Masters Women's Ultramarathon: Hughey Dominates 52.4 Miles Through the City

• Lisa Hughey wins in 7:29:51 (8:35/mi), more than 56 minutes clear of the field — a dramatic turnaround from her 3rd-place finish here in 2024 at 8:06:39.
• Jennifer Tobits, the 2023 women's overall champion (9:29:42), returns to finish 3rd in the Masters Women in 9:06:43 — 37 minutes faster than her winning run two years ago.
• Lauren Haverlock was the biggest mover of the day, climbing from 20th among all women at the halfway checkpoint to 11th by the finish, posting the 10th-fastest women's split on the second half of the course.
• Lynn Beltran, 60, crossed in 10:25:11 — her second finish at this race, having gone 10:13:11 in 2023.

Lisa Hughey came to San Francisco with unfinished business. Two years ago she stood on the podium in 3rd place among all women, clocking 8:06:39 across this brutal 52.4-mile double loop that crosses the Golden Gate Bridge and winds through Golden Gate Park twice. On Saturday she erased that memory entirely, running 8:35 per mile through cool, humid air to win the Masters Women in 7:29:51 — a 36-minute improvement on her own prior mark here. She also posted the 2nd-fastest women's split on the first-marathon stretch, sitting 2nd among all women at the halfway point before ultimately claiming the Masters title going away.

Anna Vasina held steady throughout, sitting 6th among all women at the midpoint and finishing 6th among all women in 8:26:39 — good for a clear 2nd in the Masters Women field, nearly an hour behind Hughey but a full 40 minutes ahead of 3rd. That 3rd spot belongs to Jennifer Tobits, a San Francisco local who won this race outright in 2023. She ran 9:06:43 this time — 23 minutes faster than her 2023 victory — and posted the 9th-fastest women's split on the opening marathon leg, climbing from 10th to 9th among all women by the finish.

The battle for 4th and 5th was the tightest of the day. Lauren Haverlock crossed in 9:59:39 and Febry Arnold in 10:01:04 — just 85 seconds apart after more than ten hours of racing. Haverlock's surge was the more dramatic story: she was 20th among all women at halfway and clawed her way to 11th. Amy Dickinson (10:15:01), Erika Williams (10:20:46), and Lynn Beltran (10:25:11) — the latter making her second appearance at this race — finished within a tight six-minute window to round out the middle of the field. Susan Vanin crossed 9th in 10:44:59, and Yuliana De La Rosa completed all 52.4 miles in 12:09:13 to close out the Masters Women.