The AdventureCORPS Cup / Death Valley Cup recognizes those athletes who complete both the Badwater 135 Ultramarathon Running Race and the Silver State 508 (2014 to the present) or Furnace Creek 508 Bicycle Race (1999 through 2013) 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 our events.

For information on the Badwater 135 Ultramarathon, visit www.badwater.com.

 

Current Record Holders

Charlie Engle, "Water Dragon"
Greensboro, NC, 47 (2nd DV Cup)		 2009 Badwater, 25:45:11,
4th place		 Furnace Creek, 33:19:25,
4th place		 =59:04:36
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
total time*		 Images

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

All AdventureCORPS / Death Valley Cup Finishers, in alphabetical order:

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
total time*		 Images
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
Joaquin Candel, "Toro"
Henderson, NV, 45		 2015 Badwater, 42:55:23,
67th place		 Silver State 508, 49:57:50
22nd place		 =92:53:43,
total time		 Images
Forthcoming
Angelika Castaneda, "Cat"
San Diego, CA, 56
(1st Ever female DV Cup)		 1999 Badwater, 36:58,
1st female, 8th overall		 Furnace Creek, 43:46:40,
3rd female, 18th overall		 =80:44:40
total time*		 Images
Meredith Dolhare, "RedAssd Monkey"
Charlotte, NC, 40		 2013 Badwater, 30:52:40
3rd female, 20th overall		 "Trona 353*," 30:42:00
8th female, 54th overall		 =60:34:40
total time		 Images
Forthcoming
Charlie Engle, "Water Dragon"
Greensboro, NC, 45		 2007 Badwater, 27:42:32,
5th place		 Furnace Creek, 34:31:12,
13th place		 =62:13:44
total time		 Images
Charlie Engle, "Water Dragon"
Greensboro, NC, 47 (2nd DV Cup)		 2009 Badwater, 25:45:11,
4th place		 Furnace Creek, 33:19:25,
4th place		 =59:04:36
total time*		 Images
Charlie Engle, "Water Dragon"
Greensboro, NC, 51 (3rd DV Cup)		 2013 Badwater, 26:15:35,
5th place		 "Trona 353*," 26:52:00,
12th place		 =53:07:35
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		 Images
Paul Grimm, "Wile E Coyote"
Littleton, CO, 44		 2012 Badwater, 46:13:12,
87th place		 Furnace Creek, 45:10:28,
41st place		 =91:23:40,
total time		 Images
Forthcoming
Tim Hewitt, "Muskox"
Greensburg, PA, 56		 2010 Badwater, 36:30:52
26th place		 Furnace Creek, 42:11:07
32nd place		 =78:41:59
total time		 Images
Nickademus Hollon, "Horned Lizard"
San Diego, CA, 19		 2009 Badwater, 33:21:29,
18th place		 Furnace Creek, 44:06:44,
24th place place		 =77:28:13
total time		 Images
Nickademus Hollon, "Horned Lizard"
San Diego, CA, 20 (2nd DV Cup)		 2010 Badwater, 31:53:00,
13th place		 Furnace Creek, 39:53:28
21st place		 =71:46:28
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
James Kern, "Shrike"
Sunnyvale, CA, 55		 2013 Badwater, 33:57:30,
22nd place		 "Trona 353*," 22:31:00,
11th place		 =56:28:30
total time		 Images
Forthcoming
Charlie Liskey, "Lizard"
Somis, CA, 40		 1996 Badwater, 58:26,
14th place		 Furnace Creek, 39:32:08
17th place		 =97:58:08
total time
Eric Meech, "Cattle Dog"
San Diego, CA, 44		 2013 Badwater, 41:17:32
47th place		 "Trona 353*," 26:45:00
33rd place		 =68:02:32
total time		 Images
Forthcoming
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
Ted Philip, "Mountain Gorilla"
Wayland, ME, 47		 2012 Badwater, 32:30:48,
