Masters Men at CIM 2024: Cutforth Commands from Start to Finish

• Dave Cutforth won the Masters Men race in 3:56:57 (9:02/mi), leading at every checkpoint from the first split to the finish line.
• Amrick Sandhu completed the field in 4:24:11 (10:05/mi), finishing 27 minutes and 14 seconds back in 2nd.
• Cutforth posted the fastest split of the 5K–10K segment in the men's field — a standout stretch that underscored his early dominance.
• Sandhu's strongest relative showing came on the 20K–Half segment, where he ran the 2nd-fastest split among the men.

In a Masters Men field of two, Dave Cutforth of Tracy made his intentions clear from the opening miles and never wavered. He held 1st place at every checkpoint across all six splits, never allowing any daylight to creep into the race. His 3:56:57 finish at a 9:02/mi average is the benchmark for the Masters Men at CIM 2024 — and his 5K–10K segment was the fastest among the men, a sharp early move that set the tone for everything that followed.

Amrick Sandhu of Sacramento slotted into 2nd by the 20K mark and held that position all the way to the finish, clocking 4:24:11 at a 10:05/mi average. While Cutforth's pace was a full minute per mile quicker, Sandhu had his own moment of relative brilliance: his 20K–to–Half split was the 2nd-fastest among the men in that stretch, a sign that he was running with purpose even as the gap to the leader held firm.

Mild conditions in Sacramento — 59°F with just a 3 mph breeze and scattered clouds — offered both men a fair canvas, and each delivered a complete race. Cutforth's wire-to-wire control left no drama in the standings, but the story of a Masters Men field running 26.2 miles through the streets of Sacramento is its own reward. Two finishers, two very different paces, and a clear winner who earned every step.