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Boalsburg Memorial Day Run History |
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Boalsburg Memorial Day Run History
by Marty Mazur
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 mxm14@psu.edu.
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
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Women's Winner
|
Time
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1981
|
146
|
Diamond |
Richard Harter
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20:44
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Sue Crowe
|
24:06
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| 1982 |
253
|
Diamond |
Gary Black
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20:13
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Barbara Black
|
25:30
|
| 1983 |
316
|
Diamond |
Bill Knapp
|
21:18
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Sue Crowe
|
25:39
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| 1984 |
332
|
Diamond |
Bob Hudson
|
20:11
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Liz Kisenwether
|
25:20
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| 1985 |
415
|
Diamond |
Pete Bortolotti
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20:22
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Lynne Strauss
|
25:17
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| 1986 |
426
|
Diamond |
Bob Hudson
|
20:43
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Karen Borza
|
25:29
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| 1987 |
430
|
Diamond |
Matt Colton
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20:39
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Sue Crowe
|
23:30
|
1988
|
336
|
Blue Spring Park
|
Matt Colton
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19:47
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Sue Crowe
|
22:21
|
1989
|
372
|
Blue Spring Park
|
James Hegarty
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20:18
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Laurie Morrow
|
23:16
|
1990
|
412
|
Blue Spring Park |
Mike Crescenzi
|
19:15
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Sue Crowe
|
22:26
|
1991
|
436
|
Blue Spring Park |
Austin Morrow
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19:45
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Sue Crowe
|
23:26
|
1992
|
300
|
Blue Spring Park |
Mike Crescenzi
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18:59
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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
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Evelynn Ellis
|
23:56
|
1995
|
310
|
Blue Spring Park |
Jeff Miller
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20:32
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Evelynn Ellis |
23:49
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1996
|
302
|
Blue Spring Park |
Chris Pass
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20:23
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Evelynn Ellis |
24:04
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1997
|
356
|
Blue Spring Park |
Chris Pass
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20:30
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Evelynn Ellis |
24:04
|
1998
|
? |
Blue Spring Park |
? |
? |
? |
? |
1999
|
425
|
Blue Spring Park |
Louis Aquila
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19:50
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Bethann Scott
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25:06
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2000
|
496
|
Blue Spring Park |
Matt Kretchmar
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20:44
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Chris Crowe
|
25:27
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2001
|
440
|
Blue Spring Park |
Stephen Gross
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20:33
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Chris Crowe
|
24:43
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2002
|
408
|
Blue Spring Park |
Stephen Walsh
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19:37
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Jessi Loner
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24:13
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2003
|
348 |
Blue Spring Park |
Brian Wheeler
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21:48
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Julie Grubb
|
24:31
|
2004
|
412
|
Blue Spring Park |
Erik Scott
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20:22
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Patricia Keating
|
25:09
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2005
|
418
|
Blue Spring Park |
David Moore
|
20:19
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Jessi Loner
|
24:32
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2006
|
491
|
Blue Spring Park |
Erik Scott
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20:49
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Martha Nelson
|
23:02
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2007
|
420
|
Blue Spring Park |
Richard Koubek
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20:48
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Meghan Mason
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23:30
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2008
|
437
|
Blue Spring Park |
Andy Cunningham
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21:44
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Meghan Mason
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23:21
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| 2009 |
479
|
Blue Spring Park
|
David Moore
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20:29
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Katie Davis
|
23:02
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