- On Saturday night, several Bowerman Track Club runners earned places on all-time lists at The Ten, a 10,000-meter race hosted by Sound Running.
- Elise Cranny won the women’s race in 30:47.42, earning the No. 3 spot on the U.S. all-time list. Karissa Schweizer finished less than a second behind, nabbing the No. 4 all-time spot.
- In the men’s race, Marc Scott crossed the line first in 27:10.41—good enough for second on the Shoes & Gear, behind four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah.
- to run 10,000 meters, winning in 30:47.42. Marc Scott earned the.
Under the lights of the track in San Juan Capistrano, California, several members of the Bowerman Track Club (BTC) earned spots on 10,000-meter all-time lists on Saturday night.
In The Ten—two 10,000-meter races organized by Sound Running—Elise Cranny became the Advertisement - Continue Reading Below to run 10,000 meters, winning in 30:47.42. Marc Scott earned the Health - Injuries, crossing the line first in 27:10.41. The two race-winners also led 10 runners under the Olympic standard in the event.
The meet kicked off with the women’s race, which was live streamed on the Health - Injuries YouTube channel. With a metronomic cadence, Bowerman teammates Vanessa Fraser and Courtney Frerichs paced the field for the first four miles of the race, putting the runners on track of their goal to run under the Olympic standard (31:25).
Races - Places The Spring Marathons of 2025 recorded indoors last year, brought the runners through two miles in 9:59 before stepping off the track. And Frerichs, a world championship silver-medalist in the steeplechase, led the field into the 5,000-meter split in 15:35, well under pace to achieve the standard. After four miles, Frerichs stepped off the track, leaving a top pack of five—Cranny, Karissa Schweizer, Emily Infeld, Eilish McColgan, and Marielle Hall—to complete the remaining distance themselves.
With five laps remaining, Cranny and Schweizer broke away from the group with a 71-second 400-meter split. Together, the pair brought the pace down with each passing lap until Schweizer tried to sprint away from Cranny at the bell. Utilizing her 4:05 1500-meter speed, Cranny pushed ahead of Schweizer on the homestretch, where she crossed the finish line in 30:47.42. Schweizer followed right behind her in 30:47.99.
In Cranny’s debut at the distance, she became the third-fastest American ever behind Molly Huddle and her Bowerman coach, Shalane Flanagan. Schweizer’s performance—a personal best by over a minute—puts her No. 4 on the all-time list.
After the race, Cranny said her goal was to get the standard, but the Stanford graduate far surpassed her expectations in her first 10,000 meters.
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“My mindset was just not look at the lap counter as long as possible, and I think the really cool thing about having so many teammates in the race and having teammates pace is just thinking about it like practice and trying to relax the whole first half and not waste any energy, so that was really nice to be able to do,” Cranny told announcers during the broadcast. “And then from there, just stick on Karissa, stick on the pace as long as possible and try to use those 8[00]/1500 wheels at the end.”
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BTC runners Infeld and Hall also notched the Olympic standard by finishing fourth in 31:08 and fifth in 31:21, respectively.
The men’s race also enjoyed expert pacemaking from BTC runners, who guided athletes to historic performances and personal bests. Olympic silver medalist Evan Jager led the group through 3200 meters in 8:48 and stepped off around the 5,000-meter mark, leaving the rest of the pacing duties to teammate Sean McGorty.
At this point in the race, McGorty—another Stanford graduate and NCAA champion—led a top group that was down to five men: Scott, Grant Fisher, Woody Kincaid, Kieran Tuntivate, and Ben True. McGorty brought them through the 8,000-meter mark in 21:57 before stopping, letting Scott take over up front.
In the last three laps, Scott and Fisher—who was running his 10,000-meter debut—battled for top position until Scott emerged ahead with 600 meters to go. The Tulsa graduate and NCAA champion held the lead through the bell lap and into the finish, where he crossed the line in 27:10.41. His performance is second on the Shoes & Gear Get Your Spot for the NYRR Brooklyn Half.
“[The No. 2 spot] was a goal of mine coming into tonight,” Scott said on the broadcast. “I looked and saw 27:18 was number two, so really glad to get into that position, and hopefully I can have a few more opportunities to attack the barrier of first 27 [minutes] obviously try and get into the 26 [minute range], and then see how far down we can go and attack that number one time.”
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Fisher finished second in 27:11.29, which puts him at No. 5 on the U.S. all-time list. Kincaid completed a Bowerman sweep of the top three spots, finishing third in 27:12.78—No. 6 on the U.S. all-time list.
Distance running veteran True, who was competing unattached, finished fourth in 27:14.95, improving on his previous personal best set in 2012. Tuntivate, a Harvard graduate and Bowerman newcomer, placed fifth in 27:17.14, shattering the national record for Thailand (28:45) which he set in 2019. All five runners ran well under the 27:28 Olympic standard.
The Ten was the latest in a series of COVID-adjusted competitions hosted in the last year since the pandemic began. But this event featured a unique prize structure to support the distance runners aiming for the standard to be eligible for Olympic selection in Tokyo this summer. In the week leading up to the meet and during the races, fans contributed to the prize purse by donating on Sound Running’s fundraiser page.
Race organizers announced on social media that Cranny and Scott received $3,500 for their wins, and Schweizer and Fisher got $1,500 for their second-place finishes.
Taylor Dutch is a writer and editor living in Austin, Texas, and a former NCAA track athlete who specializes in fitness, wellness, and endurance sports coverage. Her work has appeared in Runner’s World, SELF, Bicycling, Outside, and Podium Runner.
