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Bethlehem Running Festival finishes out strong: Results of top finishers

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Day 2 of the Bethlehem Running Festival was Sunday, with about 2,000 runners registered for the half-marathon and half-marathon relay races.

Both started at 8 a.m. at the SteelStacks campus and ended in front of the blast furnaces.

The first runners crossed the finish line around 9:30 a.m. and continued to 11:30 a.m.

The Bethlehem Running Festival is the first multi-day running event in the city since the Runner’s World Half Marathon in 2019.

On Saturday, thousands ran in the 5K and 10K races and participated in the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk.

Results are being posted on the Bethlehem Running Festival website.

Top finishers from Sunday's races were:

Half-marathon
Women
1. Eileen Cody, Team Vark, 1:28:47
2. Amanda Furrer, Bethlehem, !:30:15
3. Ashley Underkofer, Philadelphia, 1:31:07
4. Molly Breidenbaugh, Bethlehem, 1:31:41
5. Stephanie Hoppe, Alpharetta, Ga., 1:32:15

Men
1. Alex Price, Team Vark, 1:09:42
2. Theo Kahler, Easton, 1:10:15
3. Dan Sobrinski, Bethlehem, 1:17:59
4. Nate Skrutski, Archbald, Pa., 1:19:00
5. Michael Browne, Easton, 1:19:15

Half-marathon relay
1. Team Marc, 1:21:04
2. Team Bbraun Pump It Up, 1:35:07
3. Team Worst Beer Run Ever, 1:38:25
4. Team Retired Nxc Members, 1:38:32
5. Team Bbraun Geschwindigkeit-Sters, 1:39:46

Top finishers from Saturday's 5K and 10K races were:

10K race
1. Bill Way, Emmaus, 34:15
2. Margaret Vido, Lafayette Hill, Pa., 34:51
3. Dan Fitzpatrick, New York, New York, 35:26
4. Michael Browne, Easton, 36:20

Besides Vido, the other top women finishers were Carly Sedlock, Allentown, 40:32; and Stephanie Hoppe, 41:12

5K race
1. Paul Crowe, Bethlehem, 17:20
2. Michael Browne, Easton, 17:34
3. Jacob Schulz, Pittston, Pa., 18:00

Top women finishers in the 5K were:
1. Molly Breidenbaugh, Bethlehem, 19:22
2. Carly Sedlock, Allentown, 19:34
3. Heather Irvine, Bethlehem, 19:40