2025 US Mountain and Trail Running Teams Announced

July 16, 2025

16 states represented among the 48 athletes

/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ Team USA will compete in the third World Mountain and Trail Running Championships (WMTRC) slated for September 24-28, 2025, in Canfranc-Pirineos, Spain. This biennial event is organized by the World Mountain Running Association (WMRA), the International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU) and the International Trail Running Association (ITRA), with support from World Athletics. This is an official USATF team and a link to the selection criteria can be found here.

The World Mountain Running Championship (1985-2019), World Long Distance Mountain Running Championship (2004-2019) and Trail World Championship (2007-2019) were previously separate championship events.

Team Members are as follows:

Long Trail Team – Men

Jim Walmsley – Flagstaff, AZ
Tyler Green – Portland, OR
Zach Miller – Manitou Springs, CO
Caleb Olson – Draper, UT
Adam Peterman – Missoula, MT

Tracen Knopp – Anchorage, AK

Long Trail Team – Women

Katie Schide – Saint Dalmas le Selvage, France & Gardiner, ME
Jennifer Lichter – Missoula, MT
Allison Baca – Golden, CO
Emily Schmitz – Wauwatosa, WI
Klaire Rhodes – Anchorage, AK
Shea Aquilano – Boulder, CO

Short Trail Team – Men

David Sinclair – Montpelier, VT
Ryan Becker – Boulder, CO
Eli Hemming – Kremmling, CO
Seth Ruhling – Boulder, CO
Michelino Sunseri – Driggs, ID
Noah Williams – Leadville, CO

Short Trail Team – Women

Helen Mino Faukner – Truckee, CA
Grayson Murphy – Bozeman, MT
Tabor Scholl-Hemming – Kremmling. CO
Janae Maus – Salt Lake City, UT
Ruby Lindquist – Truckee, CA
Lindsay Allison – Telluride, CO

Vertical Mountain Team – Men

Christian Allen – Orem, UT
Joseph Gray – Colorado Springs, CO
Cameron Smith – Crested Butte, CO
Tyler McCandless – Fort Collins, CO

Vertical Mountain Team – Women

Sydney Petersen – Crested Butte, CO
Hillary Allen – Boulder, CO
Jessica Brazeau – Flagstaff, AZ
Anna Gibson – Teton Village, WY

Classic Mountain Team – Men

David Norris – Steamboat Springs, CO
Mason Coppi – Lakewood, CO
Taylor Stack – Salida, CO
Cameron Smith – Crested Butte, CO

Classic Mountain Team – Women

Courtney Coppinger – Golden, CO
Anna Gibson Teton Village, WY
Lauren Gregory – Nederland, CO
Allie Maclaughlin – Colorado Springs, CO

U20 Mountain Team – Men

Cadel Ruthven – Fort Collins, CO
Asher Oates – Franklin, TN
Noah McMahan – Incline Village, NV
Ezekiel Wilcox – Salida, CO

U20 Mountain Team – Women

Sophia Rodriguez – Mercer Island, WA
Ruby Ihmels – Bismarck, ND
Abby Stone – Orem, UT
Sierra Wall – Boulder, CO

Team staff: Paul Kirsch, Anita Ortiz, Jason Bryant, Carol Passarelli, Josh Ferenc, and Tom Hooper.

Watch the Short Trail & U20 Team Announcement and course preview on the SubHub Podcast

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