The Hardrock 100 doesn’t usually need extra hype, but this year’s lottery gave it some anyway. For the first time since 2023, Courtney Dauwalter and Katie Schide will race the same course on the same day. They’ll meet in Silverton next July, on a route that has humbled almost everyone who has tried to predict how it might unfold.
Their last showdown was at Western States 2023. Dauwalter broke the course record. Schide followed in the second-fastest women’s time ever. They then went in different directions, piling up major wins on different terrains and calendars, which is partly why this matchup feels overdue.
Dauwalter arrives as a three-time UTMB champion and the only athlete to win Western States, Hardrock, and UTMB in the same year. Schide comes in as the defending Hardrock winner with a resume full of major results from the past three seasons.
Here’s how their biggest results line up heading into 2026.
Head-to-Head: Major Results by Year
Courtney Dauwalter
2025
• Lavaredo Ultra Trail 120K – 1st
2024
• Hardrock 100 – 1st, women’s course record
• Mt. Fuji 100 Mile – 1st, women’s course record, 3rd overall
• Transgrancanaria 126K – 1st
2023
• Western States 100 – 1st, women’s course record
• Hardrock 100 – 1st, women’s course record (ccw)
• UTMB – 1st
• Completed the Western States + Hardrock + UTMB Triple
• Transgrancanaria – 1st, women’s course record
• Bandera 100K – 1st
2022
• Hardrock 100 – 1st, women’s course record (cw)
• Grand Raid (Réunion) – 1st
• Collegiate Loop Trail FKT – 1st
2021
• UTMB – 1st, women’s course record
Katie Schide
2025
• Hardrock 100 – 1st, sub-26 hours
• Sierre-Zinal – 3rd
• World Trail Championships (Long Trail 80K) – 1st
2024
• UTMB – 1st, broke women’s course record
• Western States 100 – 1st
• Canyons 100K – 1st
2023
• Diagonale des Fous – 1st
• Western States 100 – 2nd
• OCC (UTMB 53K) – 2nd
• Trail des Balcons d’Azur – 1st
• EcoTrail Paris – 1st
2022
• UTMB – 1st
• Val d’Aran by UTMB (CDH 105K) – 1st
• MaXi-Race Annecy – 1st
2021
• Swissalpine Davos K43 – 1st
• Lavaredo Ultra Trail 121K – 2nd
• Trail du Ventoux – 1st
• Le Porte di Pietra – 2nd
Hardrock doesn’t often deliver head-to-head battles over the full 100 miles. The climbs and the altitude tend to split fields early, and the course leaves very little room for manufactured drama. But the presence of these two at the same start line changes the feel of the women’s race. It gives Hardrock a clear storyline without needing to create one.
But there’s also still a long way to go before July.
Training blocks can shift. Athletes make adjustments. A hundred-mile race seven months out never feels guaranteed, even for the best in the sport. But if both runners arrive healthy, Hardrock will get something it hasn’t had since 2023: two of the best ultrarunners of this era competing over the same climbs on the same day.
Both have strong followings.
Dauwalter has been in the spotlight longer and carries a reputation for handling big stages with an easygoing calm. Schide has built her profile on strong, steady results and a racing style that tends to hold up over varied terrain.
They’re different athletes with different approaches, but their results say plenty about why this matchup landed quickly on calendars.
On paper, this is one of the strongest pairings Hardrock has had in years. If it comes together, the women’s race will be the first thing most fans watch when the runners leave Silverton.
