The Sue Crowe Memorial NVRC Arts Festival Races
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The Sue Crowe Memorial NVRC Arts Festival 5K and 10 Mile Races and Kids Races |
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The Arts Festival Races are the oldest races in Central Pennsylvania. The event was first run in 1976 as a 10 Mile race that started out of town and ended on campus in the midst of Arts Festival tables and booths; the run was shortened to a 10K race in the late 1980's. Over the years the course has gone through numerous changes, adding a 10K, a 5K, and Kids Races and sometimes still offering the 10 Miler.
The Arts Festival races are run in conjunction with the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, the region’s premier summer outdoor festival which draws over 125,000 people to downtown State College and the University Park campus. The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts is five full days of fun, including the nationally recognized Sidewalk Sale Exhibition, a gallery exhibition, Children & Youth Day, the Downtown State College Italian Street Painting Festival, music, dance, and vaudeville performances at eight different outdoor and indoor different venues.
In 2006, the Arts Festival races were renamed in honor of Sue Crowe, who died in February 2006. Sue was a local running legend who also gave back to the running community through her work coaching young competitors. Sue was a fixture at the Arts Festival races. Sue and her family competed in most of them, and Sue herself was a five time winner. Sue won three times in the early days while the race was a 10-miler and two times after it became a 10K race.
After a three year hiatus due to COVID, the Arts Festival Racesreturned in 2023! The races are being in Boalsburg starting at the Pennsylvania Military Museum. See below for details.
- 5K and 10 Mile Race information: The Sue Crowe Memorial 45th Annual Arts Festival 5K and 10 Mile Races was held on July 16, 2023. Results of that race are below. The 46th Annual races will be held on Sunday, July 14, 2024. Information will be put here as the race approaches.
- Race Registration: Registration information for the 2024 Arts Festival races will be posted here as race day nears.
- Check out the race's Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/The-NVRC-Sue-Crowe-Memorial-Arts-Festival-Races
- Packet Pick-up:
Packet Pickup and Registration will be available on the day before the racefrom 10am-4pm at the Arts Festival along Allen Street near Schlow Library.
Day-of Registration and packet pickup will occur from 7:00AM-8:00AM at the Boalsburg Fire Hall (within walking distance of the museum). This will close promptly at 8:00AM to allow time to prepare for the start of the race at 8:30. Parking is available at the Fire Hall and vehicles will be allowed to remain there throughout the race.
- Volunteering: Volunteers are very important for the success of any race! We'll have a volunteer sign up link as the next race approaches.
- Kids Races: Kids races are run on the grounds of the PA Military Museum.
- A Race Steeped In Lore..., a July-August 2003 Voices of Central Pennsylvania article by Marty Mazur on the Arts Festival 10K.
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(The NVRC would like to collect results and memories from the entire history of
the Arts Fest Race. If you have results from past races, or pictures you'd like to share,
please contact Marty Mazur at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
10 Miler Results - Here is a list of Men's and Women's winners for the years 1976-1985 when the Art's Festival race was a 10-Miler. For more reminiscences, see A Race Steeped In Lore... from the July-August 2003 Voices of Central Pennsylvania. The 10 Miler was back from 2013 through 2017. The 10 Miler returned again in 2023. Results for the 10 Milers are also below
Full results from the earliest races are being collected. Some newspaper stories with partial results are given at the bottom of the page.
Arts Festival 10 Mile Results From Some Previous Years:
Arts Festival 10K Results From Some Previous Years:
Arts Festival 5K Results From Some Previous Years:
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| 2013 | 2014 |
2015 | 2016 |
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2023 |
Arts Festival Kids Race Results From Some Previous Years:
| 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| 2009 | 2010 | 2012 | |
| 2013 | 2014 |
2015 | 2016 |
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2023 |
Arts Festival Race Reports From Some Previous Years:
From the Archives:
Inaugural Year (1976) Stories:
Pre-Race story from the Centre Daily Times
Race Report (CDT)
Race Report (PA Mirror)
Full Results
1977
Race Report (PA Mirror)
Inaugural Year (1976) Stories:
Pre-Race story from the Centre Daily Times
Race Report (CDT)
Race Report (PA Mirror)
Full Results
1977
Race Report (PA Mirror)
Race Report (CDT)
1979
Race Report (CDT)
Runners Lost 3000 Pounds (CDT)
Race Story (Collegian)
1981
Race Story (CDT)
The Starting Line (CDT Photo)
1982
Race Story (CDT)
Fredericks Finish (CDT Photo)
1992
Full Results (CDT) New!
2015
Story on Race Director Dave Eggler from the Centre Daily Times.
From the Penn State Collegian:
1989
1991 (Men's Winner), (Women's Winner)
1989
1991 (Men's Winner), (Women's Winner)
1993
1994
1995
2004 (Pre-race story)
2007 (87-year-old George Etzweiler Competes)
[- Hat Tip Greg Fredericks, Dave Eggler, Tim Scitti]
1995
2004 (Pre-race story)
2007 (87-year-old George Etzweiler Competes)
[- Hat Tip Greg Fredericks, Dave Eggler, Tim Scitti]
Created 05/27/04