M20-29: Agrawal rules the young men's field in San Francisco

• Rohun Agrawal, 1:15:08 — wins the M20-29 race by a commanding 3:05 margin over runner-up Thomas Addison V (1:18:13).
• Agrawal in 2022: He ran this same course two years ago, finishing 7th among the men in 1:14:23 — meaning his winning time here was actually 15 seconds slower, yet still untouchable in the M20-29 field.
• Timothy Liu's closing charge: Liu entered the final segment (10.65M→Finish) in 18th place among the men and posted the 11th-fastest split on that stretch — catching and passing rivals to finish 3rd in M20-29 at 1:24:31.
• A tight battle for 4th–5th: Ben Garver (1:25:11) edged Christopher Lee (1:25:56) by 45 seconds, with both men posting nearly identical mid-race pace on the 2.13M→6.62M stretch — Garver's the 16th-fastest split there, Lee's the 17th.

Rohun Agrawal, just 20 years old out of Cupertino, ran away from a 280-man field with a 5:44/mi clip and never let anyone get close. His moves tell the story: he was already 5th among the men's field at the first checkpoint, climbed to 3rd by the middle stretch — where he posted the 3rd-fastest split on the 2.13M→6.62M segment in the entire men's field — before settling into 4th at the finish line overall. The 3:05 gap he built over second place was decisive from well before the final miles.

Thomas Addison V had an eventful race of his own. Also 20, out of Wheatley Heights, NY, Addison started strong — 3rd among the men early — but gradually worked his way back through the field over the middle miles, sliding to 6th by the halfway point and finishing 9th among men overall. His 5th-fastest closing split (10.65M→Finish) among the men helped him hold on to 2nd in M20-29 at 1:18:13, a solid result even if the trajectory was more fade than surge.

The real mover of the day was Timothy Liu, the local San Francisco runner who started 55th among the men and kept climbing all race long — 30th, 27th, 18th, and finally 13th at the line. His 11th-fastest closing split in the men's field powered him to 3rd in M20-29 at 1:24:31, a 6:27/mi effort that rewarded patience. Behind the podium, the battle from 6th through 10th was tight — Jeffery Ebeck (1:27:52) through Spencer Hauxhurst (1:29:29) were separated by just under two minutes across five runners, making for one of the more competitive stretches of the afternoon in the young men's race.