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Date: May 4, 2025 Participant: Kaya Whalen #5165 Race: 2025 Seattle Marathon | Summer Events 5K Distance: 3.1 miles

Consistent Pace with a Strong Finish Kaya Whalen, 21, from Tacoma, WA, delivered a strong performance at the 2025 Seattle Marathon's 5K event. Her consistent pacing strategy resulted in an overall time of 20:42 with an average pace of 6:40 min/mile, securing 6th place in her gender category and 2nd in her F20-29 division. Analyzing her splits, Kaya maintained impressive consistency with mile times of 6:32, 6:48, and 6:25. Notably, her fastest split was the final mile, showing a commendable finish with a 6:25 pace. While her overall position was 24th out of 668 participants, Kaya's strategic pacing contributed to climbing the ranks, particularly standing out as she moved from 27th to 18th in overall position by the end of the 5K. To enhance her performance even further, optimizing speed earlier in the race while retaining energy for a robust finish is an area worth considering. Overall, this was a commendable race execution.