American Chris Myers – click here for his RUN247 interview – became the first runner to break 20 hours at Australia’s Grampians Peaks Trail 100 Miler, setting a course record of 19:43:05 and winning by more than 86 minutes in Dunkeld.
Antonina Iushina (AIN) was even further clear in the women’s race. She took the lead inside the first quarter of the course and finished sixth overall in 23:08:29, almost two hours ahead of her nearest rival.
There was also a home win in the 50K for Lucy Bartholomew, who led the women’s race from start to finish and broke into the overall top 10.
Myers goes clear at Halls Gap
The 100 Miler set off at 8am on Friday from Mount Zero in Grampians (Gariwerd) National Park. The route runs 163km south to Dunkeld, with 7,700m of climbing and a 50-hour cut-off.
Myers had the lead to himself by the Halls Gap aid station and stayed out front all the way to Dunkeld. His 19:43:05 put him 16 minutes and 55 seconds inside the 20-hour barrier in the race’s fourth edition.
Poland’s Kamil Lesniak, the Quebec Mega Trail winner, was second in 21:09:34. Nepal’s Man Kumar followed up his Vietnam Mountain Marathon 100K win with third in 21:31:27.
Myers had already won the Mt. FUJI 100M in April and now has 3,000 World Trail Majors points heading into the finale in Cape Town. Lesniak’s second place in Australia also moved him up to second in the series standings.
Iushina takes women’s title by nearly two hours
Iushina took control early and finished 1:51:30 ahead of France’s Maryline Nakache. It was Nakache’s third runner-up finish of the World Trail Majors season after the South Downs Way 100 and Vietnam Mountain Marathon 100K.
Nakache dipped under 25 hours by a single second, crossing in 24:59:59. Australia’s Sarah Ludowici completed the women’s podium in 25:36:09.
Bartholomew wins on home soil in the 50K
Thursday’s 50K shared the opening stretch of the 100 Miler route from Mount Zero, finishing at Halls Gap after 49.5km and 2,000m of climbing.
Bartholomew led throughout and finished in 5:15:28, more than 18 minutes ahead of Slovakia’s Ivana Liskova (5:33:33). Fellow Australian Sara Levett took third in 5:39:20.
Japan’s Koken Ogasawara took over from early leader Billy Curtis and held on to win the men’s race in 4:19:03 on his World Trail Majors Short Series debut. Curtis finished second in 4:21:23, with Daniel Jones third in 4:23:19.
Bartholomew’s win keeps her in contention for the Short Series title. The World Trail Majors season concludes at RMB Ultra-Trail Cape Town from 20 to 22 November, with the Ultra titles decided in the UT100 and the Short Series titles in the PT55.
Grampians Peaks Trail 100 Miler 2026 results
Men
| Position | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Myers | 19:43:05 |
| 2 | Kamil Lesniak | 21:09:34 |
| 3 | Man Kumar | 21:31:27 |
Women
| Position | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antonina Iushina | 23:08:29 |
| 2 | Maryline Nakache | 24:59:59 |
| 3 | Sarah Ludowici | 25:36:09 |
