A busy weekend of ultramarathon racing in Massachusetts didn’t contain New Englanders from racing elsewhere during the June 12-14 weekend. In addition to the Flat Rock Trail Race 6-hour in Dunstable and the Edge Hill Trail Race in Ashfield, runners from the region tackled the Ansonia 6-Hour in Connecticut and the Last Human Standing event in Rhode Island. They also scattered to nearly a dozen events across the country. While many events – including Last Human Standing – don’t yet have results available, we have as much of the action covered as possible in this edition of the roundup.

Ansonia 6-Hour

David Filar didn’t run his first ultra until April of this year when he completed the 100K at the Jack Bristol Lake Waramaug Ultras and finished sixth. He ran his second ultra and earned his first victory at the sixth edition of the Ansonia 6-Hour on Sunday, June 13, in Ansonia, Conn.

Runners had six hours to complete as many laps as they wanted of an approximately 2-mile loop course at the Ansonia Nature Center.

Filar, 34, of Bridgeport, Conn., led all runners with 36 miles to secure the victory, followed just behind by 19-year-old Antohny Ryan of New Milford, Conn. After winning the 2025 edition with 38 miles, 48-year-old Eric Ciocca of Hamden, Conn., finished third this year with 34 miles. Top female Taylor Clemmer, 27, of Center Valley, Pa., was fourth overall with 32 miles. She was joined on the podium by Doree Jeffrey, 64, of Prospect, Conn., who completed 26 iles, and Stephanie Berbrick, 30, of Schenectady, N.Y., and Stephanie Wowk, 37, of Seymour, Conn., who tied for third with 22 miles apiece.

Fifty-four runners logged mileage at the event, and the top 12 surpassed the marathon distance.

Tahoe 200

New England was well represented at the 12th edition of the Tahoe 200 on June 12-16 in Lake Tahoe, Calif. A crowd of 259 runners gathered at the starting line to attempt to run a full loop around Lake Tahoe, mostly on the Tahoe Rim Trail, and 182 ultimately completed the journey. A New Englander was among the fastest finishers.

Brody Chisholm, 19, of Salem, N.H., was the second male and third overall finisher in 55:26:16. Though still a teenager, Chisholm is no stranger to the distance. He completed the Cocodona 250 in Arizona in 2024, placing 12th overall, and was the runner-up at the Bigfoot 200 in Washington in 2025. He attempted the Tahoe 200 last year but DNFd, so his podium finish was extra sweet redemption.

Aaron Kubalka, 31, of San Francisco, Calif., led all runners and set a male course record in 48:09:30. After winning in 2024, 35-year-old Mika Thewes of Arvada, Colo., returned and topped the female field again while placing second overall in 51:10:26. Her time was the second fastest ever by a female on the course. 

Chisholm was joined by five more New Englanders at the finish line. Brandon Vehrs, 43, of Keene, N.H., placed 105th overall in 90:00:11 for his first 200-mile finish. Andrew Mayne, 45, of Nashua, N.H., was 115th in 94:03:40. Mayne is a veteran of the 200-mile distance, having previously completed the Moab 240 in 2021, the Bigfoot 200 in 2024 and the Arizona Monster 300 in 2025. After finishing the Bigfoot 200 in 2024 and the Moab 240 in 2025, Sarah Normand, 45, of Hopkinton, N.H., finished 136th overall at the Tahoe 200 in 97:59:05. Gregory Lowe, 62, of Newbury, Mass., finished 161st overall in 100:31:34. An ultrarunner for more than 20 years, Lowe has completed many 100-mile races and added his first 200-miler in 2024 at the Cowboy 200 in Nebraska. He will race the Across Florida 200 later this year. Christopher Monahan, 46, of Old Orchard Beach, Maine, was the final New Englander to finish, placing 178th in 103:47:53. It was his first 200-mile finish.

Tahoe 100K

While most eyes in the Tahoe region were focused on the 200-mile event, a second race was also taking place–and a trio of Massachusetts men were in the heart of it at the fifth edition of the Tahoe 100K on Sunday, June 14, in Stateline, Nev. Cory Sweezo, Raymond Lamlein and John Danforth all took on a challenging course with 11,700 feet of climbing on singletrack trails in the Sierra Nevada. All three were also among the 45 runners who completed the race within 25 hours.

Sweezo, 31, of Dracut, Mass., was the top performer of the trio, placing 12th overall in 18:38:33. Lamlein, 22, of Hingham, Mass., followed less than an hour later in 14th place in 19:26:57. Danforth, 25, of Boston, Mass., finished right in the middle of the field – 23rd place – in 21:24:58. For Danforth, the race served as a tune-up for the Moab 240 in October.

Holcomb Valley: Big Bear Peaks & Pines

Gordon Walsh made a strong ultramarathon debut at the 30th annual Holcomb Valley Trail Runs–rebranded as Holcomb Valley: Big Bear Peaks & Pines–on June 12-14 in Big Bear Lake, Calif. Walsh, 24, of Twentynine Palms, R.I., was the lone New Englander in the field for the event’s 33-mile ultra, and he finished 32nd out of 199 finishers in 6:46:08. Jeff Schacherl, 38, of Thousand Oaks, Calif., led all runners in 5:00:12.

Additionally, 40 runners completed the event’s inaugural three-day stage race, including 46-year-old Tara Strassburg of Northampton, Mass., who finished 31st in 15:45:17. Allison Sterling, 49, of Superior, Colo., was the overall winner and nonbinary champion in 7:15:14, followed by top female and second overall finisher Meg McDonald, 43, of Denver, Colo., in 8:22:36. Top male Dan Eggensammer, 35, of Fox River Grove, Ill., was third in 8:26:49.

Sinks Canyon 50K

Troy Mullenberg returned to familiar territory to become an ultrarunner. A year ago, he ran the 18K distance at the Sinks Canyon Trail Race. On Saturday, June 13, he returned to the 11th edition of the event in Lander, Wyo., and raced the 50K.

Mullenberg took on a mountain race on the singletrack and doubletrack trails of Sinks Canyon and the Shoshone National Forest, and he had a solid ultra debut. Of the 113 runners who completed the distance – most within 10 hours – Mullenberger, 25, of Somerville, Mass., finished 20th overall and 13th in the male field in 5:45:49. In a race that came down to a final sprint, 28-year-old Taylor Bacon of Fort Collins, Colo., edged 41-year-old Lillie Romeiser Eodgers of Laramie, Wyo., for the top spot in the female field by just 16 seconds. Both runners broke the female course record, with Bacon taking top honors in 5:07:48 and Romeiser Rodgers following in 5:08:04 as the duo placed 4-5 overall. Alex Kellam, 27, of Fort Collins, Colo., topped the male field in 4:41:43.

Kettle Moraine

For the third straight year, Stephanie Tang has completed a race of 100 miles or more. In 2024, she completed the Marathon des Sables 250K in Morocco. Then, in 2025 she finished the Umstead 100 in North Carolina. On June 13-14, Tang added another 100-miler to her resume when she completed the distance at the 30th edition of Kettle Moraine in Lagrange, Wisc. Tang was one of 149 runners who started the race and 112 who finished. Tang, 43, of Westport, Conn., finished 63rd overall and 11th in the female field in 28:06:59. Dustin Trampe, 38, of Milwaukee, Wisc., led all runners in 17:19:15, while 42-year-old Laura Stanley of Marysville, Ohio, was the first-place female finisher in 25:07:14.

In addition to the 100-miler, the event also offered 100K, 38-mile and 50K ultras. No New England residents took part in those races.

*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.