Kerry-Ann Marshall

About

Kerry-Ann Marshall is a South African physiotherapist and elite ultrarunner based in Cape Town, whose career has spanned Comrades glory, 100km trail course records, and major 100-mile wins across the most testing terrain in southern Africa. She earned her physiotherapy degree at UCT and subsequently practised in multiple specialties — including Pilates, acupuncture, and dry needling — before founding her own physiotherapy practice. Her running career grew alongside her clinical work: she set the course record at the Ultra-trail Cape Town 100km in 2015, won a Comrades Marathon gold medal in 2016, and placed 6th at the Two Oceans Marathon in 3:57:39 the same year. Her most significant result came in 2024 when she won the Ultra Trail Cape Town 100-mile (UTCT), covering 164 kilometres in 25:23:02 to take the overall women's title. With a UTMB Index of 684 she is competitive at the highest international level, and she embodies the South African tradition of performers equally at home on road, trail, and mountain.

Notable Wins

• — Ultra Trail Cape Town 100-mile (UTCT) 2024 (25:23:02)
• — Ultra-trail Cape Town 100km course record 2015
• — Comrades Marathon gold medal 2016
• — 6th Two Oceans Marathon 2016 (3:57:39)

Race History