Godwin Mirar and Rejlen James are the ATM Points King and Queen of Season 10!

Godwin Mirar and Rejlen James are the overall Points King and Queen, respectively, of Season 10 in the Asia Trail Master Championship series. Both scored 2000 points in total, more than anyone else in four races during the season that began with Dieng Trail Run in Indonesia last year and ended with Ijen Mountain Marathon, also in Indonesia, earlier this month. Godwin Mirar succeeds Wilsen Singgin on the palmares, while Rejlen James follows Julieann Morales. 

The ATM Points Title neatly reflects the maturity Godwin Mirar has gained over the past months, after a rocky start of his season. First, he DNFd together with Kristian Joergensen as the duo went off course in Lam Dong Trail, and then the 25-year-old Filipino saw a near certain victory slip out of his hands in the final section of a bitterly cold Vietnam Trail Marathon. A couple of months later came the reset. Godwin Mirar ran his home race in Bukidnon, Mount Kalatungan Ultra, and took his first ever ATM race victory. Barely two months later, he impressed everyone with his showing in Penang Sky Race - taking his second win in superb style. Two wins, a fifth place and a DNF did not suffice to qualify for the highly competitive Team Philippines, so Godwin added The Punisher and Borneo TMBT Ultra to his race schedule in August. On Samal Island he collected race win number three, in so doing eliminating the DNF in Lam Dong from his points tally. He also crossed the finish line first at TMBT, but a mandatory gear infringement relegated him to second place afterwards. Still, he also deleted the 375 points of VTM and replaced it with 450 of TMBT and in so doing ended up with 2000 points, also including the 50-point Abroad Bonus for having traveled to at least 1 race abroad. In the final points table, he has 75 points more than 2024 ATM Champion Jeff Campbell and Singapore’s Chris Timms. His Filipino compatriots Roberto Cain III and Kik Suello are fourth and fifth in the final ranking of the season, indicating once again how dense the competition in his country is. 

Godwin Mirar will be one of the logical race favourites in Saturday’s ATM Championship title race. If he can keep his nerves in check and his head cool, Mu Cang Chai Ultra Trail may very well be his real international breakthrough. 

Rejlen James once again proved she is the trail Queen of Sabah this season, winning in all three major events: BUTM, KAR Ultra and Borneo TMBT Ultra! Combined with a second place behind Nepal’s Dilu Limbu in Trail des Gombak 100, that also results in 2000 points for her four best races of the season. She collected the 50-point Abroad Bonus for traveling to Philippines and do Sierra Madre Trail Ultra in the Rizal mountains near Manila. Given James has a reputation for struggling when racing abroad, she actually did well in that race also: second place behind local hero Cecille Wael. Overall, a highly consistent and impressive season again for Rejlen James, who deservedly takes the ATM Points Title this year. In the final ranking, she preceeds Philippines’ Shally Yuson (who clearly made a step forward in performance this season) and Kuala Lumpur-based Filipino Ritzy Amor - another exciting newcomer this season, combining trail running with boxing, muay thai and wall climbing. 

Rejlen James will not be claiming her spot in Team Malaysia for the ATM Championship Final this coming Saturday. Despite very good race results also in the 2023 and 2024 seasons, she could not deliver the same performance in the Finals and has therefore decided to give it a miss this year. Her place in Team Malaysia has been taken by first reserve Yvette Chong Mi Chin from Sarawak, a very busy bee in our ATM series who sees her perseverance rewarded with a second qualification for the Finals after the first in 2022. 

2024 : Wilsen Singgin and Julie ann Morales

Men’s Overall Top 10 of Season 10

  1. Godwin Mirar (PHI) 2000 points (6)

  2. Jeff Campbell (CAN/HKG) 1925 (4)

  3. Chris Timms (GBR/SGP) 1925 (4)

  4. Roberto Cain III (PHI) 1900 (5)

  5. Kik Suello (PHI) 1875 (5)

  6. Kristian Joergensen (DEN/PHI) 1825 (5)

  7. Muhammad Faris (MAS) 1775 (4)

  8. Wilsen Singgin (MAS) 1775 (4)

  9. Hisashi Kitamura (JPN) 1715 (4)

  10. Oswald Maikol (MAS) 1700 (4)

Women’s Overall Top 10 of Season 10

  1. Rejlen James (MAS) 2000 points (5)

  2. Shally Yuson (PHI) 1925 (4)

  3. Ritzy Amor (PHI) 1825 (5)

  4. Adelinah Lintanga (MAS) 1630 (4)

  5. Shekinah Velasquez (PHI) 1590 (4)

  6. Lalitah Lintanga (MAS) 1580 (4)

  7. Metzi Joy Alson (PHI) 1555 (4)

  8. Cecille Wael (PHI) 1480 (4)

  9. Nurul Emyra Fazira Isnariah (MAS) 1470 (4)

  10. Yvette Chong Mi Chin (MAS) 1460 (8)

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