Gunksrunner Ultra Rankings: Fall Update

I've kept the ultra rankings posts to a minimum this year; now that they have a somewhat permanent residence at Ultrarunning magazine, it doesn't seem as crucial to have them on the blog, since you can view the updated rankings anytime you want.  But as a service to those who haven't found their way over there yet, or as a reminder for those who have, I figured now would be a good time to bring everyone up to speed on where we stand with about ten weeks of racing left in the 2016 season.  (If you have no idea what I'm talking about, head over to the Ultrarunning link above for a summary of how the rankings work, or just click the "ultra national rankings" label at the bottom of this post to see everything I've posted about it in the past.

photo: Myke Hermsmeyer

Since winning Bandera on January 6, Jim Walmsley has dominated this year's GUR.  He holds a commanding lead of nearly 50 points on second-ranked Ian Sharman, who is putting together another fantastic season.  (That doesn't even take into account Jim's recent demolition of Rob Krar's RTR FKT.)  Last year's #1, Brian Rusiecki, sits in third and should pick up some points at Hellgate in early December.  WS100 champ Andrew Miller is fourth.  A mere 3.5 points separate second through fourth on the men's side.  Walmsley and Miller are both slated to run at the North Face championships in early December, which will probably decide most of the final places in the top 10.

photo: Belinda Agamaite

WS champ Kaci Lickteig, ranked #5 in the 2015 GUR, is even more dominant on the womens' side than Walmsley is on the mens'.  She leads Lake Sonoma winner YiOu Wang by over 100 points; even if YiOu can outrun everyone at TNF, catching Kaci may be impossible.  Kaci has had an extraordinary season, with six wins from seven starts; her only loss was a second-place finish at Sonoma.  I'd be hard-pressed to imagine anyone other than Kaci and Jim taking home this year's UROY awards.

Anyway, below is the current top 50 men and women; totals are up-to-date through this past weekend.  As always, you can view the entire list here, which is updated each week usually around Thursday or Friday.  Use the CTRL-F function on the rankings sheets to find your own name; there are over 3500 men and almost 3200 women ranked so far.

	Men	State	Points	Women	State	Points
1	Jim Walmsley	AZ	194.125	Kaci Lickteig	NE	223.9
2	Ian Sharman	CA	148.5	YiOu Wang	CA	119
3	Brian Rusiecki	MA	147	Kathleen Cusick	FL	101.4
4	Andrew Miller	OR	145	Amy Sproston	OR	100.5
5	Dylan Bowman	CA	129.875	Devon Yanko	CA	93.2
6	Paul Terranova	TX	104	Courtney Dauwalter	CO	81.5
7	Christopher Dennucci	CA	100.725	Bethany Patterson	VA	79.3
8	Jeff Browning	OR	94.4	Magdalena Boulet	CA	78.5
9	Mark Hammond	UT	80.3	Alissa St. Laurent	Canada	72
10	Cody Reed	AZ	78.5	Hillary Allen	CO	71.825
11	Jesse Haynes	CA	76.7	Julie Koepke	TX	70.375
12	David Roche	CA	76	Amanda Basham	OR	70
13	Alex Nichols	CO	75.375	Jodee Adams-Moore	WA	68.25
14	Tim Tollefson	CA	73.1	Cassie Scallon	CO	67.925
15	Mario Mendoza	OR	65.9	Kelly Wolf	AZ/CO	66.7
16	Jason Schlarb	CO	64.8	Camille Herron	OK/MI	62.7
17	Kyle Pietari	MA	64.5	Sarah Keys	NY	60.75
18	Matt Flaherty	IN	63.35	Corinne Malcolm	WA	60.25
19	Tim Freriks	AZ	62.125	Maggie Guterl	PA	60
20	Chris Mocko	CA	60.375	Megan Roche	CA	60
21	Jared Burdick	NY	58.5	Nicole Kalogeropoulos	TX	59.85
22	Dakota Jones	CO	55.5	Sarah Bard	WA	59.3
23	Tyler Sigl	WI	54.9	Neela D'Souza	Canada	59.2
24	Michael Daigeaun	PA	53	Darcy Piceu	CO	57.375
25	Dominick Layfield	UT	52.55	Sabrina Little	TX	54.5
26	Aaron Saft	NC	52.375	Anna Mae Flynn	CA	54.3
27	Jorge Pacheco	CA	52.2	Kaytlyn Gerbin	WA	51.875
28	Jason Lantz	PA	49.9	Caroline Boller	CA	51.5
29	Zach Miller	CO	49.4	Clare Gallagher	CO	50.8
30	Stephen Wassather	CA	49	Amy Rusiecki	MA	50.625
31	Sage Canaday	CO	47.25	Abby Rideout	UT	49.7
32	Brett Hornig	OR	45.4	Beverly Anderson-Abbs	CA	49
33	Ryan Bak	OR	44	Erika Lindland	CA	48.8
34	Morgan Elliot	NC	43.2	Darla Askew	OR	46.6
35	Olivier Leblond	VA	43	Lee Conner	OH	42.9
36	Masazumi Fujioka	WA	42	Emily Peterson	CA	42.85
37	Daniel Metzger	CA	41.25	Pam Smith	OR	42.5
38	Chikara Omine	CA	40.1	Denise Bourassa	OR	42.425
39	Chase Nowak	MN	40	Keely Henninger	OR	42.225
40	David Herr	VT	39.8	Laura Kline	NY	41
41	Cody Lind	ID	39	Jenny Hoffman	MA	40.5
42	Patrick Caron	MA	39	Ellie Greenwood	Canada	40
43	Paddy O'Leary	CA	38.75	Maggie Walsh	CO	40
44	Ed Ettinghausen	CA	38.4	Joelle Vaught	ID	39.5
45	Caleb Denton	TN	38	Katalin Nagy	FL	39
46	Chris Vargo	AZ	37.375	Megan Kimmel	CO	39
47	Michael Owen	OH	37.25	Traci Falbo	IN	38.6
48	Adrian Stanciu	CO	35.35	Alicia Shay	AZ	37.75
49	Hayden Hawkes	UT	35	Anne-Marie Maddon	Canada	37
50	Pete Kostelnick	NE	35	Krissy Moehl	WA	37
				Liz Bauer	SC	37