Hopes may be high, but the odds will once again be stacked against entrants in the Western States Endurance Run’s lottery on Saturday, Dec. 2, as 9,389 runners from around the world vie for 250 of the race’s 369 spots. The remaining positions in the 2024 race field will go to those who placed in the top 10 in 2023, earned a Golden Ticket, or secured a spot in the field provided by a sponsor.

The 51st edition of the Western States Endurance Run – North America’s original 100-mile trail ultramarathon – will take place June 29-30 in Olympic Valley, Calif., and once again take runners on a 100.2-mile journey from Olympic Valley to the Placer High School track in Auburn, Calif.

More runners than ever will see their dreams dashed in this year’s lottery. The 9,389 lottery entrants is the largest by far since Western States first held a lottery in 2000. This year’s number exceeds the previous record of 7,169 lottery entrants, an increase of 2,230 applicants.

Real-time lottery results can be viewed here, starting at 11 a.m. Eastern.

Seventy runners are already in the 2024 race field, including one New Englander. Katie Schide of Gardiner, Maine, secured her spot with a runner-up finish at the 2023 race where she broke the previous women’s course record and trailed only Courtney Dauwalter’s record-setting effort.

Schide is the only New Englander guaranteed a spot in the field, another 181 runners from the region hope to have their names drawn in the lottery at Placer High School. Massachusetts has the most lottery entrants with 97, followed by Connecticut with 26, Vermont with 20, New Hampshire with 17, Rhode Island with 11 and Maine with 10.

Of the New Englanders in the lottery, three have waited the longest and have the best odds. Shaun Daylor, Russell Dresher, and Neil Feldman – all of Massachusetts – are in the lottery for the eighth straight year and have 128 tickets apiece, which is the second-highest tally of any runners. They are among the 70 seventh-year hopefuls and have a 61.638 percent chance of being selected, according to Western States’ lottery statistics. Just eight runners have waited longer – nine years – and their 256 tickets apiece give them the best odds of being selected at 85.356 percent.

Another 147 runners are in the lottery for the sixth straight year and have 64 tickets for a 38.033 percent chance of having their names selected. Joseph D’Alessio and Lance Doherty of Massachusetts, Eli Burakian and Peter Lawson of Vermont, and Bruce Dailey of Maine are among that group. First-year hopefuls with 1 ticket apiece have less than a 1 percent chance of being selected, and second-year hopefuls with 2 tickets apiece don’t fare much better with a 1.482 percent chance.

A full listing of New England ultrarunners in the Western States lottery, along with their number of tickets and qualifying race from 2023 are included below.

