F50-54: Lea Reyes Wins in San Francisco with a 25:24

• Reyes takes the title in 25:24 (8:11/mi), more than 1:30 clear of 2nd place.
• Shana See (26:58) and Andrea Schroff (27:02) battled for the podium — just four seconds separating 2nd and 3rd.
• Dorothy Hamilton (27:30) and Mary Scott (28:06) rounded out the top five, with Hamilton posting a 9-second cushion over Scott.
• 56 women finished in F50-54, with the top 20 spanning from 25:24 down to 34:39.

Lea Reyes of Laguna Niguel, CA owned this race from start to finish. Her 25:24 at 8:11/mi was a commanding performance on a breezy San Francisco morning — 17 mph winds and 60°F conditions that made every second count. She crossed the line 1:34 ahead of the field and, despite giving back a little ground in the women's standings during the second half (moving from 31st to 41st among all women on the 2.5K-to-finish leg), her early work was more than enough to hold off all challengers in F50-54.

The real drama unfolded just behind her. Shana See of Blacklick, OH came in at 26:58 (8:41/mi) to claim 2nd, with Andrea Schroff of Germantown Hills, IL just four seconds back in 27:02 (8:42/mi). Notably, Schroff ran the stronger closing leg — her 60th-fastest women's split on the 2.5K-to-finish segment edged out See's 68th-fastest — but she couldn't quite reel in the gap. See held on for the silver by the narrowest of margins.

Dorothy Hamilton (27:30, 8:51/mi) and hometown runner Mary Scott (28:06, 9:03/mi) filled out the top five, with Hamilton posting a clean 36-second gap over Scott. From there the field spread steadily, with Mai Sihavonglee (29:03), Kimi Hauschild (29:45), and Anastasia Kalli (29:57) all finishing within a tight 54-second window for positions 6 through 8. Karla Haynes of San Francisco closed out the listed top 20 in 34:39 — a field of 56 that brought competitors from across the Bay Area, the Midwest, Japan, Scotland, and Canada to the streets of San Francisco.