With the Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc wrapping up on Sept. 3, two days after the Sept. 1 start in Chamonix, France, below are complete Canadian results from the 100-mile ultramarathon. (See a race recap here.)
There were more than 2,500 participants who began the 167.5K ultramarathon around Mont Blanc, the tallest mountain in the Alps, passing through Switzerland and Italy on route. Runners had 46.5 hours to complete the race with the top men coming in around the 19-20-hour mark and the top women around the 26-hour mark.
There were 16 Canadian finishers at the 2017 UTMB. (Runners listed are those who listed nationality as Canadian.)
Top Canadians
Alissa St Laurent – 28:13:43 (sixth, 86 overall)
Jean-Francois (Jeff) Cauchon – 24:18:57 (31 overall)
?? Alissa St Laurent (@alissastlaurent) places sixth at the 2017 Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc: https://t.co/TPo00BKYyk #UTMB @UTMBMontBlanc pic.twitter.com/JcOsmeRCn5
— Canadian Running (@CanadianRunning) September 3, 2017
Top ?? at @UTMBMontBlanc, Jeff Cauchon, finishes in 31st! (?: https://t.co/KmDGElYAKC) pic.twitter.com/QSTq99Hgdp
— Canadian Running (@CanadianRunning) September 2, 2017
Other Canadian results (placing in brackets)
Brian McArthur – 31:08:29 (161 overall)
Mario Srnik – 31:10:51 (165 overall)
Eric Breton – 31:47:22 (196 overall)
Tara Berry – 31:56:55 (22nd, 204 overall)
Eric Deshaies – 33:49:46 (291 overall)
Richard Turgeon – 34:02:19 (301 overall)
Ammon Piepgrass – 36:30:05 (436 overall)
Milan Klanjsek – 37:46:22 (529 overall)
Dominic Belanger – 41:22:13 (906 overall)
Helene Dumais – 41:36:24 (75th, 941 overall)
Alexandre Scott – 41:36:45 (942 overall)
Cal Mitchell – 42:57:58 (1143 overall)
Daniel LeGresley – 44:35:24 (1432 overall)
Tara Chahl – 45:23:33 (140th, 1619 overall)
Melanie Bos – DNF
Jon Paradowski – DNF
Quan-Ling Sim – DNF
Claude Parent – DNS
Full results can be found here.
Canadian Running‘s coverage of the 2017 UTMB
– Alissa St Laurent hopes second time’s a charm at the 2017 UTMB
– How to qualify for UTMB racing in Canada
– Cancer-beating Canadian takes on world’s most famous, and daunting, ultra
– Top Quebec ultrarunner’s big-time mileage ahead of toughest race of his life
– Interactive course map and elevation profile feature
– How to follow the 2017 UTMB (live stream included)
– I retired from the Canadian Armed Forces with a serious knee injury. This year I’m running up mountains at the UTMB
– The start of the 2017 UTMB looked like a scene from a track race
– Alissa St Laurent’s Canadian Running Instagram takeover
– Must-see photos from the 2017 UTMB
– Interview: My boyfriend proposed to me at the 2017 Ultra-Trail Du Mont Blanc
– Alissa St Laurent places sixth at the 2017 Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc
