Boys 14-and-Under 10K: Beene edges Ingram in an all-13-year-old showdown

• Jackson Beene won the M0-14 age group in 1:03:53 at a 10:17/mi pace, edging fellow 13-year-old Hunter Ingram by just 15 seconds.
• All three finishers in the M0-14 group were 13 years old, making this one of the most age-uniform fields of the day.
• Charlie Clark rounded out the podium in 1:14:32, finishing 10 minutes and 39 seconds behind Beene.

Three 13-year-olds lined up for the M0-14 10K on a mild December morning in Huntsville — 59°F and overcast, about as cooperative as Alabama winter gets for racing. What followed was a tight front-of-field battle between two boys from neighboring towns, with Jackson Beene of Gurley and Hunter Ingram of Madison running nearly stride for stride through the streets.

In the end, Beene crossed first in 1:03:53, holding a 10:17/mi average across the full 6.2 miles. Ingram was right behind him at 1:04:08 — just 15 seconds back at 10:19/mi. That's a gap of roughly two strides per mile sustained over the entire race, which tells you exactly how close this one was from start to finish.

Charlie Clark, also 13 and also from Gurley, completed the three-man field in 1:14:32. He ran a different kind of race — about 10 minutes and 39 seconds off Beene's winning time — but finishing a 10K at 13 years old on a chilly December morning is no small thing. All three boys crossed the line, and that's the whole story of the M0-14 group at the 2024 Rocket City Marathon 10K.