F60-64: June Lee Runs Away with It in Napa

• June Lee wins in 3:35:49 (8:14/mi), climbing from 152nd to 91st among women across the race's three checkpoints.
• Dorothy Dyson, also 62 and racing on home turf in Napa, finished 2nd in 3:54:39 — nearly 19 minutes back.
• Siew Chuah (4:20:20) and Annette Shearer (4:23:03) waged the closest battle of the day, separated by just 2:43 at the line.
• Christine Bouressa faded in the final stretch — moving up to 277th among women through 20 miles before slipping back to 347th by the finish.

A cold, clear morning in Napa — 39°F at the gun — greeted 13 women in the F60-64 field, and June Lee of Montebello made the conditions look like no obstacle at all. Running 8:14 per mile, she was never in doubt. Her gender place tells the whole story: she entered the checkpoints at 152nd, then 126th, then 102nd, and crossed the line 91st among women — a sustained, relentless forward march over 26.2 miles. Her 66th-fastest women's split on the 20-mile-to-finish stretch confirmed she was still accelerating when others were hanging on.

Dorothy Dyson, the local entrant from Napa, held her own in the early miles — sitting just one spot behind Lee among women through the first checkpoint — but the middle of the race told a different story. Her gender place drifted from 123rd at the 10K mark to 151st at the half and 172nd at the finish, a gradual fade that Lee's 8:14 pace made look even more decisive. Dyson's 3:54:39 and 8:57/mi still earned her a clear second, nearly 19 minutes ahead of third.

The battle for third was the race's most compelling subplot. Siew Chuah (63, Walnut Creek) and Annette Shearer (61, Petaluma) ran almost the entire course within striking distance of each other, both making up ground on the final segment — Chuah posting the 237th-fastest women's split and Shearer the 233rd-fastest on the 20-mile-to-finish stretch. Chuah crossed in 4:20:20, Shearer in 4:23:03. Just 2:43 separated them after more than four hours of racing.

Christine Bouressa (5th, 4:41:39) had been one of the stronger movers in the middle miles, climbing to 277th among women by the 20-mile mark, but faded sharply to 347th by the finish — a tough final 10K. Behind her, Nola Kinaston (4:45:30), Julie Lloyd (4:49:02), and Kristina Marzano (5:00:33) rounded out the top eight, with Jeanne Jones of Tulsa closing out the field in 5:47:33.