Broken Arrow 23K — F50-59: Lambert-Sanders Dominates from the Gun

• Bree Lambert-Sanders, 56, wins in 2:58:32 — a 12:30/mi average across a high-elevation course stretching above 8,800 ft, finishing 45th among all women.
• 35 minutes, 52 seconds separated the winner from runner-up Patricia Sampson (3:34:24) — the largest winning margin in the field of 23.
• The podium battle was tight: Sampson (3:34:24), Katherine Webb (3:37:37), and Sara Holm (3:39:54) finished within five and a half minutes of each other across 3rd through 4th — with Webb and Holm separated by just 2:17.
• Ilyce Shugall faded late: she entered the KT 22→Siberia segment sitting 81st among women, but slipped to 97th by the finish — the clearest fade in this group.

Bree Lambert-Sanders, 56, from San Jose, ran the F50-59 field into the ground. Her 2:58:32 finish — averaging 12:30 per mile at elevations where thinner air makes every climb feel steeper — was in a class of its own, and she kept moving through the women's field all day, advancing from 51st among women at the first checkpoint to 45th at the finish. Her second-half split was the 42nd-fastest among all women — a strong close that underscored just how controlled and complete her effort was.

Behind her, the race for 2nd through 4th was genuinely compelling. Patricia Sampson, 52, from El Sobrante, ran a steady race and found another gear on the back half — her High Camp→Finish split ranked 70th among all women, moving her from 97th to 87th in the women's field on that closing stretch alone. Katherine Webb, 53, making the trip from Shreveport, Louisiana, had her best segment on the Siberia→High Camp climb (86th-fastest women's split there), finishing 3rd in 3:37:37. Sara Holm, 52, of Reno, mirrored Sampson's late push with the 83rd-fastest women's split on High Camp→Finish, clawing from 101st to 93rd among women to claim 4th in 3:39:54.

Kaycia Wilde (3:45:15, 6th) and Karla Moore — the field's eldest at 59, finishing 7th in 4:00:56 — rounded out a competitive top half. At the back, Buyankhand Bolchuluun and Amy Delaney, both 50, finished 19th and 20th in 5:40:43 and 5:41:52 respectively, separated by just 69 seconds after more than five and a half hours on a demanding mountain course. All 23 finishers completed a race that asks plenty of anyone, at any age.