Jed Smith Half Marathon: Musca Controls from Gun to Tape

• Andrew Musca wins in 1:23:12 (6:21/mi), leading the men's field wire-to-wire and posting the fastest Out & Back→Lap 1 split among the men.
• Michael Arciniega holds second the entire way — his 1:24:56 finish (6:29/mi) puts him 1:44 back, with the fastest Lap 1→Finish split in the men's field.
• Tyler Rose climbs from 5th to 3rd, finishing in 1:29:07 — and improves on his 3rd-place finish here in 2025 (1:32:59) by nearly four minutes.
• Douglas Sullivan, 72, finishes 15th in 1:52:02 (8:33/mi) — one of the more striking performances in a 42-man field.

Sacramento's foggy, humid morning set the stage for a race that was settled early and stayed that way at the front. Andrew Musca went to the lead immediately and never relinquished it, crossing in 1:23:12 at a 6:21/mi clip. His Out & Back→Lap 1 split was the fastest among the men — a statement of intent that no one could answer. Michael Arciniega (1:24:56, 6:29/mi) tracked him throughout, holding second from the opening miles to the finish line. The gap between them — 1:44 — tells the story of a clean, controlled front-running performance by Musca and a steady, disciplined effort by Arciniega behind him.

The race's most compelling move came from Tyler Rose. Starting 5th, Rose ran the Lap 1→Finish segment faster than everyone except Arciniega — the third-fastest split on that stretch — and swept past Terence M and Jeremy Adams to claim 3rd in 1:29:07. It's a meaningful improvement: Rose finished 3rd here in 2025 as well, but in 1:32:59 — nearly four minutes slower. Terence M held on for 4th in 1:29:49, just 42 seconds behind Rose, while Adams rounded out the top five in 1:33:46.

Further back, the men's field offered its own storylines. Jacob Cooper (6th, 1:39:47) and Glen Lally (7th, 1:42:37) led the next wave, while 18-year-old Grant Rogers (8th, 1:43:12) showed he could mix it with a competitive open field. Most eye-catching of all: 12-year-old Leonid Huth crossed 10th in 1:45:42 (8:04/mi), finishing just ahead of fellow 12-year-old Toby Lipscomb in 12th (1:47:35). And Douglas Sullivan, at 72, covered 13.1 miles in 1:52:02 to claim 15th — a performance that puts the whole field in perspective.