F21-24 5K: Osha dominates in the Napa drizzle

• Margaret Osha wins in 22:39 — a 7:17/mi pace that put more than four minutes between her and the rest of the F21-24 field.
• Chloe Raines (26:41) and Monica Nubla (27:29) round out the podium, separated by 48 seconds for 2nd and 3rd.
• Positions 4 through 7 — Maddie Frame (28:38), Cameron Kenoly (29:11), Tayler Hall (29:26), and Sarah Chow (29:48) — were packed into a 70-second window, making for the most competitive stretch of the race behind the podium.
• 17 finishers completed the F21-24 race on a cold, wet Napa morning, from Osha's 22:39 down to Joyce Bulatao's 55:28.

Oakland's Margaret Osha turned the F21-24 race into a solo time trial from the gun. Her 7:17/mi average was a full 1:18 per mile faster than 2nd-place Chloe Raines — a gap that translated into a 4:02 winning margin. On a 41°F morning with light rain and 85% humidity, that kind of sustained pace is worth appreciating. Osha didn't just win this field; she lapped it in everything but the literal sense.

Behind her, San Francisco's Raines (26:41) and Vallejo's Monica Nubla (27:29) were the class of the rest of the field, pulling clear of the chasing pack. Raines ran a noticeably sharper 8:35/mi to Nubla's 8:51/mi, but the 48-second gap between them was comfortable enough that 3rd was never seriously threatened at the line.

The real drama unfolded in the battle for 4th through 7th. Maddie Frame (28:38), Cameron Kenoly (29:11), Tayler Hall (29:26), and Sarah Chow (29:48) all finished within 70 seconds of each other, each running between 9:13 and 9:36 per mile — a genuinely competitive cluster where any surge or fade would have reshuffled the order. Frame held 4th by 33 seconds over Kenoly, while Hall and Chow were separated by just 22 seconds.

Renee Serota (30:48) and Nancy Silva (31:46) rounded out the top nine, followed by a field that spread out considerably through the final finishers. Moon Cheong (50:02) and Joyce Bulatao (55:28) brought it home at the back, completing all 3.1 miles in the damp Napa morning — a finish that counts the same as any other.