San Francisco Half Marathon 2023: Rob Hennick Wins M60-64 in 1:44:42

• Rob Hennick (Moorpark, CA) took the M60-64 title in 1:44:42 (7:59/mi), finishing 1:27 ahead of runner-up James Witt.
• James Witt (San Jose, CA) crossed 2nd in 1:46:09 (8:06/mi), having run the First Half among the 181st-fastest splits in the women's field before fading through the back half.
• Pierre-Alain Py (Mallemort, France) made the most dramatic charge of the race, climbing from deep in the field to 4th place in 1:50:45 — posting the 416th-fastest Second Half split among women as he reeled in rivals over the closing miles.
• The top 10 spanned just 15:14 from Hennick's 1:44:42 to Domenico Stazio's 1:59:56, with three men — Sergio Ortiz (1:58:08), Rafael Retana (1:58:49), and Jason Lee (1:58:53) — separated by just 45 seconds in 7th through 9th.

Rob Hennick set the tone from the gun and never truly let go of the lead. His 7:59/mi average was the class of the M60-64 field on a cool, humid San Francisco morning — and he backed it up with the 172nd-fastest closing split (10.65M to Finish) among all women in the race, a strong finish that confirmed his command. The 1:27 gap to Witt at the line was decisive.

James Witt ran an aggressive first half, sitting well up the women's gender standings, but the back half told a different story — he drifted from 181st to 303rd in the women's field by the finish, a sign that Hennick's steady pace was simply more durable. Cheng Wang (San Mateo, CA) held on for 3rd in 1:49:50 (8:23/mi), while Pierre-Alain Py of France put together the field's most eye-catching comeback, surging from near the back of the women's gender standings to finish 4th in 1:50:45.

Miguel Espinoza (Managua) rounded out the top five in 1:54:27 but ran the opposite arc to Py — strong early and fading through the second half, dropping steadily through the gender standings from 392nd to 672nd. Behind him, Eric Fuge (Petaluma, CA) was 6th in 1:55:06, and a tightly packed trio of Ortiz, Retana, and Lee battled through the final miles separated by just 45 seconds at the finish. Seventy-three men completed the M60-64 race across the hills of San Francisco — a full field that made every podium spot genuinely earned.