NB25-29 Women: Wildermuth Wins with a Mid-Race Surge

• Jacob Wildermuth took the NB25-29 title in 1:58:09 (9:01/mi), the only finisher under two hours in the group.
• Wildermuth posted the 2nd-fastest women's split on the 4M→6M segment — a stretch that helped cement her hold on 2nd place among all women.
• Alexandra Vareljian (3rd, 2:24:26) and Xinyu Lin (4th, 2:27:47) both flashed quick mid-race splits — Vareljian's 5th-fastest women's split on 8M→9.6M and Lin's 11th-fastest on 10M→10.5M — but neither could close the gap ahead of them.
• Austen Ott rounded out the five-woman field in 3:14:11 (14:49/mi), finishing 25th among all women.

Jacob Wildermuth (Sacramento, CA) owned the NB25-29 race from start to finish. Sitting 3rd among all women through the opening miles, she moved up to 2nd by the 6-mile mark and held that position all the way to the tape. Her 1:58:09 at a 9:01/mi clip left the rest of the field well behind — a 19-minute cushion over runner-up Ruijin Wang (2nd, 2:17:05, 10:27/mi) tells the story clearly.

Wang (San Jose, CA) had a tougher middle stretch, slipping from 7th among women at the start to 11th by the 6-mile mark before clawing back to 8th by the finish. She steadied when it counted, posting the 4th-fastest women's split on the 12M→Finish segment to hold off the pack behind her. Vareljian (SF, CA) was the most consistent mover in the back half, climbing from 19th among women at the gun all the way to 12th at the line — her 5th-fastest women's split on the 8M→9.6M stretch was the engine of that charge, finishing in 2:24:26.

Lin (Newcastle, WA) crossed 4th in NB25-29 at 2:27:47 — just 3:21 behind Vareljian — with an 11th-fastest women's split on the 10M→10.5M segment showing she had a gear left in the closing miles. Austen Ott (Martinez, CA) completed the field in 3:14:11, running the back half of the course at 14:49/mi pace under San Francisco's cool, breezy 59°F conditions.