M60-64: Krovoza Runs Away with It on the Parkway

• Joseph Krovoza won the M60-64 group in 2:57:36 (8:53/mi), the only finisher to break three hours — a 7:44 margin over runner-up Jim Kepfer.
• Matt Wagner and David Panec separated by just 7 seconds (3:22:09 vs. 3:22:16) in a tight battle for 6th and 7th.
• Krovoza was one of the day's movers, climbing from 153rd among men at the early checkpoint to 137th by the finish — steadily picking off competitors across the final miles.
• Fourteen men finished in M60-64, spread across a 1:12:25 window from first to last.

Joseph Krovoza, 62, from Davis, made his intentions clear and never wavered. Running 8:53 per mile across 20 miles in 74°F heat with broken clouds overhead, he was the class of the M60-64 field from start to finish. His moves tell the story: after briefly dipping to 153rd among the men's field, he reeled in runners steadily through the back half, finishing 137th among men — a net gain of 14 places over the course of the race. No one in this group came close to matching that sustained forward momentum.

Jim Kepfer (61, Auburn) held second in 3:05:20, running 9:16/mi, and Ray Yamamoto (63, Roseville) was a solid third in 3:10:40. Yamamoto was particularly strong on the Mile 15.6-to-16 segment late in the race, posting one of his best relative splits of the day. Danny Gerwer and Jaybal Nadar, both 63 and 60 respectively, were locked in a close race for 4th and 5th — Gerwer edged it by just 21 seconds (3:14:54 to 3:15:15), with both men doing their best work in the Mile 4-to-10 stretch.

The race for 6th was the day's tightest battle: Matt Wagner of Placerville and fellow Placerville runner David Panec finished 7 seconds apart after 20 miles of running — a margin that barely registers on a course this long. From there, the field spread out across the afternoon, with Arnie Cabiles closing out the group in 4:10:01 to complete all 14 finishers in M60-64.