Broken Arrow IFC: Morrison Dominates the M20-29 Field

• Kyle Morrison wins in 1:24:44 — averaging 16:57/mi across a course topping out above 7,000 ft, he finished more than 11 minutes clear of the field.
• Trent Flanery holds second at 1:35:58 (19:12/mi), nearly 13 minutes ahead of third place.
• Rip Lyster rounds out the podium in 1:48:45, completing the top three with a 21:45/mi average.
• Five finishers completed the M20-29 race, spread across a range of more than two and a half hours from first to fifth.

Kyle Morrison put on a commanding performance in the M20-29 race at Broken Arrow's IFC course, crossing the line in 1:24:44 at a 16:57/mi clip — a pace that, on a course threading through the thin air above 6,200 feet near Palisades Tahoe, represents genuine mountain running speed. His margin over second place was 11 minutes and 14 seconds, a gap that tells the story of a race where Morrison was simply in a different gear from the moment the clock started.

Trent Flanery of Truckee — racing on something close to home turf — took second in 1:35:58, averaging 19:12/mi. His local familiarity with the terrain may have been an asset on a course where knowing the climbs matters, but Morrison gave him no opening to exploit it. Rip Lyster from Sunnyvale finished third in 1:48:45, completing a well-defined podium with his 21:45/mi average — nearly a full pace minute per mile slower than Flanery, reflecting the physical toll the course extracts as the race stretches on.

Drew Vanderspool (San Francisco) came home fourth in 2:53:54, and Nikolaus Rentzke of Fort Pierce, FL — racing at altitude far removed from his Florida base, where thin air is anything but routine — closed out the five-man field in 3:44:23. The 44:53/mi average reflects a grueling final stretch, and finishing a high-elevation skyrace of this nature is its own achievement. Morrison, though, made it look like a different race entirely.