X35-39: Kadeem Mcbean Leads a Seven-Strong Field Down Peachtree

• Kadeem Mcbean took the X35-39 win in 44:53 (7:13/mi), posting the 4th-fastest women's split on the 1M→2M segment.
• Sam Nebel ran the fastest first half in the group, clocking the 21st-fastest women's split on that stretch en route to a 1:09:30 finish.
• A gap of nearly 39 minutes separated the field from top to bottom — Sumon Ray closing out the seven-finisher group in 2:15:29 (21:48/mi).

Warm and humid on the Fourth of July — 75°F, 68% humidity, even with overcast skies — the X35-39 field of seven made their way down Peachtree Street with Kadeem Mcbean setting the pace from Washington, DC. Mcbean's 7:13/mi average was the clear class of the group, and a strong 1M→2M split — 4th-fastest among women on that segment — showed where the race was won. From a gender-field standpoint, Mcbean moved as high as 4th among women by the second mile before settling into 5th, a position held through the finish.

Sam Nebel, racing on home turf in Atlanta, was the next across the line in 1:09:30 (11:11/mi). Nebel's first-half strength was the story of her race — the 21st-fastest women's split on that opening stretch — and she steadily climbed from 33rd among women at mile one all the way to 24th by mile four before finishing 26th. Raven Young rounded out the top three in 1:23:11 (13:23/mi), with her best relative moment coming on the 2M→3M segment, where she posted the 31st-fastest women's split in the field.

Valeska Freire Marulanda crossed 4th in 1:26:28 (13:55/mi), finding her best segment on the 3M→4M stretch with the 39th-fastest women's split there. John Buonadonna came in 5th at 1:41:46 (16:23/mi), finishing with the 47th-fastest women's split on the 5M→finish segment. Nicole Enemuoh was 6th in 1:47:27 (17:18/mi), and Sumon Ray of Tucker, GA, brought it home in 7th at 2:15:29 (21:48/mi) to complete the X35-39 field.