WESTERN STATES LOTTERY HOPEFULS

Name; State; Tickets; Qualifier

MASSACHUSETTS – 97

Sarah Aponte; 16; Twisted Branch 100K

Jack Bailey; 4; Grindstone 100M

Jason Baker; 1; Never Summer 103K

Daniel Balestrieri; 4; Javelina Jundred 100M

Ilya Bass; 4; UTMB 100M

Anthony Bauer; 1; Indiana Trail 100M

Mark Blakeley; 2; Javelina Jundred 100M

Stacia Broderick; 4; CCC 100K

Oliver Brown; 1; South Downs Way 100M

Brian Burke; 4; Waldo 100K

Matthew Cadieux; 4; Canal Corridor 100M

Ryan Carroll, 2; Bandera 100K

Wayne Chan; 32; Grindstone 100M

Lori Chekal; 1; Long Haul 100M

Stephanie Christau; 1; Never Summer 103K

Michael Condella; 2; Tunnel Hill 100M

Kate Cook; 1; Western States 100M

Clemence Couteau; 1; Gorge Waterfalls 100K

Todd Curtis; 4; Twisted Branch 100K

Davis Cutter; 4; Oregon Cascades 100M

Joseph D’Alessio; 64; Lavaredo Ultra Trail 120K

Kehr Davis; 2; Worlds End 100K

Shaun Daylor, 128; Zion 100M

Elder De La Cruz; 1; Canyons 100K

Jason DeJoannis; 1; Massanutten 100M

Liz Derstine; 2; Black Canyon 100K

Lance Doherty; 64; Hellgate 100K

Jay Doubman; 1; Burning River 100M

Russell Dresher; 128; Massanutten 100M

Todd Falker; 2; Brazos Bend 100M

Anna Fang; 1; Eiger Ultra Trail 101K

Sam Farnsworth; 1; Javelina Jundred 100M

Sophia Farnsworth; 1; Western States 100M

Dima Feinhaus; 8; Javelina Jundred 100M

Neil Feldman; 128; Twisted Branch 100K

Tino Fidalgo; 1; Rim to River 100M

Tim Finocchio; 4; Ultra Tour Monte Rosa 170K

Brenda Fortin; 4; Black Canyon 100K

Robert Gallagher; 4; Javelina Jundred 100M

Kim Gibson; 2; Rim to River 100M

Jason Gray; 2; Massanutten 100M

Kaitlin Mac Guthrie; 4; Run Rabbit Run 100M

Peter Guza; 8; Black Canyon 100K

Frank Hacket; 1; Twisted Branch 100K

Douglas Hall; 2; Twisted Branch 100k

Whitney Hanschka; 8; Canyons 100K

Daniel Hartman; 1; Burning River 100M

Jennifer Hoadley; 1; Javelina Jundred 100M

Kai Hoeffner; 2; Hallucination 100M

Josh Houser; 1; Twisted Branch 100K

David Jackson; 1; Georgia Death Race 74M

Lukas Janulaitis; 2; Swiss Alps 100M

Alisan Kayabolen; 1; Grindstone 100M

Dan Kelley; 1; Western States 100M

Jennifer Kenty; 1; Western States 100M

James Leger; 1; Kodiak 100M

Alex LeNail; 1; CCC 100K

Gregory Lowe; 1; Western States 100M

Robert Lynch; 1; Wasatch Front 100M

Durgesh Mankekar; 2; Twisted Branch 100K

Vincent Marot; 2; Nice Cote ‘Azur 111K

Harry Mattison; 32; Canal Corridor 100M

Patrick McEnaney; 2; Arkansas Traveler 100M

Ian McLachlan; 2; Hallucination 100M

Michael McLaughlin; 1; Leadville 100M

Drake Meurant; 1; Javelina Jundred 100M

Jason Moore; 2; Hennepin 100M

Jack Murrel; 4; UTMB 100M

Keith Nadeau; 2; Rim to River 100M

Eric Nelson; 2; Canyons 100K

Damien Pinault; 1; CCC 100K

Shawn Powers; 2; Eastern States 100M

Travis Reardon; 1; Worlds End 100K

Lisa Rising; 1; UTMB 100M

Greg Rooke; 2; Canal Corridor 100M

Chris Rosol; 1; Javelina Jundred 100M

Crystal Ross; 2; Zion 100M

Amy Rusiecki; 1; Laurel Highlands 70.5M

Juan Santos; 8; Madeira Island Ultra-Trail 115K

Miki Sawada; 1; Oregon Cascades 100M

Jeremy Scanlan; 32; Gorge Waterfalls 100K

John Sherback; 8; No Business 100M

Edward Shibley; 1; Worlds End 100K

Michael Simons; 1; Twisted Branch 100K

Colin Smith; 1; Javelina Jundred 100M

Danforth Sullian; 2; Grindstone 100K

Theodora Textor Murray; 1; Hennepin 100M

Andrew Tidd; 1; Twisted Branch 100K

Anthony Tieuli; 1; Massanutten 100M

Scott Traer; 1; Western States 100M

Roy Van Buren; 8; Hallucination 100M

