Broken Arrow Skyrace Ascent — F50-59: Lundy Dominates at Altitude

• Christine Lundy, 55, won the F50-59 field in 53:20 — a 14:47/mi average up a course stretching from 6,257 to 8,845 ft, finishing more than 16 minutes clear of second place.
• Alisa Adriani (1:09:42) edged Bene Streubel (1:14:32) for second, with a gap of nearly five minutes between them — the tightest battle on the podium.
• The final finishing stretch told contrasting stories: Karen Looney slipped one spot among women on the KT 22→Finish segment, while Bonnie Sauer gained three — the only top-five finisher to move forward on that closing push.
• 19 women finished across a time range of 53:20 to 2:21:33 — nearly a 1:28 spread from first to last.

Christine Lundy made the F50-59 race look like a solo time trial. The 55-year-old from Mill Valley crossed in 53:20, running 14:47 per mile up a course that climbs through thin air above 7,500 feet typical elevation. She also posted the 34th-fastest women's closing split on the KT 22→Finish segment — not just winning her field, but moving through the broader women's field in the process, advancing from 36th to 35th among all women on that final stretch. At altitude, sustaining that kind of pace to the finish is no small thing.

Behind her, Alisa Adriani and Bene Streubel ran their own quiet battle for the podium. Adriani, 52, from Olympic Valley — a local who knows this terrain — came in at 1:09:42, posting the 80th-fastest women's closing split and gaining four spots among women on the final segment. Streubel, 56, from Orinda, finished in 1:14:32, also moving forward late (98th to 95th among women) to secure third. Fourth-place Karen Looney, 59, making the trip down from Palmer, Alaska, was the only top-five finisher to lose ground on the closing leg, slipping from 99th to 100th among women — but she held off Bonnie Sauer, who closed strongly from So. Lake Tahoe to finish fifth in 1:18:04 with the 104th-fastest women's split on that segment.

Further back, a tight cluster formed around the 1:23–1:24 mark: Sara Holm, Vivian Trembley, and Sally Easdon all finished within 53 seconds of each other in 7th, 8th, and 9th. All 19 starters reached the finish — a testament to the field's grit on a course that doesn't forgive much.