Rachel Entrekin makes ultramarathon history, wins Cocodona 250 as first woman to top field of men and women
Rachel Entrekin had twice crossed the finish line as the top women's finisher at the Cocodona 250. On Wednesday, she beat the entire field — consisting of men and women — to win the grueling ultramarathon in record time.
Rachel Entrekin had twice crossed the finish line as the top women’s finisher at the Cocodona 250. On Wednesday, she beat the entire field — consisting of men and women — to win the grueling ultramarathon in record time. In doing so, she made history as the first woman to win the race outright.
Entrikin and the rest of the field started the race on Monday in Black Canyon City, Arizona, roughly 60 miles north of Phoenix. On Wednesday afternoon, Entrekin ran the race’s final stretch down a Flagstaff street, cheered on by a raucous crowd of well-wishers on both sides as she broke through the finish-line tape. Rachel Entrikin wins the Cocodona 250 mile race from Black Canyon to Flagstaff in 56 hours 12 minutes.
pic. twitter. com/23Jv841BfJ — Peter Corbett (@PeterCorbett1) May 6, 2026 When she was done, Entrekin finished the race with an official time of 56:09:48 (yes that’s 56-plus hours).
She was overcome with emotion down the final stretch. “I think I basically wept from the second I got off the single track until I crossed the finish line,” she said in a post-race interview, per Run . Entrekin’s historic run at Cocodona Entrekin is a powerhouse in running and at Cocodona in particular.