Annie Hughes

Annie Hughes is an American ultrarunner based in Leadville, Colorado, her hometown. She attended Adams State University, ran track there for a year and ran her first ultra while still a student. In 2019 she won the Jemez 50 Mile, placing sixth overall, and soon became part of the local ultrarunning community, where Olga King and Courtney Dauwalter have mentored her. In 2020 she set the fastest known time on the 167 mile Collegiate Loop in Colorado. The next year she became the youngest woman to win the Leadville 100, then won the Moab 240 with the second fastest time in its history, and in 2022 she won the Cocodona 250.