The 2024 Banana Slug Backyard Ultra started with 60 participants at 7:00 AM on Friday, April 19 and ended just after 7:36 AM on Sunday, April 21 when Scott Martin won by completing the course for his 49th time in under 49 hours, covering a total distance of 204.17 miles.
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Scott Martin during an early loop (Photo: James Holk)
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Scott Martin's last step in the race (Photo: Jameson Collins)
Julija Šorytė delivered the "assist" in the race by completing the course 48 times in under 48 hours, covering a total distance of 200 miles.
Of special mention this year is that 15 runners completed the 24th loop (100 miles). This breaks the course record from 2022 when 11 runners reached that milestone. Each of these runners earned a 100-mile coin for this accomplishment. Congratulations to Daemon Anastas, Gabe Callaway, Jameson Collins, Jeremy Smith, Joshua Niggli, Julija Šorytė, Nick Eiben, Pam Smith, Peter Frick-Wright, Ryan Cotton, Ryan McIrvin, Saulius Bračiulis, Scott Leonad, Scott Martin, and Stephen Maher.
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Daemon Anastas (Photo: James Holk)
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Gabe Callaway (Photo: James Holk)
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Jameson Collins (Photo: James Holk)
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Jeremy Smith (Photo: James Holk)
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Joshua Niggli
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Julija Šorytė (Photo: James Holk)
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Nick Eiben(Photo: James Holk)
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Pam Smith (Photo: James Holk)
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Peter Frick-Wright (Photo: James Holk)
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Ryan Cotton (Photo: James Holk)
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Ryan McIrvin (Photo: James Holk)
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Saulius Bračiulis (Photo: Edwin Reidel)
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Scott Leonard
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Scott Martin (Photo: James Holk)
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Stephen Maher (Photo: James Holk)
It's also worth noting that the last 3 runners remaining in the race this year, (Scott Martin, Julija Šorytė, and Saulius Bračiulis), all happen to be 3rd-time repeat runners having competed in the Banana Slug Backyard Ultra every year since the initial race in 2022. They also tied the record set by 5 runners in 2023 of completing 7 hours of competition without a single runner dropping. Immediately afterward, the last 2 runners in the race, Scott Martin and Julija Šorytė tied this record again by completing an additional 7 hours of competition just the two of them with no drops.
Congratulations to all 60 runners that participated! We counted 34 runners that beat a personal record. That was either by completing more loops than in any previous backyard ultra, or if new to the format, running further than they ever had before in a single event. We hope that many will come back in the future for yet another chance to ring the PR bell.
For more photos of the race, see the complete photo album
The table below gives final results for every runner. Click/tap on any column header to sort (or reverse sort) by that column. Also see the results spreadsheet for the times for every runner on every loop of the race. Note: The PR's indicated in the table below are based solely on previous backyard ultra results, and do not necessarily indicate the furthest distance ever run.
Note: Each loop in the table below represents 4.167 miles run in 1 hour. For example, a 24-loop result equals 100 miles run, and 49 loops equals 204.17 miles.
