She smoked the field in 33:37 on a warm, windy morning, finishing 1:47 ahead of runner-up Letitia Saayman. Men’s winner Matt McDonald also had a comfortable margin at the end. His time of 30:10 was 32 seconds clear of University of Richmond sophomore Miles Clikeman, who is from Chesterfield.

 

Sachtleben won in a runaway in the marathon in November, too, finishing 5:40 ahead of the field. Her time of 2:39:00 was the sixth fastest clocking in the history of the women’s race and qualified her for the 2020 U.S. Olympic trials.

“I have good memories here,” she said.

 

She was so dominant Saturday that she was 53 seconds ahead at the halfway point of the 6.2-mile race.

 

“This one actually hurt more than the marathon,” she said. “The marathon was so smooth. … It felt like I was just out for a run. This was a little harder. It burns a little more. I like longer races.”

 

Sachtleben, 26, became a standout at George Mason after asking to join the team. She just finished classes at Northern Virginia Community College – she’s getting ready to become a CPA – which qualified her for the $2,000 first prize that comes from the Collegiate Running Association.

 

The CRA runs its national championship 10k road race as part of the Monument event and awards NCAA-sanctioned cash prizes to the top 10 male and female finishers who currently are enrolled in at least one college class. The runners-up, Clikeman and Saayman (Campbell), each earned $1,000...