Broken Arrow 10K Girls U-18: Czeschin Storms Home to Take the Title

• Czeschin wins by 16 seconds — finishing in 1:01:19 (9:52/mi) after climbing from 4th to 1st among women on the final Snow King→Finish leg, where she posted the fastest women's split of the day.
• Three 16-year-olds on the podium — Czeschin, Zoey Crosby (1:01:35), and Jetta Betts (1:01:38) separated by just 19 seconds across the top three.
• Betts' closing surge nearly reshuffled the podium — her 2nd-fastest women's split on Snow King→Finish wasn't enough to catch Crosby, but the trio's finish times tell the story of a race decided in the final stretch.
• 14-year-old Elsa Engeseth finishes 5th in 1:04:15, posting the 5th-fastest women's closing split — impressive composure from one of the youngest in the U-18 field.

Raegan Czeschin of Crowley Lake, CA ran a tactically sharp race at altitude — sitting 4th among women at the Snow King checkpoint before unleashing the fastest women's split on the Snow King→Finish segment to cross in 1:01:19. At an average of 9:52 per mile across a course ranging above 7,900 feet, that kind of late acceleration is no small thing. She didn't just hold on; she attacked.

Zoey Crosby had led the women's race into the final leg, but Czeschin's closing surge proved too strong. Crosby held on for 2nd in 1:01:35 — her 4th-fastest women's closing split still a strong finish. Right behind her, Jetta Betts of Highlands Ranch ran the 2nd-fastest women's split on that same closing leg, clocking 1:01:38. Nineteen seconds covered three athletes who clearly came to race each other all the way to the tape.

Georgia Bishop, 15, from Steamboat Springs moved from 5th to 4th on the closing leg with the 3rd-fastest women's split, finishing in 1:02:58. The entire top four were separated by under two minutes and all gained ground in the final stretch — a sign that the Snow King→Finish segment was where this race was truly decided. Sophia Rodriguez (6th, 1:04:21) and Flora Caputo-Wilkowski (7th, 1:05:15) rounded out a competitive middle pack, while 33 girls in total finished on the day across a demanding high-altitude course.