SF Marathon 10K: Hannah MacLeod Wins the NB20-29 Field

• MacLeod takes the NB20-29 crown in 1:03:11 (10:10/mi), finishing 2:40 ahead of runner-up Yu Xin Berson.
• Berson (1:05:51) edged Anjali Dulipsingh (1:07:08) by 1:17 for second, with both posting strong closing splits.
• MacLeod and Berson both moved up in the women's field over the final stretch — MacLeod climbing from 8th to 7th among women, Berson from 11th to 10th.
• Jules Parra (1:12:52) rounded out the five-person NB20-29 field, finishing 2:01 behind David Cody Lingan's 1:10:51.

Hannah MacLeod, 23, of San Francisco, owned the NB20-29 race from start to finish. Her 1:03:11 at a 10:10/mi clip was the class of the field, and she punctuated it with the 8th-fastest women's split on the 4.62-mile-to-finish stretch — a closing segment that helped her gain a spot in the broader women's standings, moving from 8th to 7th. Nobody in this group was catching her.

The battle for second was the race's most compelling subplot. Yu Xin Berson, 20, came home in 1:05:51 with the 9th-fastest women's closing split in the field — a strong finish that moved her from 11th to 10th among women. Anjali Dulipsingh, 21, of San Jose, crossed in 1:07:08 but faded slightly over that same stretch, posting the 18th-fastest women's closing split and slipping from 10th to 11th in the women's field. Berson ran the 4.62M-to-finish segment measurably faster, and that's what opened up the 1:17 gap between them at the line.

Further back, David Cody Lingan, 21, of Sunnyvale, finished 4th in 1:10:51 — posting the 11th-fastest women's closing split and climbing from 17th to 15th in the women's standings over the final miles. Jules Parra, 23, closed out the NB20-29 field in 1:12:52, though the 4.62M-to-finish stretch was a tougher go, with the 20th-fastest women's split and a slide from 16th to 18th among women. In cool, overcast San Francisco conditions — 57°F with barely a breath of wind — MacLeod made it look straightforward.