The Sue Crowe Memorial Arts Festival
10K, 5K and Kids Races

The Arts Festival 10K is the oldest race in Central Pennsylvania.  The race was first run in 1975 as a 10 Mile event; the run became a 10K race in the late 1980's.  Over the years the course has gone through numerous changes.  In 2005, a 5K race was added and a new course combining the best of the East and West Campuses of Penn State University was designed.

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 while the race was a 10-miler and two times after it became a 10K race.

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, Images, Children & Youth Day, the Downtown State College Italian Street Painting Festival,  music, dance, and vaudeville performances at eight different outdoor and indoor different venues.

Race Information


Race Sponsors


University Orthopedics Center





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 Jim Taylor at jim_taylor66@yahoo.com )

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.

Results from the earliest races are being collected. Some are given at the bottom of the page.
Arts Festival 10K Results From Some Previous Years:

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 -- -- 1996
1997 1998 1999 2000
 2001 2002 2003 2004
2005 2006 2007 2008

Arts Festival 5K Results From Some Previous Years:

 2005   2006 2007  2008


Arts Festival Kids Race Results From Some Previous Years:

1997 1998 1999 2000
 2001 2002 2003 2004
2005 2006
 2007 2008

Arts Festival Race Reports From Some Previous Years:

 2006    2007          
          



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)

From the Penn State Collegian:
1989
1991 (Men's Winner), (Women's Winner)
1994
1995
2004 (Pre-race story)
2007 (87-year-old George Etzweiler Competes)
[- Hat Tip Greg Fredericks, Dave Eggler]

Created 05/27/04
Updated 07/22/08

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