Lea Mulligan, a 24-year-old native Chattanoogan, recently traveled to Chamonix, France to compete in the International Trail Running Series Ultra Trail Mount Blanc CCC.
She took part in a lengthy 100-kilometer race through France, Italy and Switzerland, and was the 10th American female finisher and 31st female overall. She finished 126th out of 2,200 people from all over the world, completing the challenging 62-mile race with almost 20,000 feet of elevation in 15 hours and 3 minutes.
A teacher at St.
Nicholas School, Ms. Mulligan was captain of her Maryville College cross country team and has participated in numerous trail races in the United States. She was the first-place female at Chattanooga's 2022 Stump Jump, setting the course record. Ms. Mulligan has raced the Pinhoti 100-Mile Endurance race, the 52K Broken Arrow Sky Race in Tahoe, Canyons100K in California and the Black Canyon 100K in Arizona.