Fort Ord 10K M30-39: Doocy Surges Late to Claim the Title

• James Doocy, 45:17 (7:17/mi) — won the M30-39 group, moving from 2nd to 1st among men on the Skyline→Finish stretch with the fastest split on that segment in the entire men's field.
• Michel Ramirez, 47:30 — climbed from 4th to 3rd among men on the same closing stretch, finishing 2:13 behind Doocy.
• Andrew McIntire, 47:53 — led among men early but faded from 1st to 4th, holding on for 3rd in M30-39 by just 23 seconds over McIntire — with the 8th-fastest Skyline→Finish split among the men.
• A field of 15 spanned from Doocy's 7:17/mi to Tyler Riggleman's 2:25:50 finish, a range that tells the full story of Fort Ord's punishing trails.

James Doocy came to Fort Ord's trails and made his decisive move where it counted most. Running the Skyline→Finish segment faster than any other man in the field, the 38-year-old Monterey local erased a deficit and crossed in 45:17 — a 7:17/mi clip that put nearly two and a half minutes between himself and second place. That closing surge wasn't just a win; it was a statement.

Behind him, the podium battle was its own story of momentum swings. Ramirez (47:30, 7:39/mi) posted the 3rd-fastest Skyline→Finish split among the men and moved up a spot in the closing miles to lock up 2nd. McIntire, meanwhile, had been the early leader among men but couldn't hold that pace to the finish — his 8th-fastest closing split left him 4th among men overall, though his 47:53 was good enough for 3rd in M30-39 by the slimmest of margins. Brett Bell rounded out the top four in 50:50 (8:11/mi), posting the 4th-fastest closing split despite finishing nearly six minutes off the pace up front.

The rest of the M30-39 field navigated Fort Ord's terrain at their own rhythms, with Aaron Callihan (56:33) the last finisher under the hour mark. Michael Duran (1:00:21), Javier Lopez (1:03:33), and Daniel White (1:06:03) formed a mid-pack cluster, while Cesar Fuentes and Michael Stromberg finished within three seconds of each other — 1:13:03 and 1:13:06 respectively. Tyler Riggleman closed it out in 2:25:50, completing a field whose 15 finishers brought every corner of the Central Coast to these Monterey trails.