Chicago 13.1 — M15-19: Brady Norman Runs Away With It

• Brady Norman, 1:20:19 (6:08/mi) — wins the M15-19 group by 41 seconds over Kyle Kenmotsu (1:21:00), the clearest margin at the top of the field.
• Five-second gap to third: Edgar San Jose crossed in 1:26:07 — a full five minutes back of Kenmotsu, making the top two a race of their own.
• Closing kick: Norman posted the 43rd-fastest split on the 15K-to-finish segment among all women in the field — a strong final push that helped him claw from 68th to 51st among the men as the race wore on.
• 27 finishers completed the M15-19 half marathon on a warm, breezy Chicago morning — 74°F with a 12 mph wind that made every mile feel a little longer.

Brady Norman, 15, from Brookfield, WI, was in control from the start and never let go. Holding a steady 6:08/mi average, he navigated the Chicago streets to finish in 1:20:19 — a commanding performance in the M15-19 group. His gender-place progression tells a story of quiet, relentless forward motion: from 68th early on, he steadily picked off runners to finish 51st among the men, capping it with one of the stronger closing splits in the field.

Kyle Kenmotsu of Skokie gave chase and made it interesting through the middle miles — he actually moved up from 49th to 46th among the men through the 8K mark — but faded slightly in the back half, slipping to 56th by the finish. His 1:21:00 (6:11/mi) is a genuine performance, just not quite enough on this day. The 41-second gap between first and second was the defining margin of the race.

Behind the top two, Edgar San Jose (1:26:07, 6:34/mi) was the story of the back half, climbing steadily from 152nd to 96th among the men and posting the 53rd-fastest 15K-to-finish split among the women — a strong closer who earned third with room to spare over Alex Stone's 1:27:58 in fourth. Nicolas Navarro rounded out the top five in 1:29:33, though his gender-place trend moved in the wrong direction as the miles added up.

The rest of the 27-strong M15-19 field spread across a wide range, from Noah Geffre's 1:33:19 in seventh to Ramzey Douedari's 2:03:18 in 20th — a reminder that on a warm, windy June morning in Chicago, simply finishing a half marathon at 15 years old is no small thing.