Broken Arrow 11K M50-59: Naylor Runs Away With It

• Tim Naylor (age 50, Truckee) won the M50-59 race in 1:04:32 — a 9:27/mi clip across a course topping out near 7,500 feet in 87°F heat.
• Edward Randolph took 2nd in 1:05:41, just 69 seconds back — the closest gap on the podium.
• The gap from 2nd to 3rd was nearly five minutes: Joshua Scholnick crossed in 1:10:40, with 3rd through 6th all packed within a two-minute window.
• Bowie Hillberg (4th, 1:11:11) and Sean Fitzpatrick (5th, 1:11:28) were separated by just 17 seconds, making that the tightest duel of the day.

Tim Naylor had the luxury of running his own race. The 50-year-old Truckee local — who knows this terrain — posted a 9:27/mi average to finish in 1:04:32, more than a minute clear of his nearest rival. On the Snow King to Finish segment, Naylor's closing split ranked 49th-fastest among the women's field, a useful benchmark that shows he was still moving well late in the race on a course that climbs to nearly 7,543 feet. Running at altitude in 87°F heat, that kind of sustained pace demands respect.

Edward Randolph (55, San Francisco) was the one man who kept it honest, finishing 2nd in 1:05:41 with a strong closing leg — his Snow King→Finish split ranked 27th-fastest among the women's field, the best closing split of anyone on the M50-59 podium. He actually moved up three spots in the broader men's field on that final stretch, suggesting he had something left when others were fading in the heat.

Behind them, the race for 3rd through 6th was its own story. Joshua Scholnick (3rd, 1:10:40) held off Bowie Hillberg and Sean Fitzpatrick, but those two made it interesting — Hillberg in 1:11:11 and Fitzpatrick in 1:11:28, just 17 seconds apart after nearly 70 minutes of racing. Jonathan Faller rounded out the top six in 1:12:31, keeping it a tight cluster across places 3 through 6 within a span of under two minutes.

Vassili Syskine (7th, 1:19:48) and Luis Zaragoza (8th, 1:23:03) marked the next tier, with a field of 37 finishers spread across a wide range of finishing times — the 20th finisher, Cesar Gonzalez, came in at 1:47:06, a reminder of just how demanding this course is for everyone who dares to toe the line at altitude on a summer day in Tahoe.