NYC Half 2026, Ages 20–24: Hoskins Dominates While Three Others Grind It Out

• Charlie Hoskins won the 20–24 age group in 1:18:10 (5:58/mi), holding 2nd among women from start to finish.
• Hoskins posted the fastest women's split on the 15K–20K segment in the entire field — the standout moment of the race.
• Aspen Narain and Lio Connelly-Mendez both gained ground in the final 20K–to-finish stretch, each posting the 76th- and 77th-fastest women's splits on that closing segment, respectively.
• A gap of over 2 hours and 27 minutes separated 1st from 4th in the 20–24 age group — four very different races run on the same course.

Charlie Hoskins made the 20–24 age group look like a one-person show. Running at 5:58 per mile through the cold, clear morning from Prospect Park to Central Park, Hoskins finished in 1:18:10 and never wavered in the women's field — sitting 2nd among women at every single checkpoint. The most decisive moment came on the 15K–20K stretch, where Hoskins turned in the fastest women's split of anyone in the race. That's not a surge — that's a statement.

Kyle Burgess crossed in 3:49:02, taking 2nd in the age group but navigating a tougher afternoon in the women's standings, sliding from 73rd to 79th among women by the finish. The 15K–20K segment was Burgess's best relative moment, clocking the 72nd-fastest women's split on that stretch before fading slightly in the closing miles.

Aspen Narain and Lio Connelly-Mendez, both finishing well past the four-hour mark at 4:18:07 and 4:37:41 respectively, actually found their best running late. Narain climbed from 95th to 87th among women across the race, and Connelly-Mendez moved from 99th to 94th — both posting competitive closing splits (76th and 77th-fastest among women on the 20K-to-finish leg). For those two, the back half of the course was where they found their rhythm, even if the clock had already made the outcome clear.