NB40-44: Solis Leads Wire-to-Wire in San Francisco

• Tony Solis took the NB40-44 title in 3:20:28 (7:39/mi), holding the non-binary gender lead for nearly the entire race and posting the fastest NB split on the 2M→4M segment.
• Luis Ramirez claimed 2nd in 3:56:19, running the 4th-fastest NB split on the 14M→16M stretch — a gap of 35:51 back of Solis.
• Max (Madelyn) Solomon finished 3rd in 4:51:50, steadily climbing through the non-binary field in the back half and posting the 13th-fastest NB split on the 20M→22M segment.
• Alisa Damaso, racing on home turf in San Francisco, rounded out the four-person field in 4:58:00, with the 15th-fastest NB split on the 24M→Finish closing stretch.

Tony Solis was in command from the gun. He held the non-binary gender lead from the very first checkpoint and never relinquished it — save for one moment between miles 14 and 20, where he briefly slipped to 2nd, before reasserting himself and crossing in 3:20:28 at 7:39/mi. That early 2M→4M segment was his calling card: the fastest non-binary split across the entire field on that stretch, a signal that he came to San Francisco to race, not just finish. On a breezy 59°F morning with 15 mph winds rolling off the Bay, that kind of front-running takes nerve.

Luis Ramirez ran a composed race through the middle miles, steadily moving up the non-binary field from 8th at the first checkpoint to 5th by mile 16, and his 4th-fastest NB split on the 14M→16M segment showed real strength at a point in the race where many runners begin to fade. He finished 2nd in 3:56:19 — a solid 9:01/mi effort over 26.2 miles.

Behind him, Max (Madelyn) Solomon and Alisa Damaso both ran patient, progressive races. Solomon climbed from 26th in the non-binary field at the first checkpoint all the way to 17th by the finish, crossing in 4:51:50. Damaso, the local San Franciscan, closed in 4:58:00 — just over six minutes back of Solomon — with the 15th-fastest NB split on the final 24M-to-finish push showing she still had something left in the tank when it mattered.