Tracen Knopp

About

Tracen Knopp is an American trail runner from Anchorage, Alaska who has emerged rapidly as one of the country's most competitive men at the 100km mountain ultra distance, with a series of breakthrough results spanning the UTMB World Series, major domestic qualifier races, and international championship selection. Training on Alaska's demanding high-latitude terrain, he qualified for Team USA at the 2025 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships — Long Trail in Canfranc, Spain, by placing second at the Gorge Waterfalls 100k in Oregon in April 2025 (8:05:16, breaking the course record) behind only Adam Peterman in a race that doubled as the primary national team qualifier. Later that summer he competed on the European circuit and finished second at the 2025 Eiger Ultra Trail E101 in 7:21 — on the weather-modified course above Grindelwald in the Swiss Bernese Oberland — before opening 2026 with third place at the Black Canyon 100k (7:26:45), earning a Golden Ticket to the Western States 100. With podium results across domestic and international events and two consecutive Golden Ticket or championship selections in a single year, Knopp is one of Alaska's most accomplished ultra performers and among the most promising American men on the current international mountain ultra circuit.

Notable Wins

• — Eiger Ultra Trail E101 2nd 2025 (7:21)
• — Gorge Waterfalls 100k 2nd 2025 (Team USA qualifier
• — course record)
• — Black Canyon 100k 3rd 2026 (7:26:45
• — Western States Golden Ticket)

Upcoming Races

Race History