Broken Arrow 11K NB20-29: Parker Holzman Smith Leads the Bay Area Charge

• Parker Holzman Smith took the NB20-29 title in 1:20:53 (11:50/mi), posting the 2nd-fastest women's split on the Snow King→Finish segment in the entire women's field.
• Beck Porter finished 2nd in 1:23:40, just 2:47 back — the closest gap on the podium.
• Kira Barsten rounded out the podium in 1:31:22, nearly 8 minutes clear of 4th.
• The field was a tight Bay Area contingent: Oakland and San Francisco represented across all five finishers.

Parker Holzman Smith set the tone for the NB20-29 field, crossing in 1:20:53 at an 11:50/mi average — no small feat on a course that climbs through thin air between 6,200 and 7,500 feet on a day that pushed 87°F. Her Snow King→Finish split was the 2nd-fastest among all women on that segment, a genuine standout performance that separated her from the rest of the field in this group.

Beck Porter gave chase and made it interesting, finishing in 1:23:40 — the 2:47 gap between first and second was the tightest of the day in this group. Porter's 5th-fastest women's split on Snow King→Finish tells a consistent story: she ran that closing segment well but couldn't quite close the gap Holzman Smith had built. Kira Barsten held her own for 3rd in 1:31:22, running a 13:22/mi average and finishing comfortably clear of the back half of the field.

Nick Steelman (4th, 1:49:53) and Noah Nelson (5th, 1:59:52) completed the five-person field, with Nelson just cracking the two-hour mark at 17:32/mi — a tough ask on a technical mountain course at altitude in the heat. All five finishers held their women's field positions steady from checkpoint to finish, a sign that the order was largely decided before the final descent. Holzman Smith's closing speed, though, was the story of the day.