M19 & Under: Levi Myers Dominates the Under-19 Boys Field

• Levi Myers, 17, wins in 36:29 (5:52/mi) — nearly two minutes clear of 2nd place.
• Max Walde, 15, runs 38:21 to claim 2nd, the fastest finish among the two 15-year-olds on the podium.
• Josh Cook and Sanat Ananth finish 3rd (43:22) and 4th (43:54) — separated by just 32 seconds after 6.2 miles.
• Mateo Perez, age 7, completes the course in 54:25 (8:45/mi) — the youngest finisher in the listed results, finishing 19th.

Levi Myers made the under-19 boys race look straightforward. The 17-year-old from San Francisco crossed in 36:29 at a 5:52/mi clip — a pace that put him nearly two full minutes ahead of anyone else in the field of 61. He also posted the 9th-fastest split on the back half (5K to finish) among the women's field, a cross-gender benchmark that underscores just how quick that second segment was. There was no drama at the front: Myers led wire to wire.

The real contest for silver played out between Myers and a 15-year-old from DPO, AE. Max Walde ran a composed 38:21 (6:10/mi) to lock up 2nd — a notably faster pace than the rest of the podium, and a strong result for the youngest runner in the top three. Walde did fade slightly on the back half, slipping from 9th to 13th in the broader women's field on that segment, but his overall margin was never seriously threatened.

Behind Walde, a 4:53 gap separated 2nd from 3rd, and then the race tightened up considerably. Josh Cook (43:22, 6:59/mi) and Sanat Ananth (43:54, 7:04/mi) ran nearly side by side across the full 10K, with Cook holding 3rd by 32 seconds. Notably, Ananth ran the stronger back half — posting the 44th-fastest split on that segment versus Cook's 71st — meaning Ananth was the one closing, not fading. Natan Riskin rounded out the top five in 44:35 (7:10/mi), though he ran the second half slower than the first, slipping from 42nd to 54th on that closing split.

With a 60°F morning, scattered clouds, and a 15 mph wind off the Bay, conditions were brisk but manageable — and the 61-strong under-19 boys field delivered a wide range of stories, from Myers's wire-to-wire command to a 7-year-old in 19th place running 8:45 miles through San Francisco.