Reid Buchanan, Julia Vasquez top field in 2022 Bay to Breakers
SAN FRANCISCO -- Kansan Reid Buchanan was the overall winner of the 109th annual Bay to Breakers race with a time of 36:09, according to the race website.
Buchanan, a 29-year-old professional runner who came in 9th in the 10,000 meter race at the 2021 Olympic Trials in Track & Field and earned silver in the 10,000 meter race at the 2019 PanAm Games, won the first Bay to Breakers held since 2019 after the COVID-19 pandemic cancelled the race the past two years.
Buchanan averaged 4:51 per mile and bested the next male runners -- Eritrean long-distance runner Emanuel Tikue -- by 48 seconds.
Hometown racer Julia Vasquez had the fastest time among women in Sunday morning's race, coming in at 42:04, with an average mile speed of 5:38. She finished just eight seconds ahead of the second-place women's finisher Maya Weigel of Los Altos.
The morning 12 K race, starting near the Embarcadero and finishing at the Great Highway, was run under cool, foggy conditions.
Official results and photos can be found at the Bay to Breakers website.