M10-19: Scottorn Mcmillen Tops a Stacked Young Field at Broken Arrow 11K

• Winner: Scottorn Mcmillen (15, Sparks, NV) — 57:47 at 8:27/mi, finishing first among 19 in the M10-19 field
• Tight podium: Just 1:52 separated 1st through 3rd — Cody Johnson 2nd in 59:15, Cameron Pund 3rd in 59:39
• Closing kick: Ethan Scholnick (4th, 1:01:31) posted the 11th-fastest Snow King→Finish split among the women's field, the sharpest closing leg of any M10-19 finisher on that segment
• Youngest finishers: Levi Streit (age 12, 5th, 1:02:29) and van Schranz (age 12, 12th, 1:21:29) both completed a demanding high-elevation mountain course that challenged athletes twice their age

Scottorn Mcmillen ran a controlled, confident race to take the M10-19 title in 57:47 — an 8:27/mi average across terrain that climbs and drops through Palisades Tahoe at elevations pushing past 7,500 feet. On a day when 87°F heat and thinner mountain air made every uphill a negotiation, that kind of sustained pace from a 15-year-old is worth noting. He held his position through the closing Snow King→Finish segment, recording the 15th-fastest split on that leg among the women's field to seal the win.

The race behind him was genuinely competitive. Cody Johnson (15, Truckee) came in 2nd at 59:15, followed 24 seconds later by Cameron Pund (17, Davis) in 59:39. Those two ran nearly the same final segment — Johnson's 23rd-fastest Snow King split edged Pund's 22nd — but Pund actually closed marginally faster there, making up a sliver of ground at the end. The real separation happened earlier; Johnson had already built enough of a buffer to hold 2nd. Just 1:52 covered the entire podium.

Ethan Scholnick (16, Truckee) was the story of the closing leg. He came home 4th in 1:01:31, but his Snow King→Finish split ranked 11th among the women's field — faster there than anyone else in the M10-19 group on that segment. He moved from 21st to 19th in the broader men's field on that stretch, a sign he was gaining momentum late. Levi Streit, just 12 years old out of Truckee, rounded out the top five in 1:02:29 — a composed performance at altitude and heat that most adults in the field would respect.

The back half of the field told its own story of grit. Will Amato (13, Town and Country, MO) crossed in 2:00:48 to close out the 19-finisher group — a long day on the mountain, especially for a 13-year-old who traveled from Missouri. Aiden Sharbono (14, Port Orange, FL) finished 18th in 1:47:19, and both he and Amato completed a course that demanded real toughness, far from home, at elevation that doesn't forgive anyone who comes in underprepared.