F15-19: Brileigh Rayl holds off a charging Mae Mohar to claim the age-group title

• Brileigh Rayl wins F15-19 in 3:36:12 (8:15/mi), finishing 33rd-fastest among women on the final stretch (22.5M→finish).
• Mae Mohar surges from deep in the women's field to runner-up in 3:39:32 — a 3:20 gap at the line, with the 37th-fastest women's closing split.
• Jenna Englander earns third in 3:46:18, posting the 66th-fastest women's split on the 19.1M–22.5M segment.
• Lydia Lockwood and Hanna Weinman mount the most dramatic climbs of the day, both charging from outside the top 200 women at the start to finish 4th (3:54:58) and 5th (3:59:03).

Brileigh Rayl, 18, from Boca Raton, FL, crossed in 3:36:12 to take the F15-19 title on a warm, humid Cleveland morning — 75°F with 68% humidity making every mile feel a little heavier than it looked on paper. Her 8:15/mi average held up under pressure, and she backed it with the 33rd-fastest women's closing split from 22.5 miles to the finish, a sign she had plenty of fight left when it mattered most.

Mae Mohar told a different story entirely. The 19-year-old from Vermilion, OH was buried as far back as 110th among women early on, but she ran one of the most relentless progressions in the age group — moving to 101st, then 79th, then 67th, then 60th, then 52nd by the finish. Her 37th-fastest women's closing split made her the fastest closer in the top three, and she crossed in 3:39:32. The 3:20 gap to Rayl was real, but Mohar's trajectory was unmistakable.

Jenna Englander of Shaker Heights, OH ran a steady race to third in 3:46:18, her 66th-fastest women's split on the 19.1M–22.5M segment reflecting consistent effort through the toughest stretch of the course. Behind her, Lydia Lockwood (3:54:58, 4th) and Hanna Weinman (3:59:03, 5th) put together two of the day's most eye-catching climbs — Lockwood moving from 201st to 90th among women, Weinman from 210th to 104th — both finishing with strong closing splits to round out a compelling F15-19 podium chase.