Jacob Walsh; 2; Twisted Branch 100K

Yi Victor Wang; 2; Sean O’Brien 100K

Greg Wolodkin; 4; No Business 100M

Hank Xi; 1; Kerry Way Ultra 193K

Da Xu; 1; Canyons 100K

Kathryn Zioto; 1; Oregon Cascades 100M

CONNECTICUT – 26

Daniel Bates; 4; Beaverhead 100K

Kristijan Begic; 8; Twisted Branch 100K

Derek Breitenstine; 2; Twisted Branch 100K

Jared Buchanan; 8; Cocodona 250M

Eric Collins; 1; Bighorn 100M

Jessica Crandall; 2; Twisted Branch 100K

Melissa De Fabrizio; 1; Massanutten 100M

Jared Dybas; 1; Umstead 100M

Alexander Dyson; 1; Leadville 100M

Kelsey Eng; 1; Twisted Branch 100K

Shelby Farrell; 1; Rim to River 100M

Tom Golembeski; 1; Miwok 100K

William Jara; 1; Burning River 100M

April Jelinek; 2; UTMB 100M

Francis Magurno; 1; Rim to River 100M

Michael Medeiros; 1; Black Canyon 100K

Sean Meehan; 1; Western States 100M

Jamie Miller; 2; Endurance Trail des Templiers 105K

Steven Ockerbloom; 1; Lake Sonoma 100K

William Ozanne; 1; Grindstone 100K

Mauricio Sepulveda; 8; Grindstone 100K

Sarah Slater; 16; Grindstone 100M

Scott Slater; 4; Grindstone 100M

Tom Starodaj; 2; Laurel Highlands 70.5M

Tobias Tello; 1; Eastern States 100M

Fred Willis; 1; Twisted Branch 100K

NEW HAMPSHIRE – 17

Peter Smith; 1; Indiana Trail 100M

Aaron Sylvain; 1; Twisted Branch 100K

Rob Bean; 1; Leadville 100M

Matt Betten; 1; Leadville 100M

Austin Black; 8; Fat Dog 120M

Sabrina Bohrer; 1; Black Canyon 100K

Andrew Drummond; 2; Ultra Tour Monte Rosa 170K

Benjamin Fiandaca; 1; Rio Del Lago 100M

Erika Hamel; 1; Yeti 100M

Giuseppe Le Pera; 8; Brazos Bend 100M

Nicola Maronese; 1; Lavaredo Ultra Trail 120K

Charles Morris; 1; Javelina Jundred 100M

Leah Nicholson; 1; Grindstone 100K

Eleni Peterson; 1; Black Canyon 100K

Marc Solari; 1; Azores Trail Run (Whalers’ Great Route) 118K

Christopher St Jean; 2; Black Canyon 100K

Aaron Thompson; 4; Arkansas Traveler 100M

VERMONT – 20

Karen Benway; 4; Tahoe Rim Trail 100

Meghan Bongartz; 2; Gorge Waterfalls 100K

Benjamin Bruno; 8; IMTUF 100M

Eli Burakian; 64; Rocky Raccoon 100M

Arlee Hiskey; 1; Rim to River 100M

Kate Hale;  2; UTMB 100M

Philip Keffer; 2; Wasatch Front 100M

Ben Larwa; 1; Kettle Moraine 100M

Felix Lawson; 1; Bighorn 100M

Bertram Johnson; 32; High Lonesome 100M

Peter Lawson; 64; HURT 100M

Eric LiPuma; 1; CCC 100K

Kristin Lundy; 1; Javelina Jundred 100M

Catie Markesich; 1; Twisted Branch 100K

Pete McHugh; 32; Grand Trail des Lacs et Chateaux 165K

Cody McNeil; 1; North Downs Way 100M

Stephen Olsen; 1; Twisted Branch 100K

Rob Rives; 2; Massanutten 100M

Mike Weigand; 1; Hardrock 100M

Emily Wivell; 2; Moab 238M

RHODE ISLAND – 11

Cole Crosby; 4; Quebec Mega-Trail 100M

Jan Kodovsky; 1; Massanutten 100M

Emilio Navarro; 1; Rocky Raccoon 100M

Ben Quatromoni; 2; Black Canyon 100K

Mark Conley; 4; Twisted Branch 100K

Paul Johnson; 1; Canyons 100M

Sean McKenzie; 1; Zion 100M

Almos Molnar; 1; Eastern States 100M

Michael Obara; 2; Massanutten 100M

Tek Ung; 8; Indiana Trail 100M

Michael Yanchuk; 4; Worlds End 100K

MAINE – 10

Effie Drew; 1; Black Canyon 100K

Charlotte Clews; 16; Twisted Branch 100K

Nicolas Cornell; 8; Ultra Trail Vipava Valley 106K

Bruce Dailey; 64; Leadville 100

Karen Deyesso; 1; Black Canyon 100K

Michael Donnelly; 8; Black Canyon 100K

David Hirschfeld; 1; No Business 100M

Christopher Monahan; 1; Javelina Jundred 100M

Danielle Triffitt; 4; Rim to River 100M

Tammy Volock; 4; Run Rabbit Run 100M