Top Ten wrote:
Tyler McCandless in 4th.
Scott Smith in 2nd about 1 min 18 seconds behind Stinson.
3rd and 5-10th I’ve never heard of...and I’m fairly in tune with what’s going on.
3 - Kiya Dadena. Trains in Flagstaff. Ran 2:12 at CIM in 2017. Was briefly with NAZ Elite at the end of last year start of this year.
5 - Willie Milam. Out of Boulder with Roots Running. Just won Eugene half.
6 - Will Nation. Was sponsored by Skechers for a bit. Lives in TX. Think he is part of the tracksmith sponsorship now.
7 - Danny Docherty. Was with Team USA Minnesota. Ran OTQ in marathon at Houston this year. 19th at Cherry Blossom.
8 - Andy Wacker. Boulder. Ran at CU. Mixes up trails and roads.
9 - Mick Iacofano. Used to be in Boulder, trains with Idaho Distance Project. Ran a very quick marathon debut at CIM last December.
10 - Mark Leininger. Used to be ASISC GTC elite. Trains in NJ now.
Women
1 - Emma Bates 2 - Sara Hall
3 - Molly Bookmeyer. Columbus, OH. IMO the most non talked about runner in the field. She has a great story. Ran at Ohio State. Found out she had a brain tumor. Had multiple surgeries. Started running again a few years ago. Went for OTQ at CIM, didn't get it due to illness. Went for marathon OTQ at Houston, got it by about a minute. Since then, she's been runner up at Shamrock Shuffle, won her local half marathon in a quick time, then turns in this 3rd place performance. She has a huge upside and I'm super pumped to see her run well.
4 - Molly Grabill. Boulder. Ran at Oregon. Trains with the Nomad Group.
5 - Dakotah Lindwurm. Team USA Minnesota.
6 - Lexi Zeis. Roots Running Project out of Boulder.
7 - Maddie Van Beek. Ran at NDSU. Has a cool haircut.
8 - Kelsey Bruce. Ran at a smaller college in TX. LRC sent her to World XC.
9 - Megan Lacy. Trains with the Idaho Distance Proj.
10 - Allison Cleaver - Runs for Rabbit. Trains in Austin.