| Result | Given | Surname | Bib | Hometown | Loops | Races run |
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| Winner | Scott | Martin | 35 | Portland, OR | 49 PR! | |
| DNF | Julija | Šorytė | 30 | Portland, OR | 48 PR! | |
| DNF | Saulius | Bračiulis | 25 | Seattle, WA | 40 PR! | |
| DNF | Jeremy | Smith | 37 | Soda Springs, ID | 32 | |
| DNF | Jameson | Collins | 20 | Eugene, OR | 28 | |
| DNF | Daemon | Anastas | 4 | Portland, OR | 27 PR! | |
| DNF | Joshua | Niggli | 22 | Aurora, OR | 26 PR! | |
| DNF | Peter | Frick-Wright | 19 | Portland, OR | 25 PR! | |
| DNF | Pam | Smith | 15 | Salem, OR | 25 PR! | |
| DNF | Scott | Leonard | 62 | Corvallis, OR | 25 PR! | |
| DNF | Stephen | Maher | 40 | Eugene, OR | 25 PR! | |
| DNF | Ryan | Cotton | 33 | Vancouver, WA | 24 | |
| DNF | Ryan | McIrvin | 24 | Renton, WA | 24 PR! | |
| DNF | Nick | Eiben | 29 | Issaquah, WA | 24 | |
| DNF | Gabriel | Callaway | 21 | Boring, OR | 24 PR! | |
| DNF | Jason | Garcia | 59 | Bellevue, WA | 22 PR! | |
| DNF | David | Wilson | 27 | Sisters, OR | 21 | |
| DNF | Gaelen | Watt | 14 | Gladstone, OR | 21 PR! | |
| DNF | Rob | King | 34 | Washington Court House, OH | 20 | |
| DNF | Saulius | Eidukas | 48 | Bend, OR | 20 PR! | |
| DNF | Colin | Pennington | 46 | San Diego, CA | 20 PR! | |
| DNF | Keith | Collins | 38 | Boulder, CO | 20 PR! | |
| DNF | Sara | Myre | 61 | Portland, OR | 19 PR! | |
| DNF | Treavor | Campbell | 41 | Dallas, OR | 18 PR! | |
| DNF | Mikal | Pattee | 58 | Newberg, OR | 18 PR! | |
| DNF | Jason | Gandee | 42 | Hillsboro, OR | 17 PR! | |
| DNF | Melissa | Quinn | 63 | Milwaukie, OR | 17 PR! | |
| DNF | Mosi | King | 64 | Beaverton, OR | 17 PR! | |
| DNF | Christian | Isakson | 11 | Portland, OR | 17 PR! | |
| DNF | Michael | Blackburn | 54 | Boulder, CO | 16 PR! | |
| DNF | Matthew | Merritt | 44 | Newberg, OR | 16 PR! | |
| DNF | Kate | Lewis | 39 | Denver, CO | 16 PR! | |
| DNF | Tyler | Franklin | 8 | Lyons, OR | 15 PR! | |
| DNF | Amy | Margolis | 17 | Sisters, OR | 15 PR! | |
| DNF | Paul | Bourman | 13 | Beaverton, OR | 15 PR! | |
| DNF | Ruth | Leibfritz | 5 | Colorado Springs, CO | 15 PR! | |
| DNF | Josh | Townsley | 6 | Portland, OR | 14 PR! | |
| DNF | Katie | Baldessari | 51 | Sisters, OR | 13 PR! | |
| DNF | Neil | McManaway | 55 | Portland, OR | 13 PR! | |
| DNF | Jacob | Goltry | 31 | Portland, OR | 13 | |
| DNF | Art | Fowler | 16 | Hillsboro, OR | 13 PR! | |
| DNF | Joe | Carroll | 26 | Portland, OR | 13 | |
| DNF | Sarah | Dickes | 7 | Colorado Springs, CO | 13 PR! | |
| DNF | Charlie | Blackmar | 47 | Portland, OR | 12 PR! | |
| DNF | Heidi | Quinn | 10 | Wasilla, AK | 12 PR! | |
| DNF | Mike | Grant | 65 | Portland, OR | 12 PR! | |
| DNF | Mikey | Sklar | 32 | Tacoma, WA | 12 | |
| DNF | Jared | Wilson | 49 | Portland, OR | 12 PR! | |
| DNF | Steve | Walters | 18 | Tigard, OR | 12 | |
| DNF | Andrea | Artman | 23 | Beaverton, OR | 11 | |
| DNF | Keenan | O'Hern | 57 | Newberg, OR | 11 PR! | |
| DNF | Frank | Schaefer | 50 | Portland, OR | 11 PR! | |
| DNF | Jon | Banashek | 56 | Boulder, CO | 10 PR! | |
| DNF | Alan | Davis | 36 | Portland, OR | 10 PR! | |
| DNF | Edgar | Perez | 2 | Sandy, OR | 10 PR! | |
| DNF | Philip | Clarke | 1 | Portland, OR | 9 PR! | |
| DNF | Deakan | Gross | 53 | Wasilla, AK | 8 PR! | |
| DNF | Kristofor | Simensen | 28 | Camas, WA | 7 PR! | |
| DNF | Keith | Callaway | 9 | Canby, OR | 6 | |
| DNF | Joel | Lecarno | 3 | Tigard, OR | 5 PR! |