Centre Hall, PA
Saturday, June 18, 2011

Under beautiful sunny skies and temps in the low 70s, this year's annual Speed To Read race kicked off at 9am. Over 60 runners and walkers took to the starting line. Patrick Singletary led the men, finishing with a time of 17:22.  Andy Cunningham finished second for the men with a time of 17:32 and Alan Effrig finished closely behind in third with a time of 17:53. Becky Wittrig led the women for the entire course finishing with a time of 21:30. Stacey Turner followed in second place with a time of 22:16 and Sarah Farant was a close third with a time of 22:35. Patrick and Becky each received a $50 gift certificate from Rapid Transit Sports for winning their categories. 

The kid's fun runs were held following the 5k event. All fun run racers received medals for their run.

At the end of both events, runners were treated to a tasty selection of locally baked goods, bananas, watermelon, and, of course, cold water. In addition to refreshments, all runners and walkers were entered into our annual raffle drawing. We had a nice variety of donations from our sponsors and donors and many participants went home with prizes.

Congratulations to all our runners and walkers for participating. We look forward to seeing you next year.

We want to especially thank our event sponsors for their support of the Centre Hall Library Association's largest fund raiser of the year. This year we were fortunate to have several repeat sponsors and new sponsors as well. We also thank donors who donate prizes for our raffle drawing. Our event would not be a success without our sponsor and donor support. Thank you sponsors and donors!!

Bob & Nancy Boozer, Phil & Kathy Bosak, Brother's Pizza of Centre Hall, Centre County Grange Encampment & Fair, Centre Hall Farm Store, Centre Hall Lions Club, Tawnya Childs, Clearwater Swimming Pool Co., Confer's Country Market, Confer's Jewelers, Bill & Lucy Curran, Dick's Sporting Goods, Doty & Hench, Elk Creek Café + Aleworks, Ron & Polly Flood, Giant, Chris & Linda Hosterman, Kearns Campground, Bette Kozlowski, Ladies Auxiliary Unit 779, Steve Maczuga, McLanahan Drug Store, Mifflinburg Bank & Trust, Mt Nittany Inn, Nittany Eye Associates, Nittany Mountain Excavating, Northwest Savings Bank, Penns Cave, Penns Valley Area Knitters, Rapid Transit Sportswear, Restek Corporation, Sammis Greenhouse, Shunk's Kitchens, Frank Slenker, Snappy's, Steiger's Early Americana, Stoner's Small Engine Shop, The Bicycle Shop, Wal-Mart, Weis, Wegmans, Whistle Stop Restaurant, Josh & Doris Tobey and Zimmerman Dental Care.

The Centre Hall Library Association would also like to recognize our dedicated volunteers and new volunteers for their support of this event. We appreciate their time and talents at the registration table, on the course, and serving snacks to make this event a success.

Katherine Barger, Bob & Nancy Boozer, Tawnya Childs, Bill & Joan Clark, Lucy & Cristina Curran, Joe & Judy Gentzel, Ruth Floray, Bev Foust and Josh & Doris Tobey.

If you are looking for ways to support our local library, we always welcome new volunteers. If you are interested in volunteering to support the library in any way, please contact Bob Boozer.

Thanks goes out to the volunteers that gave a morning of their time to support the Centre Hall Library, Tom Tobey for the shirt design and finally to the Nittany Valley Running Club for the use of their timing equipment for our race.

Any comments about the race should be sent to the Bob Boozer, Race Director, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

 

