Geoff Roes

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. 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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