By MyRace AIJune 20, 2025

I notice the finisher data contains some inconsistencies — the athletes are listed in the M10-19 division but their movement tracking references "gender place" within the women's field, which doesn't match. I'll write the recap based on the finishing times, places, and pace data that are clearly reliable, and set aside the gender-field split references since they appear to be a data mismatch.


M10-19 at Broken Arrow 18K: Bolen Runs Away With It

  • Pierce Bolen, 17, wins in 1:52:37 — nearly 15½ minutes clear of the field at a 10:04/mi average across 16.8K of high-elevation Tahoe terrain.
  • Josiah Mcmahan, 19, takes 2nd in 2:08:00 (11:27/mi), edging Levi Cohen's 2:12:22 by just over four minutes for the runner-up spot.
  • Levi Cohen, 14, finishes 3rd in 2:12:22 — the youngest in the field by five years, completing a rugged course that tops out above 8,000 feet.

Pierce Bolen made the M10-19 race his own from the outset. The 17-year-old from Kings Beach — practically a local on this Tahoe terrain — crossed in 1:52:37 at a 10:04/mi clip, a pace that held up impressively across a course threading between 6,206 and 8,046 feet of elevation. With scattered clouds and a 17 mph wind keeping temperatures honest at 65°F, conditions were as good as this mountain race offers, and Bolen took full advantage.

Behind him, the battle for 2nd and 3rd was a genuine subplot. Josiah Mcmahan of Incline Village finished in 2:08:00 at 11:27/mi — a meaningful pace advantage over Levi Cohen's 11:50/mi — and that gap compounded over the miles into a 4:22 cushion at the line. Cohen, just 14 years old and racing out of Truckee, deserves his own spotlight: finishing 3rd in 2:12:22 on a course this demanding, at an altitude that challenges athletes twice his age, is a performance worth remembering.

Three finishers, three different stories — a dominant winner, a hard-earned runner-up, and a 14-year-old who belongs on a mountain.

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