Death Valley Cup

The Death Valley Cup recognizes those athletes who complete both the Badwater Ultramarathon 135 Mile Running Race and the Furnace Creek 508 Mile Bicycle Race in the same calendar year. This is a form of recognition for those athletes who complete both races in the same year, and also an actual plaque that is awarded each time an athlete breaks the current overall record for either the men's or women's divisions. Thus, there are, at any given moment, two Death Valley Cup Record Holders, as well as an ongoing, slowly increasing list of Death Valley Cup Finishers. To earn this recognition is a very significant achievement in endurance sports and especially for those athletes who have come to know and love Death Valley and its environs.

For information on Furnace Creek 508, visit www.the508.com.

 

Current Death Valley Cup Record Holders

Kaname Sakurai, "Sea Lion"
Nagoya, Japan, 36		 2000 Badwater, 27:52:14,
3rd place		 Furnace Creek, 32:31:56,
2nd place		 =60:24:10
total time*		 Images
Shanna Armstrong "Dik Dik"
Lubbock, TX, 34		 2008 Badwater, 31:16:10,
3rd female, 7th overall		 Furnace Creek, 34:30:58,
5th female, 24th overall		 =65:47:08

(*To receive the Death Valley Cup plaque, these combined record times must be broken.)
 

Death Valley Cup Finishers, in order of fastest to least fast

Charlie Engle, "Water Dragon"
Greensboro, NC, 44		 2007 Badwater, 27:42:32,
5th place		 Furnace Creek, 34:31:12,
13th place		 =62:13:44
total time		 Images
Danny Westergaard, "Wiener Dog"
Rolling Hills, CA, 48		 2007 Badwater, 32:22:58,
12th place		 Furnace Creek, 35:51:38,
19th place		 =68:14:36
total time		 Images
Monica Fernandez, "Quetzal"
Casablanca, Morocco, 40, Guatemala		 2008 Badwater, 35:17:59,
7th female, 12th overall		 Furnace Creek, 32:58:12
2nd female, 12th overall		 =68:16:11
total time
Patrick Candé, "Golden Eagle"
Tahiti, French Polynesia, 48		 2005 Badwater, 34:13:21,
7th place		 Furnace Creek, 36:52:12
37th place		 =71:05:33
total time		 Images
Danny Westergaard, "Wiener Dog"
Rolling Hills, CA, 49 (2nd DV Cup)		 2008 Badwater, 36:31:46,
17th place		 Furnace Creek, 34:38:34,
23rd place place		 =71:10:20
total time
Marshall Ulrich, "Unicorn"
Ft. Morgan, CO, 43		 1996 Badwater, 33:01,
1st place		 Furnace Creek, 38:32:45
16th place		 =71:33:45
total time		 Images
Monica Scholz, "Scarlett Fairy Cup"
Jerseyville, Ontario, Canada, 39
(2nd DV Cup)		 2006 Badwater, 32:07:01,
1st female, 8th overall		 Furnace Creek, 40:00:02,
2nd female, 27th overall		 =72:07:01
total time		 Images
Jean Michel Monot, "Manta Ray"
Tahiti, French Polynesia, 45		 2005 Badwater, 36:51:12,
11th place		 Furnace Creek, 35:53:48
31st place		 =72:45:00
total time		 Images
Monica Scholz, "Scarlett Fairy Cup"
Jerseyville, ON, Canada, 37		 2004 Badwater, 29:22:29,
1st female, 3rd overall		 Furnace Creek, 44:29:15,
1st female, 25th overall		 =73:51:44
total time		 Images
Michele Santilhano, "Shongololo"
Menlo Park, CA, 38, South Africa		 2008 Badwater, 39:42:23,
11th female, 29th overall		 Furnace Creek, 38:01:42,
7th female, 42nd overall		 =77:44:05
total time
Steve Teal, "Desert Duck"
Phelan, CA, 42 (3rd DV Cup)		 2007 Badwater, 44:16:27,
50th place		 Furnace Creek, 34:16:04,
11th place		 =78:32:31
total time		 Images
Steve Teal, "Desert Duck"
Phelan, CA, 40		 2005 Badwater, 43:56:20,
34th place		 Furnace Creek, 35:39:52
29th place		 =79:46:12
total time		 Images
Steve Teal, "Desert Duck"
Phelan, CA, 43 (4th DV Cup)		 2008 Badwater, 45:24:20,
56th place		 Furnace Creek, 35:12:55,
26th place		 =80:37:15
total time
Angelika Castaneda, "Cat"
San Diego, CA, 56		 1999 Badwater, 36:58,
1st female, 8th overall		 Furnace Creek, 43:46:40,
3rd female, 18th overall		 =80:44:40
total time*		 Images
Steve Teal, "Desert Duck"
Phelan, CA, 41 (2nd DV Cup)		 2006 Badwater, 42:29:16,
32nd place		 Furnace Creek, 41:24:06
29th place		 =83:53:22
total time		 Images
David Jackson, "Jackass"
Lexington, KY, 43		 2002 Badwater, 47:12:30,
25th place		 Furnace Creek, 38:56:12
15th place		 =86:08:42
total time		 Images
Del Scharffenberg, "Spider"
Portland, OR, 52		 1997 Badwater, 48:16,
13th place		 Furnace Creek, 42:15:26,
10th place		 =90:31:26
total time		 Images
Charlie Liskey, "Lizard"
Somis, CA, 40		 1996 Badwater, 58:26,
14th place		 Furnace Creek, 39:32:08
17th place		 =97:58:08
total time