Non-Binary at CIM 2025: Eik Leads a Dominant Top Three

• David Eik won the non-binary field in 2:26:31 (5:35/mi), posting the fastest non-binary split on the 5K→10K segment and never relinquishing the lead from start to finish.
• Winter Parts finished 2nd in 2:28:13 — and notably improved on a 2:28:31 runner-up finish from CIM 2024, this time claiming the top step.
• The top three were separated by just 2:12, with Jonah Grant (3rd, 2:28:43) holding the fastest non-binary split on the 30K→35K segment.
• A significant gap separated the podium from 4th: JL Odom (3:00:14) and Peter Kwayu (3:01:31) waged their own battle, separated by just 1:17.

Cool, overcast conditions in Sacramento — 46°F with a light 3 mph breeze — set the stage for fast racing at the front of the non-binary field. David Eik made the most of it, running 5:35/mi and holding the lead position at every checkpoint recorded. His margin over 2nd-place Winter Parts was 1:42, and he never looked like giving it up.

Parts and Jonah Grant delivered the race's most compelling backstory: both finished on the CIM 2024 non-binary podium — Parts 1st (2:28:31) and Grant 2nd (2:31:02) — and both returned in 2025 to go faster. Parts improved by 18 seconds to claim 2nd in 2:28:13, while Grant shaved 2:19 off his 2024 time to finish 3rd in 2:28:43. Grant also posted the fastest non-binary split on the 30K→35K segment, suggesting he was still pressing hard in the back half. Parts had the 2nd-fastest split on the 5K→10K stretch, meaning these two were genuinely racing each other across the full arc of the course.

The mid-field battle between JL Odom (4th, 3:00:14) and Peter Kwayu (5th, 3:01:31) was its own subplot. Kwayu moved ahead of Odom through the 5K→10K segment and held that position through 35K, but Odom ultimately prevailed by 1:17. Adam Rochussen (6th, 3:14:17) and Piotr Kaszkur (7th, 3:20:04) rounded out the top seven, with the remaining 13 finishers spread across a wide range of efforts all the way to Sam Turner-Lara, who crossed in 5:06:54 to complete a 20-finisher field.