Keegan Swenson and Carolin Schiff win Garmin UNBOUND Gravel 200

Keegan Swenson and Carolin Schiff won the 2023 edition of Life Time’s Garmin UNBOUND Gravel presented by Craft Sportswear. Featuring the largest field size in the event’s history, approximately 4,000 riders took on grueling courses through the Flint Hills region completing 25-mile, 50-mile, 100-mile, 200-mile and 350-mile XL distances.

In the flagship 200-mile distance, a muddy section began at about mile 11 and continued for several miles, causing the racers to walk, run, or ride in the grass on the side of the gravel road. Some riders’ suffered race-delaying or race-ending mechanical issues because of the mud. After dry conditions mid-race, the rain returned to drench the finish line in the evening.

In the elite women’s race, Jenna Rinehart opened an early gap of about two minutes, but 2022 winner Sofia Gomez Villafane overtook her and gained about a minute by mile 40. Near mile 70, Carolin Schiff of Germany caught Villafane with the likes of Ruth Winder, Marisa Boaz, Sarah Sturm, and Alexis Skarda in pursuit. Schiff really began opening up her advantage near the halfway point, ultimately winning by more than 15 minutes.

The men’s race was also impacted by the muddy road. By mile 20, there was a lead group of about 10 riders including Kiel Reijnen, Keegan Swenson, Howard Grotts, and Russell Finsterwald. Lachlan Morton and Ian Boswell pushed the pace early on, creating separation between the lead group of riders and the chasers behind. The group would eventually be whittled down to seven riders who began to play cat and mouse as they closed in on Commercial Street. It was ultimately Swenson who won the sprint, improving on his second-place performance in 2022.

“I realized that I could maybe make it,” Schiff said at the winner’s press conference. “My team from Canyon was just pushing me at the aid station.  They told me ‘okay you have a gap and keep on going,’ and I did.”

“It’s nice to win this race,” Swenson said at the press conference. “Second was a great result last year and I was content with it but to come up that short after almost 10 hours of racing is a bummer to lose it in a sprint.”

Full results for all categories can be found here.

200-mile Pro Women’s Race Results

Name	City	Age	Time
Caroline Schiff	Bremen, Germany	37	11:46:39
Sofia Gomez Villafane	Heber City, Utah	30	12:01:50
Sarah Sturm	Durango, Colo.	33	12:08:09
Danni Shosbree	Richmond, England	28	12:08:20
Sarah Lange	Lyme, N.H.	31	12:15:40

 
200-mile Pro Men’s Race Results

Name	City	Age	Time
Keegan Swenson	Heber City, Utah	29	10:06:02
Petr Vakoc	Prague, Czech Republic	30	10:06:03
Lachlan Morton	Boulder, Colo.	31	10:06:05
Laurens ten Dam	Oudorp, The Netherlands	42	10:06:08
Ian Boswell	Barnet, Vt.	32	10:06:08

200-mile Non-Binary Race Results

Name	City	Age	Time
Rach McBride	Vancouver, Canada	45	12:46:35

200-mile Para Women’s Race Results

Name	City	Age	Time
Name	City	Age	Time

200-mile Para Men’s Race Results
 

Name	City	Age	Time
Tristan Bangma	Apeldoorn, The Netherlands	25	12:12:19

100-mile Women’s Race Result

Name	City	Age	Time
Tiffany Cromwell	Chinnor, England	34	6:13:54
Maria Doering	Banner Elk, N.C.	24	6:39:21
Lauren Zoerner	Highlands Ranch, Colo.	20	6:39:57
Kae Takeshita	Itasca, Ill.	39	6:44:48
Laura King	Richmond, Vt.	40	6:48:22

100-mile  Men’s Race Result

Name	City	Age	Time
David Brower	Grand Rapids, Mich.	19	5:49:57
Elliot Phillips	London, England	27	5:49:58
Brian McCulloch	Yucaipa, Calif.	40	5:49:58
Scott Funston	Boulder, Colo.	23	5:49:58
Colby Pearce	Boulder, Colo.	50	5:53:20

100-mile Non-Binary Race Result

Name	City	Age	Time
Bonnie Branson	Edmond, Okla.	46	7:30:19
Shaune Huysamen	Alpharetta, Ga.	42	8:24:53
Tomas Perez	Overland Park, Kan.	48	8:52:41
Travis Templin	West Valley City, Utah	33	9:02:03
Matthew Rose	Calhoun, La.	28	9:14:43

100-mile Para Men’s Race Results

Name	City	Age	Time
Kai Luan	Chicago, Ill.	28	9:53:25

350-mile Women’s Race Results

Name	City	Age	Time
Kristen Legan	Nederland, Colo.	37	26:06:35
Anne-Marije Rook	Portland, Ore.	36	28:03:32

350-mile Men’s Race Result

Name	City	Age	Time
Logan Kasper	Baldinwinville, Mass.	29	22:54:25
Luke Hall	Boulder, Colo.	35	24:40:44
Ulrich Bartholmoes	Munich, Germany	36	25:00:10
Geoffrey Langat	Nairobi, Kenya	33	25:36:28
Chris Mehlman	Manchester, Mass.	23	26:00:14

Garmin UNBOUND Gravel Presented by Craft was the second race of seven in the Life Time Grand Prix presented by Mazda. The series features 70 elite and professional athletes who will face off for a $250,000, equally split prize purse. Athletes will be ranked against the other competitors by points received based on their finishing position at each event.
The next event on the Life Time off-road event calendar–and third event in the Life Time Grand Prix series–is the 70-mile Crusher in the Tushar on July 8 in Beaver, Utah.

To see the full leaderboard with all athlete standings for the Life Time Grand Prix presented by Mazda, visit: lifetimegrandprix.com. Follow along throughout the 2023 season on Instagram: @lifetimegrandprix.