TYLER MOREY WINS 2026 SUPERIOR 100; JESSIE DIGGINS TAKES WOMEN'S RACE IN 100-MILE DEBUT

Tyler Morey won the 2026 Superior 100 in 19:54:13 on Saturday morning, and Jessie Diggins won the women's race in 25:09:46 in her first attempt at 100 miles. The race started at 8:00 a.m. on Friday, September 11, at Gooseberry Falls State Park and followed the Superior Hiking Trail north to Lutsen, Minnesota.

Of the 256 runners who started, 151 finished inside the 38-hour limit. The weekend also included a 50-mile race, in which 139 of 174 starters finished, and a Saturday marathon on the same trail, where 336 of 352 starters made it to Lutsen.

Men's Race

Morey, of Plymouth, Minnesota, ran the 102.5-mile course at an average of 11:39 per mile and finished more than two hours clear of the field. Tyler Kobilarcsik of Duluth took second in 22:09:28, and John Vallez, also of Duluth, was third in 22:21:41.

Morey's time is the second-fastest winning mark since Neal Collick ran 18:56:02 in 2018, behind only Kyle Moss' 19:40:16 in 2023. Last year's winner, Scott Wopata, finished in 20:54:03. The men's course record remains Eric Clifton's 17:21:42 from 1992.

Women's Race

Diggins, 35, grew up in Afton, Minnesota, and won Olympic gold in cross-country skiing before turning to trail running. She placed fifth overall, crossing the line one minute and 38 seconds behind fourth-place finisher Mick Jurynec, a former winner of this race.

Andrea Patten of Bemidji finished second among women and seventh overall in 26:05:29, and she was the first masters woman across the line. Kelby Land of Eugene, Oregon, took third in 27:39:01. Anna Grace Tiede Hottinger of Two Harbors was the first nonbinary finisher in 27:11:38.

Diggins' time sits outside the women's course record of 21:54:10, set by Gretchen Metsa in 2023, but it is faster than the winning times from 2024, 2021, 2019 and 2017. The finish also came in her debut at the distance, on a course that is 95 percent technical single-track with 5,288 meters of climbing.

What It Means

The result puts a Minnesota native with a global profile at the front of a race that has been run along the North Shore since 1991. Readers who want the background on how the event grew from a small regional hundred into one of the oldest 100-mile trail races in the country can find it in our Superior 100 history.

The 2027 edition is scheduled for September 10 and 11, once again finishing at Caribou Highlands Lodge in Lutsen.