Boilermaker 5K F35-39: Fisher Runs Away With It

• Kelly Fisher, 19:46 (6:22/mi) — wins the F35-39 field by 1 minute 25 seconds, the most dominant margin in the top 20.
• Alissia Doolen, 21:11 (6:49/mi) — clear runner-up, finishing more than two minutes ahead of 3rd place.
• Molly Schafer (23:43) and Lauren Dunn (23:48) — separated by just 5 seconds for 4th and 5th.
• Kelly McGlynn (25:07) and Abbie Sutliff (25:09) — a two-second sprint to the line settles 10th and 11th among 278 finishers.

Kelly Fisher made the F35-39 race her own from the jump. The 39-year-old from Oregonia, OH crossed in 19:46 at a 6:22/mi clip — a pace that left the rest of the field well behind. Her winning margin of 1:25 over runner-up Alissia Doolen was no contest; this was a wire-to-wire statement.

Doolen, 35, from Remsen, NY, was the clear class of the rest of the field, running a 6:49/mi average to finish in 21:11. But the gap between her and 3rd-place Rebekah Brigano — also from Oregonia, OH — was a full 2:06, which meant the real racing for the podium and beyond was happening in its own separate battle. Brigano crossed in 23:17 at 7:30/mi to claim 3rd.

The most compelling finish-line drama came in the 4th-and-5th duel between Molly Schafer of Whitesboro and Lauren Dunn of New Hartford. Schafer held 4th in 23:43 with Dunn right on her heels at 23:48 — five seconds the difference after 3.1 miles. Just outside the top ten, Kelly McGlynn (25:07) and Abbie Sutliff (25:09) staged their own tight finish, with only two seconds separating them across the line for 10th and 11th in a 278-woman field.