93 yards at Big Dog’s Backyard Ultra
Placed 11th of 72 starters at the individual world championship in Tennessee, a race Phil Gore won with 114 yards.
Athlete profile · Sources reviewed Oct 23, 2026
Dan Camac
Adelaide backyard runner who reached 93 yards at Big’s in 2025
Dan Camac is an Australian ultrarunner from Adelaide whose 93 yards at Big’s Backyard Ultra in 2025 put him second on Australia’s 2026 selection list.
AustraliaAdelaide, AustraliaM30
National champion at the World Team Championship · 87 yardsBackyard Ultra World Team Championship 2026 · National champion
Won the national race with 87 yards
Completed yard 87 alone as the last runner standing for Australia. Australia’s national race is over: the team finished on 1069 yards, 2nd in the standings at this point.
Final results after yard 124 (16:07 UTC, 22 October), matching the organizer's official leaderboard. Organizer results ↗ Championship guide →
The record so far
Dan Camac is an Australian ultrarunner from Adelaide. His best backyard result is 93 yards (approximately 623.6 km) at Big’s Backyard Ultra in October 2025, where he placed 11th in a field of 72 won by Phil Gore with 114 yards.
Camac’s first recorded backyard was the 2021 Hysterical Carnage Backyard Ultra, where he stopped at 30 yards. He reached 51 yards at Herdy’s Frontyard Ultra in 2023, took the assist at the Mirrim Wurnit Back Paddock Backyard Ultra in March 2024 with 34 yards, and went 75 yards at the Australian site of the 2024 World Team Championship, sharing fifth place with Jonathan Ash as Gore won with 96. His earlier timed results include 200 km at the 2021 Coburg 24-hour race and wins in two six-hour events.
In January 2025 he ran 2:49:21 at the Cadbury Marathon in Hobart wearing Crocs, a time Canadian Running reported as an unofficial best for the footwear. Camac was second on Australia’s official selection list for the 2026 Backyard Ultra World Team Championship. At the championship he won Australia’s race with 87 yards, one ahead of Ben Nicholls, as Australia finished second in the team standings with 1,069 yards. As of October 2026, his 93 yards from 2025 rank 18th on the at-large list for Big’s 2027.
Defining performances
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Second on Australia’s World Team Championship list
Ranked second on Australia’s 2024–2026 selection list, behind Jonathan Ash, with his 93 yards from Big’s.
Fifth at the Australian team championship site
Went 75 yards, level with Jonathan Ash, in a 15-runner field won by Phil Gore with 96 yards; Ryan Crawford was the assist with 95.
Sub-2:50 marathon in Crocs
Ran 2:49:21 at the Cadbury Marathon in Hobart, reported as an unofficial best for a marathon in Crocs.
Performance history
Selected results, not a complete race history. Rankings and record descriptions reflect the cited sources at their review dates. Distances may use different rounding conventions.
| Date | Event | Performance | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Dog’s Backyard UltraBackyard ultra | 93 yards · approximately 623.6 km | 11th overall | View ↗ | |
| Gone Nuts 101 km Ultra101 km | 11:03:23 | 4th overall | View ↗ | |
| Backyard Ultra World Team Championship — AustraliaBackyard ultra | 75 yards · approximately 502.9 km | 5th overall | View ↗ | |
| No Time to Die Frontyard UltraFrontyard ultra | 40 yards · approximately 268.2 km | 3rd overall | View ↗ | |
| Mirrim Wurnit Back Paddock Backyard UltraBackyard ultra | 34 yards · approximately 228.0 km | 2nd overall · assist | View ↗ | |
| Herdy’s Frontyard UltraFrontyard ultra | 51 yards · approximately 342.0 km | 3rd overall | View ↗ | |
| Coburg Harriers Carnival 6 Hour6-hour race | 76.144 km | Winner | View ↗ | |
| Hysterical Carnage Backyard UltraBackyard ultra | 30 yards · approximately 201.2 km | 7th overall | View ↗ | |
| BUTTER 24 — 6 Hour6-hour race | 82.303 km | Winner | View ↗ | |
| Coburg Harriers Carnival 24 Hour24-hour race | 200.000 km | 4th overall | View ↗ |
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