Boalsburg Memorial Day Run History
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The Boalsburg Memorial Day Run has been going on since 1981. It's one of the longest established races in the area. Somehow Mike Casper got hold of a spreadsheet that had data on the race going back to the beginning. The spreadsheet ends in 1997. I made a table below with some of the interesting statistics. I filled in the information for the races after 1997 from our results on the web site, but there are a few missing years. If you have any information on these races, let me know at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The village of Boalsburg is a small town just outside of State College, PA. It's one of the towns that claim have originated the idea for Memorial Day around the time of the Civil War. The town still has an old-fashioned home town feel. They have a great Memorial Day celebration, including an arts and crafts fair, a carnival, a parade, and the race itself. The Boalsburg race has always been a funky affair. It used to be billed as a 4 Miler, but the race directors were never very picky about the distance measurement. The current course is really about 3.8 miles and it has always been about that long. But the start and finish changed from the Diamond at the center of town to Blue Spring Park, not far away, and there have been a few other tweaks over the years, so course records are hard to compare. It seems like the whole town either runs the race or cheers the runners. And despite the fact that the course is pretty tough, with two challenging hills, lots of people of all ages run it. It's a nice way to spend Memorial Day morning.

Here's the history:

Year	# of Runners	Start/Finish	Men's Winner	Time	Women's Winner	Time
1981	146	Diamond	Richard Harter	20:44	Sue Crowe	24:06
1982	253	Diamond	Gary Black	20:13	Barbara Black	25:30
1983	316	Diamond	Bill Knapp	21:18	Sue Crowe	25:39
1984	332	Diamond	Bob Hudson	20:11	Liz Kisenwether	25:20
1985	415	Diamond	Pete Bortolotti	20:22	Lynne Strauss	25:17
1986	426	Diamond	Bob Hudson	20:43	Karen Borza	25:29
1987	430	Diamond	Matt Colton	20:39	Sue Crowe	23:30
1988	336	Blue Spring Park	Matt Colton	19:47	Sue Crowe	22:21
1989	372	Blue Spring Park	James Hegarty	20:18	Laurie Morrow	23:16
1990	412	Blue Spring Park	Mike Crescenzi	19:15	Sue Crowe	22:26
1991	436	Blue Spring Park	Austin Morrow	19:45	Sue Crowe	23:26
1992	300	Blue Spring Park	Mike Crescenzi	18:59	Heidi Gerken	22:15
1993	281	Blue Spring Park	Leif Steiner	21:15	Sue Crowe	23:12
1994	263	Blue Spring Park	Colin Heitzman	20:33	Evelynn Ellis	23:56
1995	310	Blue Spring Park	Jeff Miller	20:32	Evelynn Ellis	23:49
1996	302	Blue Spring Park	Chris Pass	20:23	Evelynn Ellis	24:04
1997	356	Blue Spring Park	Chris Pass	20:30	Evelynn Ellis	24:04
1998	?	Blue Spring Park	?	?	?	?
1999	425	Blue Spring Park	Louis Aquila	19:50	Bethann Scott	25:06
2000	496	Blue Spring Park	Matt Kretchmar	20:44	Chris Crowe	25:27
2001	440	Blue Spring Park	Stephen Gross	20:33	Chris Crowe	24:43
2002	408	Blue Spring Park	Stephen Walsh	19:37	Jessi Loner	24:13
2003	348	Blue Spring Park	Brian Wheeler	21:48	Julie Grubb	24:31
2004	412	Blue Spring Park	Erik Scott	20:22	Patricia Keating	25:09
2005	418	Blue Spring Park	David Moore	20:19	Jessi Loner	24:32
2006	491	Blue Spring Park	Erik Scott	20:49	Martha Nelson	23:02
2007	420	Blue Spring Park	Richard Koubek	20:48	Meghan Mason	23:30
2008	437	Blue Spring Park	Andy Cunningham	21:44	Meghan Mason	23:21
2009	479	Blue Spring Park	David Moore	20:29	Katie Davis	23:02
2010	492	Blue Spring Park	Andy Cunningham	21:56	Tatum Del Bosco	24:08
2011	494	Blue Spring Park*	Pat Singletary	21:31	Hayley Weyhe	25:12
2012	470	Blue Spring Park	Jacob Loverich	20:23	Samantha Snead	23:21
2013	405	Blue Spring Park	Daniel Craighead	20:10	Heather Hoechst	24:42
2014	406	Blue Spring Park	Daniel Craighead	20:53	Jaimie Wright	26:05
2015	338	Blue Spring Park	Daniel Craighead	20:19	Kirsten Frazier	24:43
2016	299	Blue Spring Park	Daniel Craighead	20:30	Mary Higgins	24:59
2018	286	Blue Spring Park	Matthew Balogh	20:22	Jaimie Wright	25:17
2019	281	Blue Spring Park	Loc O	20:35	Torrie Raish	22:54

 

* Course shortened by about 150 yards due to muddy fields at Blue Spring Park.