Okay, so I'm not a professional photographer...and I had a weekender throwaway camera, but if you look real carefully to the left of the clock at Mile 25 you will see Nicole Blaesser (white singlet) leading Kristen Nicolini (red singlet, black arm warmers) and following behind is Sally Meyerhoff (red singlet). The clock is wrong...it's actually 4 seconds slow. Nicole hit Mile 25 at 2:28:06, but Kristen managed to pass her just before Mile 26.
Kristen Nicolini 3rd place 2:35:06,
Nicole Blaesser 4th place 2:35:09,
Sally Meyerhoff 5th place 2:35:49.
photo by Tom Peterson