Date: September 13, 2025 Participant: Alexander Neville #4959 Race: 2025 REVEL Big Cottonwood Half Marathon Distance: 13.1 miles

Strong Gains in the Half Marathon Distance Alexander Neville, 32, from Orem, UT, competed in the 2025 REVEL Big Cottonwood Half Marathon, delivering a strong performance. Consistently maintaining an average pace of 6:09 min/mile, Alexander completed the race in 1:20:37. Notably, he improved his overall placing since last year, bettering his overall rank from 48th to 28th out of 3972 participants. His best split pace was 5:30 min/mile between miles 4 and 5, highlighting his ability to push during the race. In comparison to his previous year’s performance at the same race, Alexander showed significant improvement by shaving over three minutes off his finish time, previously recorded at 1:23:59 with a 6:24 min/mile pace. This year, his division rank also stood out as he moved up one spot to 4th during mile 12. To further enhance performance, focus could be directed towards maintaining even split times in the later miles. Excellent progress!