Laura Vaughan
USA · women · 100 miles
1
Wins
1
Podiums
1
Races
1997
Active since
About
Laura Vaughan (later Laura Vaughan DesLauriers) is an American ultrarunner from Berkeley, California, best known for two things: her sole Hardrock Hundred Mile Endurance Run, which she won outright and set the women's course record in 1997 at 37 hours, 22 minutes, and 32 seconds, and her unwitting role in the birth of sports nutrition's energy gel category. After watching his daughter struggle through the mountains and canyons of the 1989 Western States 100, her father, biophysicist Dr. Bill Vaughan, spent years developing a portable, easily digestible carbohydrate gel — and in 1992 Laura tested an early prototype at the Wasatch 100, winning the race and helping launch what became GU Energy Labs. She later settled in the Lake Tahoe area, where as a family friend and accomplished distance runner she ran alongside a young Rory Bosio, an early influence on Bosio's own path into elite ultrarunning.
Notable Wins
- — Hardrock 100 women's champion 1997 (37:22:32
- — course record)
- — Wasatch 100 winner 1992
Race History
| Year | Race | Cat. | Pos. | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Hardrock 100 | women | 1st | 37:22:32 |
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