M20-24 at CIM 2022: Ottman Charges Through the Field to Take the Age Group

• Jarrod Ottman wins in 2:16:30 (5:12/mi), the fastest time in the M20-24 group among 154 finishers.
• Adam Sjolund ran 2:16:58 — just 28 seconds back — for second, with Jakob Kintzele third in 2:17:38.
• The top three are separated by only 68 seconds; places 4 and 5 add another two minutes of daylight before the field spreads.
• Collin Buck posted the 7th-fastest split in the men's field on the 10K–15K segment — the sharpest individual split highlight among the top five.

Jarrod Ottman of Westminster, CO didn't get there easily. He entered the second half of the race sitting 78th among men and had to pick off runner after runner in the back half, climbing all the way to 24th among men by the finish. His 30K–35K segment was the 3rd-fastest among men on that stretch — a decisive surge at exactly the point where most marathons are won or lost. Running 5:12/mi through 56°F drizzle and a light headwind, he closed the deal in 2:16:30.

The contrast with Adam Sjolund couldn't be sharper. The 21-year-old from Reno went out near the front — 12th among men at the first checkpoint — and spent the entire second half managing a gradual fade, slipping from 10th at the halfway mark to 29th among men at the finish. His first-half split ranked 10th among men on that segment, which tells you he had the early pace. Holding it was another matter. He still crossed in 2:16:58, good enough for second in the M20-24 group, but Ottman's late charge made the gap look comfortable when it wasn't.

Jakob Kintzele (Portland, OR) ran the most consistent race of the top three, hovering between 37th and 47th among men through most of the course before finishing 42nd — a steady, even-keeled effort that landed him third in 2:17:38 at 5:15/mi. Adam Wood (2:18:37) and Collin Buck (2:19:23) round out the top five, with Buck's strong 10K–15K split suggesting he had genuine front-end speed before fading in the later miles. Behind the top five, Alexander Helmuth's 2:22:08 opened a nearly three-minute gap to sixth — making clear just how competitive that lead pack really was on a cold, wet Sacramento morning.