F65-69 10K: Jasmine Kan Wins Going Away in the Fog City Field

• Jasmine Kan, 66, wins in 1:03:23 — nearly four minutes clear of the field at 10:12/mi.
• Diosely Silveira takes 2nd in 1:07:12, holding off a tight battle for 3rd and 4th that came down to three seconds.
• Christine Nakamura (3rd, 1:15:40) and Donna Schumacher (4th, 1:15:43) ran nearly identical finish times — but Schumacher ran the closing stretch faster, climbing from 1,225th to 1,299th among women while Nakamura faded from 1,320th to 1,297th; Nakamura held the edge by just three seconds.
• 15 women finished the F65-69 race, ranging from Kan's 10:12/mi to Suzanne Janigian's 2:00:47 closer.

Under a cool, overcast San Francisco morning — 57°F and thick with 93% humidity — Jasmine Kan of Danville ran a composed, front-to-back race in F65-69. Her 1:03:23 at 10:12/mi was never seriously threatened; by the closing 4.62-mile stretch she was posting the 638th-fastest women's split in the full women's field, pulling further from her nearest rival to seal a comfortable win.

Diosely Silveira of Manvel, TX crossed in 1:07:12 for a clear second place, running 10:49/mi — nearly 40 seconds per mile slower than Kan but a full eight-plus minutes ahead of the battle for the final podium spot. That battle was a genuine nail-biter: Christine Nakamura (La Palma, CA) and Donna Schumacher (San Francisco, CA) both clocked 12:11/mi and finished in 1:15:40 and 1:15:43 respectively. Nakamura actually moved up in the women's field over the closing segment while Schumacher dropped back slightly, yet Schumacher's faster closing split wasn't quite enough — Nakamura held third by three seconds.

Carol Culver (Santa Fe, NM) rounded out the top five in 1:19:15, followed closely by Maryanne Ravano of Novato in 1:19:44. The back half of the field spread out across the city's hilly streets, with Phyllis Overstreet 7th in 1:21:06, Jennifer Dao 8th in 1:23:57, and Ofelia Underhill 9th in 1:27:23. Suzanne Janigian of Glendale closed out the 15-woman field in 2:00:47 — every finisher earning their result on a demanding San Francisco course.