MassUltra Roundup: Malibu Canyon, Huron 100, San Diego 100, Sawmill, Silver State, and Great Divide

New Englanders collected hard-earned finishes – and a few victories – at ultramarathons in the West and Midwest during the June 6-8 weekend. Here in Part II of this week’s roundup we check in on those regions, with results from California, Michigan, Nevada and Colorado, but a pair of New England women lead us off with Shae Regan’s overall win at the Malibu Canyon 50K and Johanna Ylanen’s victory at the Huron 100.

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MassUltra Roundup: Drummer Hill, Old Dominion, Dam Yeti, and Hell Hole 100

The June 6-8 weekend was busy for New England ultrarunners who took on races from coast to coast. In this week’s two-part roundup, we begin on the East Coast where a large gathering of runners took part in the Drummer Hill Trail Races in New Hampshire. Then we head to Virginia for the classic Old Dominion 100 and the Dam Yeti 50, before closing out in South Carolina at the Hell Hole 100.

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MassUltra Roundup: Worlds End, Berry Mountain, Salt Lake Foothills, North Fork 50/50, Mohican, and Smith Rock Classic

While the Chesterfield Gorge Ultra in Massachusetts was the hottest – and wettest – place to race in the region during the May 30-June 1 weekend, several New Englanders closed out the month with strong performances at ultras nationwide. Still, of all the locations to race, Pennsylvania is where they threw down the hardest, with a pair of Rhode Island residents, Ben Quatromoni and Sandy Spitler, earning victories at the Worlds End Ultras and Connecticut’s Caitlin Rossi taking the overall win at the inaugural Berry Mountain 12-Hour Challenge. They lead off this edition of the roundup.

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Results: Chesterfield Gorge Ultra

The seventh edition of Beast Coast Trail Running’s Chesterfield Gorge Ultra took place May 31-June 1, 2025, at the Chesterfield Gorge Reservation in West Chesterfield, Mass. Runners took on a 7.75-mile out-and-back course on dirt roads and doubletrack trail, racing for up to 30 hours for 100-mile, 100K, 50-mile and 50K ultramarathon finishes, as well as 25K and 11K sub-ultra distances. Runners endured rain for the first half of the event, which made the course wet and muddy.

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