M60-64: Stan Ferguson Runs Away from the Field in Napa

• Stan Ferguson, 3:08:03 (7:10/mi) — won M60-64 by a commanding 15:13 over 2nd place, climbing from 126th to 77th among men across the second half.
• Merrick Musolf (3:23:16) and Bradley Fenner (3:23:40) — separated by just 24 seconds at the line after very different second-half trajectories.
• Bradley Fenner's closing surge — posted the 106th-fastest men's split from mile 20 to the finish, climbing from 251st to 168th among men in the final stretch to nearly catch Musolf.
• 38 finishers completed the M60-64 race along the Silverado Trail point-to-point from Calistoga to Napa.

Stan Ferguson made his intentions clear early and never let up. The 61-year-old from Maumelle, AR, was already moving through the men's field by the halfway mark — sitting 126th among men at 6.2 miles, he had climbed to 108th by 13.1, then 92nd by mile 20, and ultimately 77th at the finish. That 7:10/mi average pace was the story of M60-64 in 2025: methodical, relentless, and 15 minutes and 13 seconds faster than anyone else in the field. His 71st-fastest men's split from 13.1 to mile 20 tells you the surge was real — he was running with the broader men's field, not just his age peers.

Behind him, the battle for 2nd and 3rd was a study in contrasting races. Merrick Musolf of Tiburon, CA, ran a measured 7:45/mi to finish 2nd in 3:23:16, holding relatively steady through the men's field all day. Bradley Fenner of Corte Madera, CA, took a very different path — sitting 245th among men at the halfway mark and still 251st at mile 20, he unleashed the 106th-fastest men's split from mile 20 to the finish to storm home in 3:23:40. He made up enormous ground but ran out of road, finishing 24 seconds behind Musolf. The gap at the line was narrow; the effort to close it was anything but.

Charles Chen (3:34:43, 4th) and Dan Sivolella (3:41:52, 5th) rounded out the top five, with Sivolella showing some fade after a strong early position — his best relative split came between miles 6.2 and 13.1, and he slipped from 261st to 287th among men in the final miles. Art Leclaire (3:44:47, 6th) through Gary Miner (4:43:09, 20th) filled out the listed field in a group spanning more than 90 minutes of racing across 38 total M60-64 finishers on this cool, breezy March morning in Napa.