". Duluth News Tribune. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  5. ↑ Brothers, Bruce (20 October 2002). "SUPERIOR TRAIL RUGGEDLY BEAUTIFUL FOR HIKERS AND RACERS". Saint Paul Pioneer Press.
  6. ↑ Bradley, Benjamin (24 September 2013). "Not for the faint of heart, runners tested in North Shore 100-mile race - Minnesota's Superior 100 Mile Trail Race isn't just an endurance test. It measures and weighs a runner's mental toughness, as he or she continues to race long after muscles have grown weak and exhausted. Simply put, it challenges the human spirit". Duluth News Tribune.
  7. ↑ Gandsey, Jilian (6 September 2018). "Run through the hills: Bemidji man to take part in Superior 100 endurance race". The Bemidji Pioneer.
  8. ↑ "Records". Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  9. ↑ not stated. "Hall of Fame". Retrieved 8 October 2024.
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  12. ↑ Przytarski, Jake (6 October 2022). "Tibbetts blazes trail with completion of Superior 100-mile race". Cloquet Pine Journal. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  13. ↑ Swift, Jamison (19 December 2017). "Superior Fall Trail Races 2017: Year of the Beaver Dam". Ultrarunning Magazine. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  14. ↑ Storkamp, John (1 September 2016). "Remembering a titan at the Superior 100 trail race - Eugene Curnow was known to give back to Minnesota's trailrunning community. He also was the first to finish 10 times at the grueling Superior 100". Minnesota Star Tribune.
  15. ↑ Barker, Sarah (10 November 2017). "RUNNING FOOL - Courtney Dauwalter, who grew up in Hopkins, deals with the pain as she climbs ultra-running's mountaintop". Minnesota Star Tribune.
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