W20-24: Megan Keith Dominates NYC in 1:07:13

• Keith wins by 4:46 — her 5:08/mi average put her in a class of her own among the 1,380 W20-24 finishers.
• Felicia Pasadyn ran the fastest women's split from 20K to the finish, closing in 1:11:59 for 2nd.
• Grace Dorantes made the biggest move of the group, climbing from 109th among women at 10K all the way to 65th by the finish.
• Top-five separation: a 14-second gap between 3rd (1:21:38) and 4th (1:22:11), and just 8 seconds between 4th and 5th.

Megan Keith ran away from the W20-24 field from the gun and never looked back. The 23-year-old from Edinburgh tracked 6th among women through 10K, then steadily worked her way forward — 5th, 4th, and finally 3rd among the women by 15K, where she also posted the 2nd-fastest women's split of that segment. She held that position to the tape, crossing in 1:07:13 at a relentless 5:08/mi average, nearly five minutes clear of her nearest W20-24 rival.

Felicia Pasadyn of New York was the story of the back half. She ran a patient race — sitting 19th among women through the first 15K — and then unleashed the fastest women's split from 20K to the finish to seal 2nd place in the age group in 1:11:59. That closing kick didn't move her dramatically in the women's standings, but it was the sharpest finish of anyone in the W20-24 field.

The battle for 3rd through 5th was tightly contested. Mia Matsunami (Boston) finished 3rd in 1:21:38, followed by Meghan Lynch of Greenwich in 1:22:11 and Grace Dorantes of New York in 1:22:19 — a 41-second window across three runners. Dorantes earned the most dramatic trajectory of the group, surging from 109th among women at the 10K mark all the way to 65th by the finish, anchored by the 40th-fastest women's split from 20K in.

Rachel Kim (1:22:42, 6th) and Erin Rogerson (1:22:50, 7th) rounded out a tight cluster just behind, separated by only 8 seconds, with Annie Jackson (1:23:17, 8th), Maureen Lewin (1:23:52, 9th), and Margaret McLoughlin (1:24:26, 10th) completing a deep and competitive top ten on a brisk, clear March morning in New York.