Geoff Roes (born April 14, 1976 in Central New York) is an American ultra-marathon runner.[1]

Career

Roes was raised in Cleveland, New York and excelled in track and cross country[1] at Paul V. Moore High School in Central Square, NY. He competed in cross-country at Syracuse University for one year before becoming injured.[1] Roes took a hiatus from competitive running until trying his hand at ultra marathon running in 2006 when he won his first event, the Little Susitna 50K.[1] In 2007, he set a course record in the process of winning the Susitna 100 miler.[1] In 2010 Roes won the American River 50 Mile Endurance Run.[2] Roes also won the 2010 Western States Endurance Run in a record time of 15:07:04.[1][3] Roes set the still-standing course record for the Wasatch 100 (a 100-mile race along the Wasatch Front range of the Rocky Mountains near Salt Lake City, UT) in 2009 with a time of 18:30:55, beating the previous course record by nearly one hour and five minutes. Roes now resides in Juneau, Alaska.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Lobby, Mackenzie. "Geoff Roes Continues 100-mile Winning Streak: The ultra champion has a habit of breaking course records, too". www.runningtimes.com. Running Times Magazine. Archived from the original on March 16, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
  2. ↑ Mordhorst, Todd (10 April 2010). "They came from the north". The Auburn Journal. Auburn, CA. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
  3. ↑ Western States Record Holders Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine
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