Two Cities Marathon 10K — F45-49: Baglietto edges Barrett in a two-second thriller

• Alejandra Baglietto (Visalia, CA) wins F45-49 in 46:35 at a 7:30/mi pace, climbing from 5th to 3rd among women with the 6th-fastest women's closing split.
• Teri Barrett (Clovis, CA) finishes 2nd in 46:37 — just two seconds back — after posting the 7th-fastest women's closing split to hold her ground.
• A gap of nearly 11:30 separates the top two from 3rd-place Audrey Peach (58:01), marking a clear break between the podium's top tier and the rest of the field.
• Maila Baker (4th, 58:21) and Roxana Gonzales (5th, 59:59) round out a competitive mid-pack chase, with all five podium spots decided before the hour mark.

The F45-49 race at the Two Cities 10K delivered one of the day's most gripping finishes: 46:35 for Alejandra Baglietto of Visalia, 46:37 for Teri Barrett of Clovis — two seconds and a photo-finish's worth of racing over 6.2 miles in 74°F Fresno heat. Baglietto was the one making moves, climbing from 5th to 3rd among all women and posting the 6th-fastest women's closing split from mile one to the finish. Barrett was right there with the 7th-fastest women's closing split, but the gap Baglietto had built earlier in the race proved just enough to hold.

Barrett's 7:30/mi average matched Baglietto's to the second on the clock, but the final order never wavered — Baglietto crossed first, and the timing left no doubt. It was a race where two athletes pushed each other to nearly identical finish times through genuinely different efforts in the closing miles, with Baglietto surging and Barrett chasing all the way to the line.

Behind them, Audrey Peach (3rd, 58:01, 9:20/mi) and Maila Baker (4th, 58:21, 9:23/mi) ran a tight battle of their own — just 20 seconds separated them — while Baker's moves data tells an interesting story: she entered the final stretch ranked 47th among women but faded to 67th, giving ground late. Peach, meanwhile, climbed from 70th to 62nd with the 59th-fastest women's closing split. Roxana Gonzales rounded out the top five in 59:59 (9:39/mi), slipping from 59th to 85th among women in the closing miles but still claiming 5th in F45-49 in under an hour.