Santa Rosa Half Marathon M50-59: Lazarit Leads a Sub-6:30 Charge Through the Mist

• Crispin Lazarit, 51, wins M50-59 in 1:23:10 (6:21/mi), holding off Kevin O'Neill by 33 seconds.
• Tightest cluster of the day: Sinibaldi (6th, 1:27:48), Rodio (7th, 1:27:49), and Marin (8th, 1:27:53) finished within five seconds of each other.
• O'Neill's late surge: O'Neill posted the 55th-fastest split among men on the 7M→Finish stretch, gaining six places in the men's field to close the gap on Lazarit — but couldn't quite reel him in.
• 132 finishers completed the M50-59 race, with the top 20 all breaking 1:35.

Racing through 56°F mist with near-total humidity, the M50-59 field at Santa Rosa delivered one of the sharpest performances of the morning. Crispin Lazarit of Oakland set the tone from the gun, and his 6:21/mi average was never seriously threatened. He gained a place in the men's field over the final stretch and crossed in 1:23:10 — a commanding margin at the front.

Kevin O'Neill (San Francisco, 1:23:43) made the race's most notable move in the back half, climbing six places in the men's field on the 7M→Finish segment with the 55th-fastest split on that stretch. He trimmed the gap but finished 33 seconds behind Lazarit. Jimmie Presley (San Diego, 1:24:01, 6:25/mi) rounded out the podium in 3rd, though he actually ceded five places in the men's field over that same final stretch — a reminder that O'Neill's surge was real, even if the top three order never changed.

Juan Sandoval (4th, 1:25:40) and Nakia Baird (5th, 1:27:22) held the next two spots, with Baird picking up six men's field places in the closing miles at 6:40/mi. Then came the race's most compressed moment: Stuardo Sinibaldi (6th, 1:27:48), Anthony Rodio (7th, 1:27:49), and Carlos Marin (8th, 1:27:53) arrived in a five-second window — three men from three different cities converging on the finish line in near-lockstep. Guybe Slangen (9th, 1:28:05) and Mark Selwyn (10th, 1:28:58) rounded out a top ten where every finisher broke 1:29.