M60-64: Callahan edges Morearty in a tight battle at the front

• Liam Callahan wins M60-64 in 30:25 (9:47/mi), holding off Brian Morearty by just 19 seconds.
• Brian Morearty finishes 2nd in 30:44 (9:54/mi), with Richard Mills rounding out the podium in 31:56 (10:17/mi).
• A notable gap separates the top three from the rest — 4th-place Rampal Mirdha crossed in 37:34, more than five and a half minutes behind Mills.
• 13 finishers completed M60-64, with times ranging from 30:25 to 56:02.

Liam Callahan of Santa Rosa took the M60-64 title in 30:25, running a steady 9:47/mi through San Francisco's breezy, humid morning — 60°F and a 15 mph wind off the bay made every second count. Hot on his heels was Brian Morearty of San Carlos, who crossed in 30:44 at 9:54/mi. That 19-second margin was the defining drama at the front: two 60-year-olds pushing each other hard, with Morearty unable to quite reel in Callahan. Richard Mills, a San Francisco local, ran a solid 10:17/mi to finish 3rd in 31:56 — close enough to the top two to make the podium meaningful, but a full 1:12 behind Morearty.

Then came a pronounced break in the field. Rampal Mirdha, 64 years old and the eldest of the top five, arrived 4th in 37:34 — a 5:38 gap back to Mills. Reynold Wong (5th, 38:55) and Steven Yuen (6th, 39:08) were separated by just 13 seconds, running nearly identical stretches of the back half of the field at around 12:32–12:36/mi. Azael Tavera, making the trip all the way from México D.F., finished 7th in 40:12, and Michael Hamilton rounded out the sub-42-minute group in 8th at 41:09.

The final five finishers spread across a wide range. Eric Yee (9th, 46:03) and Garrett Rezzonico (10th, 46:18) were separated by just 15 seconds at nearly the 15-minute-per-mile mark. Chun-Che Chen (11th, 51:59) and Anthony Casim (12th, 52:30) stayed close through the back stretch, while John Paprocki — making the trip from Volo, Illinois — closed out the M60-64 field in 13th with a 56:02 finish. All 13 men got it done on a challenging San Francisco course.