F15-19 at Peachtree: Catharine Beall Leads a Deep Field of 927

• Catharine Beall, 15, wins in 36:32 (5:53/mi), posting the 23rd-fastest women's split on the 2M→3M segment en route to the F15-19 title.
• Liliana Beemer edges Paige Comstock for 2nd: Beemer finishes in 37:05 to Comstock's 37:57 — a 52-second gap, with Beemer running 5:58/mi to Comstock's 6:06/mi.
• Cadee Benz makes the biggest move of the race: starting 75th among women, she climbed all the way to 49th by the finish — her 29th-fastest women's split on the 5M→FINISH stretch powering a relentless late surge.
• Elise Wooddell's 3M→4M surge: the 19-year-old from Rome posted the 33rd-fastest women's split on that segment, vaulting from 50th to 43rd among women through the middle miles to claim 4th in 38:06.

Catharine Beall, just 15 years old, ran away with the F15-19 title on a warm, humid Fourth of July morning in Atlanta — 75°F and 68% humidity is no small ask over 10K. She crossed in 36:32 at a 5:53/mi clip, holding a remarkably steady position around 27th among women for most of the race before a late drift back didn't cost her the win. Her strongest moment came on the 2M→3M stretch, where she ran the 23rd-fastest women's split in the field, and she finished 33 seconds clear of 2nd place.

Liliana Beemer, 17, from Evans, was equally composed — she sat 41st among women almost the entire race and never wavered, closing in 37:05 with the 34th-fastest women's split on the final push to the finish. Paige Comstock, also 15, took 3rd in 37:57 with a strong late mile of her own (35th-fastest women's 5M→FINISH split), climbing steadily from 54th among women at the first checkpoint all the way to 44th by the line.

The story of the race behind the podium belonged to Cadee Benz. The 17-year-old from Sugar Hill started cautiously — 75th among women after the first mile — but she was hunting the whole way. By the final mile she was flying, posting the 29th-fastest women's split on the 5M→FINISH leg to finish 5th in 38:35. That's a charge of 26 positions among women from mile one to the tape. Elise Wooddell, 19, rounded out the top four in 38:06, doing her damage in the 3M→4M segment where she jumped seven spots among women in a single mile.