Art's Festival Races

The Sue Crowe Memorial NVRC

Arts Festival 5K and 10 Mile Races

Race Information

Sponsors

Results

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 Races are returning in 2023! The races will be run in Boalsburg. This year, we'll be holding a 5K and a 10 Miler (no 10K!). See below for details.

Race Information

5K and 10 Mile Race information: The Sue Crowe Memorial 45th Annual Arts Festival 5K and 10 Mile Races will be held on July 16, 2023. Both races will start at the Pennsylvania Military Museum and Park on Boal Avenue in Boalsburg, PA. The races start at 8:30 AM.

Race Registration: Online Registration for either the 5K or the 10 Miler is $25 plus processing fees. Register here: https://runsignup.com/Race/PA/Boalsburg/NVRCArtsFest5Kand10MileRaces

Check out the race's Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/The-NVRC-Sue-Crowe-Memorial-Arts-Festival-Races

Packet Pick-up: More information on pre-race packet pick-up is coming soon.

Kids Races: Information on Kids Races is coming soon.

Courses: The course maps for the 5K and 10 Milers are coming soon!

A Race Steeped In Lore..., a July-August 2003 Voices of Central Pennsylvania article by Marty Mazur on the Arts Festival 10K.

Arts Fest T-Shirts Through the Years.

Race Sponsors

Race Results

(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 Chris Hunsberger 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 and results for that 10 Miler 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:

1976	--	1978	1979
1980	--	--	--
--	1985	----
2013	2014	2015	2016
2017

Arts Festival 10K Results From Some Previous Years:

1986	--	1988	--
--	--	1992	1993
--	--	1996	1997
1998	1999	2000	2001
2002	2003	2004	2005
2006	2007	2008	2009
2010	2011	2012	2013
2014	2015	2016	2017
2018	2019

Arts Festival 5K Results From Some Previous Years:

2005	2006	2007	2008
2009	2010	2011	2012
2013	2014	2015	2016
2017	2018	2019

Arts Festival Kids Race Results From Some Previous Years:

1997	1998	1999	2000
2001	2002	2003	2004
2005	2006	2007	2008
2009	2010	2011	2012
2013	2014	2015	2016
2017	2018	2019

Arts Festival Race Reports From Some Previous Years:

2006	2007	*2008*	2009
2010	2011	2012	2013
2014	2015	2016

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)

1978
Full Results

Race Report (CDT)

1979

Race Report (CDT)

Runners Lost 3000 Pounds (CDT)

Race Story (Collegian)

1980

Race Story (CDT) New!

1981

A Runner's Guide To The Arts Festival Race (CDT)

Race Story (CDT)

The Starting Line (CDT Photo)