Broken Arrow 18K F40-49: Haesloop Dominates While the Chase Pack Battles All the Way Down

• Olivia Haesloop, 42, wins in 2:21:20 — a 12:38/mi clip across 6,200–8,820 ft of Sierra Nevada terrain, finishing more than ten minutes clear of second place.
• Stefanie Metcalf climbs nine spots in the women's field across the race's middle legs, posting the 10th-fastest women's split on KT 22→Siberia to move from 27th to 12th among women — the biggest mover in the top five.
• Paula Mcnally surges at the end, recording the 10th-fastest women's split on the High Camp→Finish stretch to jump from 20th to 16th among women and claim 4th in F40-49 at 2:35:44.
• Katherine Blackwood, 48, holds on for 5th at 2:37:24 despite slipping four spots in the women's field late — her 13th-fastest women's split on KT 22→Siberia had briefly carried her as high as 14th among women before the final descent cost her ground.

Olivia Haesloop made a statement from the gun. Starting 9th among women, the 42-year-old from Sequim, Washington steadily reeled in rivals — moving to 8th, then 6th — and held that position through the finish. Her 12:38/mi average on a course that climbs above 8,800 feet is a genuine measure of strength at altitude, where thinner air can turn a hard effort into a suffocating one for anyone not dialed into the elevation. Her 3rd-fastest women's split on the second half underlines that she wasn't just surviving the back end — she was still racing it.

Behind her, the battle for the F40-49 podium was anything but settled early. Camille Jensen, 47, of Truckee ran a composed race, climbing from 17th to 11th among women to claim 2nd in 2:31:42. But Stefanie Metcalf, 42, made the most dramatic charge of anyone in the top five: starting 27th among women, she posted the 10th-fastest women's split on KT 22→Siberia and kept pressing, eventually finishing 3rd in 2:32:06 — just 24 seconds behind Jensen. Two very different paces got them to nearly the same finish time; Metcalf ran the middle and late legs faster, Jensen had the earlier cushion.

Paula Mcnally's late-race surge earned her 4th at 2:35:44, her 10th-fastest women's split on the final stretch doing real work when many legs were fading. Katherine Blackwood rounded out the top five at 2:37:24, followed by local Janelle Bennett of Olympic Valley in 6th at 2:39:15. The full F40-49 field of 69 finishers stretched all the way to Maria Barrell and Vasantha Jotwani, who crossed in 3:03:23 and 3:04:31 respectively to close out the listed finishers — no small feat on a course that demands respect at every altitude marker.