Women's 5K: Shideler Wins San Francisco in 18:36

• Kristina Shideler took the women's title in 18:36 (5:59/mi), the only finisher to crack 19 minutes in a field of 1,024 women.
• Allison Lynch was the runner-up in 19:09 (6:10/mi), finishing 33 seconds back — a clear and unchallenged gap to second place.
• Sidney Logsdon, age 16, claimed 3rd in 20:27 (6:35/mi), the standout young performance of the top 10.
• Places 10 and 11 — Katharina Deutzmann and Zoe Liang — both finished in 22:42, with Deutzmann holding 10th by the narrowest of margins.

On a damp, breezy San Francisco morning — 55°F, light rain, and 14 mph winds — Kristina Shideler of Santa Rosa ran the most authoritative race in the women's field. Her 5:59/mi average was the only sub-6:00 pace among the 1,024 finishers, and her 33-second cushion over second place tells the story: this was a wire-to-wire command performance. Notably, the 2022 women's winner was a Kristina Rivera — Shideler's victory continues a thread of strong women's performances at this race, though this was entirely her own story to write.

Allison Lynch made the trip from Boulder count, running a composed 19:09 (6:10/mi) to lock up second place. The gap between Lynch and third was considerably larger — Sidney Logsdon, just 16 years old and racing out of Turlock, CA, crossed in 20:27 at 6:35/mi. That's a 1:18 gap to second, but Logsdon's age makes the result all the more impressive; she was the fastest teenager in the field and finished ahead of a deep, experienced pack.

Jessica Porter (4th, 21:01) and Areli Martinez Acosta of Mexico City (5th, 21:27) rounded out the top five with paces of 6:46 and 6:54/mi respectively. The youth factor continued to show up throughout the results: Annabel Chung, 14, finished 6th in 21:55, Hailey Ramirez, 12, was 7th in 22:16, and Olivia Tang — just 10 years old — crossed 9th in 22:34 at 7:16/mi, one of the more remarkable results of the entire morning.