Broken Arrow 11K — Stephenie Scholl Dominates the F60-69 Field

• Scholl wins by 17:50, finishing in 1:24:21 at a 12:20/mi average — nearly 18 minutes clear of second place across a high-elevation course ranging up to 7,543 ft.
• Three-way battle for the podium: Julie Sigoloff (3rd, 1:45:18) ran the 113th-fastest women's Snow King→Finish split to overtake Andrea Lehr (2nd, 1:42:11) in the closing segment — a catch-up that trimmed but couldn't close a 2:53 gap at the line.
• Catherine Weidner (4th, 1:49:10) posted the 115th-fastest women's Snow King→Finish split, moving up from 154th to 137th among women in that final stretch — one of the stronger closing runs in the F60-69 field.
• Monica Shaw (15th, 3:33:34) completed the course at 31:15/mi — a finish that, at 87°F and nearly 7,000 ft of elevation, is a genuine achievement in itself.

Stephenie Scholl of Kremmling, CO — already well-acclimatized to altitude living at elevation on the Western Slope — put in a performance in a different class from the rest of the F60-69 field. Her 1:24:21 and 12:20/mi average weren't just fast for the cohort; they were dominant. She moved from 35th to 42nd among all women on the Snow King→Finish segment, posting the 54th-fastest women's closing split in the entire field — a sign she was still running with real purpose deep into a hot, thin-air afternoon.

Behind her, the race for the podium had a genuine twist. Andrea Lehr (1:42:11) held second place heading into the Snow King→Finish segment, but Julie Sigoloff ran that closing stretch faster — the 113th-fastest women's split versus Lehr's 130th — and came through in 1:45:18 to claim third. Lehr held on for second, but Sigoloff's late charge made it a real battle. Catherine Weidner (4th, 1:49:10) also closed well, moving from 154th to 137th among women in that final leg.

The mid-pack was tightly contested through the middle of the field, with Patty Shijo (6th, 1:57:48), Sarah Leake (7th, 1:58:39), and Laura Pratt (8th, 2:01:19) all finishing within about three and a half minutes of each other. On a course run in 87°F heat at altitude, with 15 finishers ranging from 1:24 to 3:33, the F60-69 field showed the full spectrum of what this mountain course demands — and every one of them crossed the line.