October saw the OCR World Championships take place in Mammoth Mountain, California. With four competitive events happening over three days, our results are primarily influenced by the intense competition between the world’s elite athletes competing in Mammoth. However, over the same weekend, we also saw Savage Texas, the British OCR Championships, and the Madrid 3k final., followed by the final of the spartan 3k series in Mexico.
Topping the leaderboard for the men is Ian Hosek (USA, 1). With 2nd place in the 15k, 2nd in the 3k, 1st co-ed team, and 1st male team he swept the leaderboard at OCRWC with consistently strong performances across multiple disciplines. He is followed by Ryan Atkins (CAN, 2) who took 1st in the 15k, 4th in the 3k, and 1st in the male team event, alongside Hosek, and Leon Kofoed. Kofoed (DEN, 3) rounded out the top 3 with performances at not only OCRWC but also the Mexico 3k final in San Luis.
Also at San luis was fellow Dane, Ida Mathilde Steensgaard, (DEN, 5). Her 1st place there landed her 2nd in the NA Elite Series. Manuel Dufuax (CH, 5) topped the NA Elite Series leaderboard, as well as taking 3rd place in the OCRWC 3k as well as 2nd in the co-ed teams.
Norwegian athlete Signy Karoline Kolstoe (SWE, 3) entered the leaderboard for the first time in 3rd place after her 5th position at the OCRWC 15k, 7th in the 3k, 2nd place in the co-ed team, and 1st place in the 100m.
The female top three was rounded out with Lindsay Webster (Can, 1), Nicole Mericle (USA,2) and Annie Dube (USA, 3), after their clean sweep of the 3k & 15k across the weekend.
November sees huge competitions taking place, with World’s Toughest Mudder, Sparta Trifecta World Champs, and the Savage series final to name a few, championship season is truly upon us.
