Broken Arrow 3.5K Ascent: Hillary Allen tops the F30-39 field

• Allen wins in 30:41 (14:07/mi), the fastest time among the 61 F30-39 finishers — and she closed with the 4th-fastest women's split on the Snow King→Finish stretch.
• Top four within 42 seconds: Allen (30:41), Brazeau (30:56), Lincks (31:13), Aragon (31:23) — a tight podium battle all the way up.
• Closest call of the day: Amanda Basham and Rachel Mow both clocked 33:18 — but Basham crossed 9th, Mow 10th, separated by just two hundredths of a second.
• Addie Bracy surged late: Starting the Snow King→Finish segment in 19th among women, she closed to 16th with the 13th-fastest women's split on that stretch.

Hillary Allen, 36, out of Boulder, CO, took the win in commanding fashion — 30:41 at 14:07/mi up a course that tops out near 8,000 feet. The thin air above Palisades Tahoe is no small factor, and Allen's pace held firm all the way to the line. Her move on the Snow King→Finish segment — rising from 8th to 6th among women — showed she had something left when it counted most.

Jessica Brazeau (30:56) and Janelle Lincks (31:13) gave chase, finishing 2nd and 3rd respectively. Interestingly, Lincks actually entered the Snow King→Finish section in 6th among women — ahead of both Allen and Brazeau — but faded to 8th on that final push, suggesting the closing pitch took its toll. Brazeau held steady in 7th among women throughout and secured a strong 2nd-place finish in F30-39 at 30:56.

Alexa Aragon rounded out the podium in 4th at 31:23, while Addie Bracy was the day's most notable mover — climbing from 19th to 16th among women on the final segment with the 13th-fastest women's split there. Behind her, the field was competitive and deep: six more finishers came in between 32:40 and 33:35, including cross-country skiing star Jessie Diggins (33:34) in 11th, making her presence felt on a mountain course that demands a very different kind of engine than a groomed Nordic track.