Half Marathon X20-24: Ibarra owns it from start to finish

• Sole finisher and winner: Itzel Ibarra, Long Beach, CA — 1:59:11 (9:06/mi)
• Consistent women's field position: held 10th among women from the 5.5-mile mark through the finish
• Standout mid-race split: 10th-fastest women's split on the 5.5M→10.8M segment

Itzel Ibarra, 22, was the only finisher in the X20-24 field at the 2025 Long Beach Half Marathon, and she made it count — crossing in 1:59:11 at a 9:06/mi average on a cool, humid Sunday morning in Long Beach.

What the solo field obscures is that Ibarra was very much racing against the broader women's field around her. She held 10th among women from the 5.5-mile checkpoint all the way to the finish line — a position she never surrendered — and on the 5.5M-to-10.8M segment she posted the 10th-fastest split among all women in the race, showing she wasn't just running her own race but pushing the pace against a much larger group.

At 1:59:11, Ibarra broke the two-hour barrier with a composed, even-handed effort. The X20-24 title is hers, clean and uncontested — but the real story is where she stacked up in the women's race as a whole.