100 yards for Team Belgium
Finished fourth at Belgium’s World Team Championship site with 670.600 km, as Belgium won the team title and the leading trio set a 110-yard world best.
Source-checked athlete record · Updated Oct 19, 2026
Kenneth Vanthuyne
100-yard Team Belgium runner and Belgian backyard race winner
Kenneth Vanthuyne is a Belgian backyard ultrarunner who completed 100 yards for fourth place at Belgium’s 2024 World Team Championship race.
BelgiumMerelbeke-Melle, BelgiumM40
Still running at the World Team Championship · 52 yardsBackyard Ultra World Team Championship 2026 · Still running
52 yards completed and still in the race
Belgium is 3rd with 753 yards and 12 runners still in.
From the organizer’s live results after yard 52 (15:53 UTC, 19 October). Live results ↗ Championship guide →
The record so far
Kenneth Vanthuyne is a Belgian endurance athlete from Merelbeke-Melle. His best backyard result came at Belgium’s site of the 2024 Backyard Ultra World Team Championships in Retie, where he completed 100 yards for 670.600 km and finished fourth. He was the last runner to stop before Merijn Geerts, Ivo Steyaert and Frank Gielen went on to 110 yards and Belgium won the team title.
Vanthuyne built his backyard record on Belgian loops. In 2022 he won WUK M&M Backyard Ultra in Doomkerke with 34 yards and Antwerp Backyard Ultra with a then-course-record 39 yards, and in 2023 he won One More Loop 5 with 38 yards.
Vanthuyne is on Belgium’s team for the 2026 Backyard Ultra World Team Championship, which started on 17 October 2026. He qualified with his 100-yard run from 2024, which ranks third on Belgium’s official selection list. At Big’s Backyard Ultra in 2025 he completed 35 yards and placed 65th.
Defining performances
Performance history
| Date | Event | Performance | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big’s Backyard UltraBackyard ultra | 35 yards · 234.710 km | 65th overall | View ↗ | |
| Backyard Ultra World Team Championships — BelgiumBackyard ultra | 100 yards · 670.600 km | 4th overall | View ↗ | |
| Legends Backyard UltraBackyard ultra | 30 yards · 201.180 km | 16th overall | View ↗ | |
| One More Loop 5Backyard ultra | 38 yards · 254.828 km | Winner · course record | View ↗ | |
| The Bello Gallico Trail50-mile trail | 9:25:00 | 19th overall | View ↗ | |
| Antwerp Backyard UltraBackyard ultra | 39 yards · 261.534 km | Winner · course record | View ↗ | |
| WUK M&M Backyard UltraBackyard ultra | 34 yards · 228.004 km | Winner · course record | View ↗ | |
| WUK M&M Backyard UltraBackyard ultra | 27 yards · 181.062 km | 4th overall | View ↗ | |
| Antwerp Backyard UltraBackyard ultra | 24 yards · 160.944 km | 5th overall | View ↗ | |
| Marathon des SablesMulti-stage desert race | 237 km · 24:07:59 | 20th overall | View ↗ |
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