24th place		 Furnace Creek, 38:52:59,
17th place		 =71:23:47,
total time		 Images
Forthcoming
Greg Pressler, "Pheasant"
Portland, OR, 43		 2011 Badwater, 38:36:46
43rd place		 Furnace Creek, 42:18:56
39th place		 =80:55:42,
total time		 Images
Vito Rubino, "Crazy Ibex"
Pasadena, CA, 36		 2014 Badwater, 35:23:51
27th place		 Silver State 508, 37:19:00
14th place		 =72:42:51,
total time		 Images
Forthcoming
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
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		 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
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
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
Joshua Talley, "Escape Goat"
Santa Monica, CA, 43		 2015 Badwater, 38:59:05,
44th place		 Silver State 508, 39:07:08
9th place		 =78:06:13
total time		 Images
Forthcoming
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, 41 (2nd DV Cup)		 2006 Badwater, 42:29:16,
32nd place		 Furnace Creek, 41:24:06
29th place		 =83:53:22
total time		 Images
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, 43 (4th DV Cup)		 2008 Badwater, 45:24:20,
56th place		 Furnace Creek, 35:12:55,
26th place		 =80:37:15
total time		 Images
Steve Teal, "Desert Duck"
Phelan, CA, 45 (5th DV Cup)		 2010 Badwater, 42:15:49
47th place		 Furnace Creek, 37:15:00,
16th place		 =79:30:49
total time		 Images
Marshall Ulrich, "Unicorn"
Ft. Morgan, CO, 43
(1st Ever DV Cup)		 1996 Badwater, 33:01,
1st place		 Furnace Creek, 38:32:45
16th place		 =71:33:45
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
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		 Images
Danny Westergaard, "Wiener Dog"
Rolling Hills, CA, 50 (3rd DV Cup)		 2009 Badwater, 35:51:24,
28th place		 Furnace Creek, 39:54:25,
14th place place		 =75:45:49
total time		 Images
Danny Westergaard, "Wiener Dog"
Rolling Hills, CA, 51 (4th DV Cup)		 2010 Badwater, 37:13:19
30th place		 Furnace Creek, 40:32:17
23rd place		 =77:45:36
total time		 Images
Danny Westergaard, "Wiener Dog"
Rolling Hills, CA, 52 (5th DV Cup)		 2011 Badwater, 38:29:58
42nd place		 Furnace Creek, 37:40:22
23rd place		 =76:10:20,
total time		 Images
Danny Westergaard, "Wiener Dog"
Rolling Hills, CA, 53 (6th DV Cup)		 2012 Badwater, 39:52:42,
26th place		 Furnace Creek, 33:22:00,
20th place		 =73:14:42
total time		 Images
Forthcoming
Danny Westergaard, "Wiener Dog"
Rolling Hills, CA, 54 (7th DV Cup)		 2013 Badwater, 42:41:28,
59th place		 "Trona 353", 28:54:00,
45th place		 =71:35:28
total time		 Images
Forthcoming
Danny Westergaard, "Wiener Dog"
Palos Verdes Estates, CA, 55 (8th DV Cup)		 2014 Badwater, 38:25:08,
46th place		 Silver State 508, 41:23:00,
17th place		 =81:48:08
total time		 Images
Forthcoming
Danny Westergaard, "Wiener Dog"
Palos Verdes Estates, CA, 56 (9th DV Cup)		 2015 Badwater, 36:39:17,
31st place		 Silver State 508, 43:08:00,
11th place		 =79:42:17
total time		 Images
Forthcoming
Thomas Zaide, "Speedy Turtle"
Long Beach, CA, 37		 2014 Badwater, 46:33:40,
78th place		 Silver State 508, 47:35:00,
25th place		 =94:08:40
total time		 Images
Forthcoming

* Note: The 2013 edition of Furnace Creek 508, also known as "Trona 353," was held on an abbreviated 353-mile course due to the federal government shutdown.