The 2026 ultramarathon season in New England is starting to heat up. The April 3-5 weekend saw the first of four straight weekends with an ultra in Massachusetts as the Mt. Toby 50K took place in Sunderland. We’ll have that covered in a separate story, but here in this week’s roundup we are catching up on results from around the region and beyond. In Connecticut, the inaugural CT123 – a 200K journey across the state – took place. Additionally. We catch up on Maine resident Jason Geroux’s successful completion of the Arizona Monster 300-miler, and close out at the Fort Yargo Ultra 50K in Georgia.

Arizona Monster 300

Jason Geroux isn’t one to shy away from a challenge. The 41-year-old from Orrington, Maine, has completed countless races of 100 miles or more, including many on New England’s rugged, technical trails. His biggest challenge yet came at the Arizona Monster 300 on March 27-April 3 in Patagonia, Ariz. The second annual event tested Geroux and his fellow runners with a 304-mile point-to-point journey through the Sonoran Desert of southern Arizona while enduring plenty of rugged, remote, high-altitude terrain and 41,000 feet of climbing. Runners had 170 hours to complete the race.

Of the 120 starters, 72 finished within the time limit. Orrington was among them, placing 45th overall in 146:58:12. Michael McKnight, 36, of Smithfield, Utah, led all runners in 82:49:45 and broke the male course record by nearly four hours. Top female Selene Mallone, 31, of King, Ontario, finished fourth overall in 99:55:02, and set a female course record by more than five hours. 

CT123

The inaugural CT 123 – offering 200K and 100K races – took place April 4-5 in East Thompson, Conn. The coast-to-coast journey across Connecticut spanned 123 miles on a mix of singletrack trails in the woods, as well as paved roads and coastal terrain, starting in East Thompson, passing through 25 towns, and finishing in Southport at the Wakeman Boys and Girls Club. The event challenged runners with 3,842 feet of climbing on the long course and had a 36-hour cutoff.

Eleven runners attempted the 200K race and six ultimately finished. Jen Higgins, 46, of Old Saybrook, Conn., led all runners in 26:34:30, establishing the overall course record. Top male Bertram Johnson, 53, of Burlington, Vt., followed 15 minutes later and placed second overall in 26:49:14. Other finishers included Ryan O’Boyle, 21, of Harrison, N.Y. (30:59:01); Mayera Miyachiro, 36, of New Haven, Conn. (33:52:35); Matthew Burrell, 40, of Shaftsbury, Vt. (34:23:09); and Stephanie Stonebraker, 42, of Fort Worth, Texas (35:34:56).

An additional dozen runners completed the 100K race, led by 36-year-old Craig Carreira of Pawtucket, R.I., who won comfortably in 12:15:57. John Saffioti, 32, of Meriden, Conn., and Jeffrey Stauch, 42, of New York, N.Y., joined him on the male podium in 14:01:13 and 15:21:11, respectively. Sarah Sporrer, 32, of Warrendale, Pa., was the top female finisher in 15:23:44, followed by Stacy Balsewicz, 45, of Stafford Springs, Conn., and Meghan Rogers, 40, of Dartmouth, Mass., in 16:23:23 and 16:52:44, respectively.

Fort Yargo Ultra

Charles and Leah Whelan earned their first ultramarathon finishes at the Fort Yargo Ultra 50K on Saturday, April 4, in Winder, Ga., and they completed every step of it together. Charles, 60, and Leah, 60, of Hanover, N.H., completed two 15.6-mile loops on the trails and rolling hills of Fort Yargo State Park at the seventh annual event. They covered the miles together and crossed the finish line seconds apart, Ldah in 10:00:36 and Charles just behind in 10:00:43. Seventy-eight runners finished the race within 11 hours, led by 24-year-old Jake Pittman of Winder, Ga., in 5:30:56. Emma Chandler, 27, of Athens, Ga., was the first-place female finisher and seventh overall in 5:47:59.

*Editor’s Note: Results are found on a variety of sites, including ultrasignup.com, UltraRunning Magazine, and official race websites. We do the best we can to find as many results as possible to report on and recognize the local ultrarunning community.