Geoff Roes

Geoff Roes, born April 14, 1976 in central New York, is an American ultramarathon runner who grew up in Cleveland, New York and ran cross-country at Syracuse University for one season. He began running ultramarathons after moving to Alaska in 2005 and won his first, the Little Susitna 50, in 2006. In 2009 he won the HURT 100 Mile and the Bear 100 Mile Endurance Run and set a Wasatch Front 100 Mile record of 18:30:55 that still stood in 2026. In 2010 he won the American River 50 Mile and the Western States Endurance Run in a record 15:07:04, ahead of Anton Krupicka and Kilian Jornet, breaking Scott Jurek's 2004 record. Ultra Running Magazine voted him Male Ultrarunner of the Year in 2009 and 2010, and in 2012 he won the 350-mile Iditarod Trail Invitational. He lives in Juneau, Alaska.