Cleveland Marathon 5K — M60-64: Capron Dominates in the Heat

• Jim Capron (62, Medina) won the M60-64 group in 22:58 at a 7:24/mi clip — more than a minute and nine seconds clear of runner-up Bill Robb.
• Bill Robb (63, Amherst) held second in 24:07 (7:46/mi), with a comfortable gap back to the rest of the field.
• Positions 3 and 4 were razor-thin: Senthil Sowrirajan (29:04) and Arnold Witt (29:10) were separated by just six seconds across 3.1 miles.
• 28 men aged 60–64 finished on a humid, breezy Cleveland morning — 67°F but 83% humidity with a 15 mph wind adding to the challenge.

Jim Capron made the M60-64 race his from the gun. Running 7:24 per mile in conditions that were far from fast — thick humidity and a stiff 15 mph wind off the lakefront — the 62-year-old from Medina crossed in 22:58 and left little doubt about who owned the age group. His margin over Bill Robb was 1:09, which in a 5K is a statement, not a squeaker.

Robb, at 63, was a clear and comfortable second in 24:07, running 7:46/mi. The real drama in the M60-64 group played out one step further back, where Senthil Sowrirajan (60, Brunswick) and Arnold Witt (61, Toronto) ran essentially the same race. Six seconds over 3.1 miles is the kind of gap that comes down to a single surge in the final stretch — Sowrirajan held on for third in 29:04, Witt fourth in 29:10.

From fifth place onward, the gaps widened considerably. Philip Coghlan (34:31) and Doug Bensing (35:20) ran a solid middle tier, while the back half of the field — stretching from Alan Close's 36:07 to Kevin Hrabak's 49:09 — showed the full range of effort that makes an age-group 5K worth watching. Twenty-eight men, one finish line, and a muggy Cleveland morning to share.