The last remaining athlete on the Montane Yukon Arctic Ultra trail has crossed the finish line.

England’s Philip Cowell reached the finish shortly after 8:00 this morning.

Whether Cowell finished the race depended on whether he reached an overflow section on the Takhini River which everyone else had bypassed.

“Before we took out that section on the Takhini, he would have not had a chance to finish,” stated race organizer Robert Pollhammer.

Daniel Benhammou (U.S.) came in Wednesday night at approximately 9:45.

He was followed by Stephan Huss (Germany) yesterday morning around 4:15.

Huss and Benhammou had been traveling together for most of the race, but Benhammou went on ahead with about five miles to go.

“Stephan just was very tired,” related race organizer Robert Pollhammer.

“He tried to keep up with Daniel, but at some point, he just said he’s too tired. And when you get to a certain level of tiredness, you might as well have a break, because you’re not making much progress.”

Aodh O Currain (Ireland) came in yesterday morning at about 8:10.

Jessie Gladish was the first to finish the 300-mile category of the race, pushing her fat bike in early Wednesday morning at about 4:00.

Kevin Leahy of Ireland came in second at 6:00 Wednesday morning.

Significant overflow had previously forced the organizers to shorten the trail out to Mandanna Lake.

“The overflow’s what really messed us up, so instead of being able to go to Madanna (Lake) as we had planned, for the 300 mile turnaround, we had to turn the people around earlier, shortening the overall distance to 250 miles, and then today (Wednesday), we had overflow problems again on the Takhini (River), and had to take a distance off again.

We did a restart at the Takhini bridge, that’s when Jessie then did the remaining part, and everybody else has to do the same,” related Pollhammer.

There are no cash prizes in the Yukon Arctic Ultra, but all athletes received medals for finishing.