Following are the 1996 ultras with >50 starters: Date Start Fin ---------------------------------------------- 11/23/96 JFK 50M 690 625 4/ 6/96 American River 50M 541 488 12/14/96 Sunmart Texas Trail 50K 476 438 5/18/96 Ice Age 50M 428 208 6/29/96 Western States 100M 375 227 3/16/96 Cool Canyon Crawl 50K 373 360 8/24/96 Leadville 100M 320 150 12/14/96 Sunmart Texas Trail 50M 308 270 11/30/96 Quadruple Dipsea 28.4M 235 197 8/ 4/96 Skyline 50K 199 189 8/24/96 Pt. Reyes 50K 197 189 7/20/96 Vermont 100M 195 145 3/23/96 Crown King Scramble 50K ? 186 6/ 1/96 Shadow of the Giants 50K 162 153 9/14/95 IAU 24HR 155 143 4/20/96 Bull Run Run 50M 155 121 3/23/96 Hinte-Anderson 50K 146 110 9/ 7/96 Wasatch 100M 146 92 10/19/96 Mountain Masochist 50M 145 119 1/20/96 Jed Smith 50K ? 134 12/ 8/96 High Desert 50K 143 131 4/20/96 Leona Divide 50M 141 125 9/28/96 Angeles Crest 100M 140 96 3/24/96 San Juan Trail 50K 139 126 7/13/96 Knee Knackering 30M 137 125 1/ 6/96 Avalon 50M 129 110 4/20/96 Trail Mix 50K 115 99 10/ 6/96 VASS Trail 50M 112 93 10/12/96 Arkansas Traveler 100M 111 73 10/ 6/96 Vermont 50M 110 94 9/14/96 Bulldog 50K ? 106 10/ 5/96 Cuyamaca-Laguna 50K 107 99 6/29/96 Fans 24 hr ? 99 10/26/96 Sierra Nevada 52.4M 106 90 8/10/96 Howl at the Moon 8HR 102 85 7/27/96 Minnesota Yoyageur Trail 50M 100 88 10/12/96 Firetrails 50M 98 87 6/ 7/96 Kettle Moraine 100M 95 63 5/11/96 Quicksilver 50K 95 89 7/12/96 Hardrock 100M 91 43 9/ 7/96 Baldy Peaks 50K ? 85 4/27/96 Collegiate Peaks 50M 86 76 5/11/95 Lost Boys 50M 85 69 9/28/96 Cle Elum Ridge 50K 82 79 10/12/96 Le Grizz 50M ? 73 7/ 6/96 Swan Creek Crawl 50K 78 72 4/27/96 California 50M 77 70 6/15/96 Holiday Lake 50K 77 69 7/27/96 White River 50M 77 61 5/ 4/96 Strolling Jim 40M 76 74 5/19/96 Ohlone Wilderness 50K 75 74 7/20/96 Elkhorn 100K 74 69 9/ 1/96 Run on the Sly 50K 73 71 10/ 6/96 Glacial Trail Run 50K ? 70 1/20/96 Mountain Mist 50K 72 68 5/ 4/96 Massanutten Mt. 100M 72 37 5/ 4/96 What, Mi'Wok? 100K 71 62 5/18/96 Silver State 50K 70 66 6/15/96 Mohican Trail 100M 70 32 7/13/96 Rattlesnake Trail 50K 69 68 10/19/96 Mule Run 50K ? 61 8/31/96 Groundhog 50M 67 59 9/21/96 Superior Trail 100M 67 44 7/ 6/96 Afton Trail 50K 66 61 5/ 5/96 McDonald Forest 50K 65 61 9/ 1/96 Run on the Sly 50M 64 53 2/24/96 Pueblo Nuevo 50M 63 44 11/ 9/96 San Juan Trail 50M 63 39 5/11/96 Quicksilver 50M 60 42 6/ 1/96 Old Dominion 100M 61 38 7/ 6/96 Finger Lakes 50K ? 57 10/19/96 Ed Fitzgerald 100K ? 55 6/15/96 Bighorn Mt. 52M 59 55 9/28/96 Croom Trail 50K 58 54 3/10/96 Knickerbocker 60K 57 57 2/ 3/96 Rocky Racoon 100M 54 36 6/15/96 Joe Kleinerman 12HR 53 48 3/30/96 Chuckanut Mt. 50K 52 46 5/ 4/96 Cornbelt 24HR ? 51 8/17/96 Cameron Park 50M 51 42 10/19/96 Rocky Racoon Trail#1 50K 50 47 "http://reality.sgi.com/stanj/Freebies/largest" (updated: 2/28/97)