 Place  Finisher                                      Time      Pace
 -----  --------                                      ----      ----
    1   Patrick Singletary, 45, State College, PA     17:22     5:35
    2   Andy Cunningham, 33, Port Matilda, PA         17:32     5:39
    3   Alan Effrig, 32, State College, PA            17:53     5:45
    4   Rob Guissanie, 42, Lewisburg, PA              17:59     5:47
    5   Judd Michael, 48, Lemont, PA                  18:40     6:00
    6   Alex Hopple, 14, Bellefonte, PA               20:14     6:31
    7   Kevin Rudy, 27, State College, PA             20:30     6:36
    8   Robert Shaver, 50, Loganton, PA               20:55     6:44
    9   Todd Baney, 41, Port Matilda, PA              21:10     6:49
   10   Becky Wittrig, 43*, Port Matilda, PA          21:30     6:55
   11   Rob Crowe, 63, Boalsburg, PA                  21:36     6:57
   12   Darion Pierce, 15, Lewistown, PA              21:40     6:58
   13   Jake Owens, 15, Reedsville, PA                21:49     7:01
   14   Earl  Lake, 57, PA Furnace, PA                22:07     7:07
   15   Stacey Turner, 24*, Cambridge Springs, PA     22:16     7:10
   16   Sarah Farrant, 38*, Boalsburg, PA             22:35     7:16
   17   Kyle Guissanie, 14, Lewisburg, PA             22:42     7:18
   18   Michael Miller, 55, Calvin, PA                22:50     7:21
   19   Fay Bliesmer, 25*, State College, PA          22:58     7:24
   20   Steve Maczuga, 15, Spring Mills, PA           23:01     7:24
   21   Amanda Stitzer, 36*, Centre Hall, PA          23:17     7:30
   22   Kyle Garthe, 28, State College, PA            23:19     7:30
   23   Christine Rodgers, 41*, Bellefonte, PA        23:37     7:36
   24   Martin Mazur, 54, State College, PA           23:44     7:38
   25   Emma Federinko, 15*, Spring Mills, PA         23:52     7:41
   26   Amy Long, 35*,                                24:12     7:47
   27   Joe Shuta, 60, Duncansville, PA               24:38     7:56
   28   Troy Boob, 34, Bellefonte, PA                 25:03     8:04
   29   Cindy Waltemire, 54*, Cranberry Twp, PA       25:22     8:10
   30   George Myers Jr, 64, Centre Hall, PA          25:28     8:12
   31   Karen Mansfeld, 47*, Loganton, PA             26:22     8:29
   32   Dan McAllister, 35, Altoona, PA               26:25     8:30
   33   Mary Boutselis, 52*, Centre Hall, PA          26:41     8:35
   34   George Callahan, 48, Bellefonte, PA           26:45     8:37
   35   Jessica Lyons, 35*, Milroy, PA                26:51     8:39
   36   Bobbi McAllister, 31*, Altoona, PA            27:14     8:46
   37   Katie Deardorff, 19*, Spring Mills, PA        27:24     8:49
   38   Blade Maczuga, 51, Spring Mills, PA           27:29     8:51
   39   Michelle Christensen, 30*, State College, PA  27:32     8:52
   40   Lynda Federinko, 47*, Spring Mills, PA        27:52     8:58
   41   Lorella Thomas, 38*, Boalsburg, PA            28:11     9:04
   42   James Wittrig, 13, Port Matilda, PA           29:27     9:29
   43   Donita Rudy, 50*, Spring Mills, PA            29:34     9:31
   44   Andrea Hannon, 37*, Milroy, PA                30:12     9:43
   45   Jay Reeder, 34, Centre Hall, PA               30:30     9:49
   46   Monica Padamonsky, 34*, Bellefonte, PA        30:37     9:51
   47   Rebecca Roos, 30*, Pleasant Gap, PA           31:31    10:09
   48   Heather Arment, 31*, Pittsburgh, PA           31:43    10:13
   49   Jamie Praskovich, 30*, Spring Mills, PA       32:09    10:21
   50   Glenn Wright, 77, Cassville, PA               33:43    10:51
   51   Dianna Rudy, 44*,                             36:35    11:46
   52   Laura Rudy, 24*, Philadelphia, PA             37:59    12:14
   53   Grant Corman, 35, Centre Hall, PA             38:47    12:29
   54   Natalie Corman, 35*, Centre Hall, PA          38:49    12:30
   55   Jennie Gibson, 38*, Pine Grove Mills, PA      44:17    14:15
   56   Robin Kramkowski, 47*, Warriors Mark, PA      44:17    14:15
   57   Courtney Chicko, 26*, Bellefonte, PA         No time
   58   Matt Fragassi, 24, Philadelphia, PA          No time
   59   Cindye Rudy, 54*, Centre Hall, PA            No time
   60   Beckie Lease, 46*, Spring Mills, PA          No time
   61   Roxanne Lease, 50*, PA Furnace, PA           No time