M18-20: Camden Weber Runs Away from the Field

• Camden Weber wins in 3:27:10 (7:54/mi), finishing 17:13 clear of second place.
• Julius Villanueva rallies late with the 194th-fastest men's split on the final 20M–Finish stretch, closing in 3:44:23.
• Dylan Scott fades dramatically — moving from among the men's top 155 early to 448th by the finish.
• Five finishers completed the M18-20 race across a 1:20:25 spread from first to last.

Camden Weber made this one look straightforward. The 20-year-old from San Diego posted a 7:54/mi average through a cold, wet morning in Napa — 41°F and light rain — to win the M18-20 field in 3:27:10. He was climbing through the men's standings through the first half, moving from 203rd among men at the opening checkpoint all the way up to 172nd by the halfway mark, before settling back slightly to 176th at the finish. His strongest segment came between 6.2M and 13.1M, where he put up the 146th-fastest men's split in the field — a decisive mid-race push that made the gap to his competitors essentially insurmountable.

Julius Villanueva of Fairfield gave the back half of this race something to watch. After drifting slightly between the first two checkpoints, he turned it on late, posting the 194th-fastest men's split on the 20M-to-Finish stretch to climb from 306th among men at mile 20 all the way to 275th at the line. That late surge earned him second in 3:44:23 (8:33/mi) — a respectable finish, even if Weber was long gone by then.

The most dramatic arc in the M18-20 field belonged to Dylan Scott of Napa. Running on his home course, Scott was actually 155th among men through the first checkpoint — ahead of Weber in the broader men's standings at that point — but the wheels came off through the middle miles. His 6.2M–13.1M split ranked 249th among men, and he continued to fade, eventually finishing 448th in the men's field by the time he crossed in 4:11:20 (9:35/mi), good for third in M18-20. Tom Springer (4:36:31, 10:33/mi) and Robert Leggat (4:47:35, 10:58/mi) rounded out the five-man field in fourth and fifth, with Leggat actually gaining ground steadily through the men's standings across all four checkpoints — a quiet, consistent effort on a tough day.