Cleveland Marathon 10K — F60-64: Procaccio Pulls Away for a Dominant Win

• Laura Procaccio (1st, 1:07:26) finished nearly 3:36 ahead of runner-up Mary Beth Peot — the largest gap between any two consecutive finishers in the top five.
• Miriam Ricketts (4th, 1:13:18) and Pamela Smith (5th, 1:13:58) were separated by just 40 seconds, the tightest battle on the podium's edge.
• Lorraine Miller (14th, 1:51:55) and Sherry Phillips (15th, 1:51:56) finished just one second apart — the closest margin of the entire race.
• Fiona Larbi (17th, 2:01:44) closed out a 17-woman field, finishing 5 seconds behind Holly Noble (16th, 2:01:39).

Laura Procaccio, age 63 out of Cuyahoga Falls, turned the F60-64 race into a solo performance from the gun. Her 10:51/mi average held firm across the full 6.2 miles under humid, breezy Cleveland skies — 67°F with 83% humidity and a 15 mph wind — and her 1:07:26 finish was in a class of its own. The gap back to second place wasn't a photo finish or a late surge; it was a wire-to-wire statement.

Mary Beth Peot (2nd, 1:11:02) and Shelley Broadbent (3rd, 1:11:52) ran a genuine duel for the silver, separated by just 50 seconds at the line. Peot's 11:26/mi to Broadbent's 11:34/mi tells the story — Broadbent was the closer, but Peot had just enough of a cushion to hold the podium's second step. Right behind them, Miriam Ricketts (4th, 1:13:18) and Pamela Smith (5th, 1:13:58) ran nearly stride for stride, with Ricketts' 11:48/mi edging Smith's 11:54/mi by 40 seconds.

At the back of the field, the drama was quieter but no less real. Lorraine Miller (14th, 1:51:55) and Sherry Phillips (15th, 1:51:56) crossed separated by a single second — both running 18:01/mi averages through the same wind and humidity that tested everyone in this 17-woman field. And at the very finish, Holly Noble (16th, 2:01:39) and Fiona Larbi (17th, 2:01:44) were just five seconds apart, both logging a 19:35/mi average. Every finisher earned it on a morning that didn't make anything easy.