Men's 10K: Friesen flies in the Santa Rosa mist

• Vincent Friesen won the men's race in 35:12 (5:40/mi), edging fellow Santa Rosa local Jonathan Teeter (35:29) by 17 seconds.
• Bryce Manifold claimed 3rd in 37:35, with 4th and 5th — Javier Guerrero (37:47) and Kellar Windland (38:01) — separated by just 14 seconds behind him.
• Ole Audun Haabeth, 41, ran 38:36 for 6th, the standout performance among the men in their 40s in a field of 290.
• Johnathan Ford, age 14, finished 20th in 44:56 (7:14/mi) — one of the more remarkable results in the field.

A cool, misty Santa Rosa morning set the stage for a sharp front-of-pack battle. Vincent Friesen, racing on home turf, took the win in 35:12 at a 5:40/mi clip — a decisive margin over Jonathan Teeter, who crossed in 35:29 at 5:43/mi. Teeter, also a Santa Rosa local, pushed hard but couldn't close the 17-second gap. Behind the top two, there was a notable drop before Bryce Manifold arrived in 37:35 for 3rd, more than two minutes back from the winner.

The race for 4th and 5th was its own contest. Javier Guerrero (37:47) and Kellar Windland (38:01) ran within 14 seconds of each other, both clocking sub-6:10 pace. Ole Audun Haabeth at 41 years old wasn't far behind either, finishing 6th in 38:36 — a 6:13/mi effort that put him well clear of 7th place.

A small cluster bunched up around the 40-minute mark, where Joseph Mitten and Patrick Martin both finished in 40:18 — same clock time, different places, meaning Mitten edged Martin by the narrowest of margins. Ricardo Abad followed just three seconds later in 40:21. Then came a gap to the next wave, with Colin Carter (42:30), Kyle Feuerhelm (42:33), and Samuel Mueller (42:38) trading blows across a tight eight-second window for 10th through 12th.

Fourteen-year-old Johnathan Ford capped the top 20 with a 44:56 finish — a composed 7:14/mi in a men's field of 290 that included runners two and three times his age. Andy Spratley, 59, also deserves a mention: his 43:23 for 14th at 6:59/mi is a strong effort by any measure.