Annie Hughes is an American ultrarunner, based in Leadville, Colorado. She is the youngest woman to win the Leadville 100 and Moab 240 races, and previously held the fastest known time for the Collegiate Loop.
Life and running career Hughes attended Adams State University and ran track there for a year. She ran her first ultra while in university. In 2019 she won the Jemez 50 Mile, placing 6th overall, and soon became active in her local ultrarunning community. She has been mentored by runners Olga King and Courtney Dauwalter.
In 2020 she ran the fastest known time on the 167-mile Collegiate Loop in Colorado. The next year she became the youngest woman to win her hometown Leadville 100. She went on to win the Moab 240 with the second-fastest time in its history. In 2022, she won the Cocodona 250.
+Notable race resultsYearRaceFinishNotes2019Jemez 501st6th overall2020Collegiate LoopFKT2021Collegiate Peaks 501stoverall winner2021Maces' Hideout 1001st2nd overall2021Leadville 1001styoungest winner2021Moab 2401st2nd-fastest all-time (68:50:02)2022Coldwater 1001st2022Cocodona 2501st3rd overall2023Behind the Rocks Ultra (50)1st1st overall (7:41:10)
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