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Northampton Runners Rock 2012 Half Marathon

Nearly 50 local runners participated in the annual Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon in Philadelphia on Sunday.

Jesseka Kadylak, Neighbor
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Down the Ben Franklin Parkway, through Center City and into Fairmount Park, more than 15,000 runners took on the 13.1 miles of the annual Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon in Philadelphia on Sunday, Sept. 16. Among those were 46 runners from Northampton Township, including runners from Richboro, Churchville and Holland.

Stanley Biwott, 26, was the first man to cross the finish line. Biwott finished in 01:00:01. A few minutes later, at 01:07:19, the first female crossed the finish line. Sharon Cherop, 28, came in 23rd place overall. Biwott and Cherop are both long-distance runners from Kenya.

Here's how the locals from Richboro fared:

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Overall Place Bib No. Name Time 2311 3081 Brian Small 01:47:00 2411 5243 Jill Leonard 01:47:32 3255 8472 Brianna Sheppard 01:51:32 3488 5551 Joe Skryd 01:52:37 3581 7448 Robert Peifer 01:52:57 4039 8056 John Benincasa 01:54:40 5644 13410 Stephen Zeidler 02:00:20 5856 9381 Joe Korn 02:01:08 8671 3505 Mary Pat Ezzo 02:12:17 9337 11460 Wes Waninger 02:14:54 13843 16501 Steph Waninger 02:52:13 14682 23623 Marshall Gardner

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Here's how the locals from Churchville fared:

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Overall Place Bib No. Name Time 1072 2143 Michele Fillette 01:38:20 3024 8565 Maureen Menarde 01:50:35 3204 11229 Chelsea Crawford 01:51:17 5621 6055 Debbie Arenz 02:00:15 7269 11021 Gerard Lemly 02:06:39 10773 4204 Jennifer Dougherty 02:22:05

Here's how the locals from Holland fared:

425 1432 Allyson Thompson 01:28:43 426 1760 Christopher Thompson 01:28:43 772 2493 Kevin Delaney 01:35:14 1019 10557 Rick Armour 01:37:56 1249 1121 David Schlosser 01:39:52 3222 2417 Kelly Diviny 01:51:22 3968 8254 Diana Bruck 01:54:26 4033 2682 Mary Barr 01:54:40 4995 7233 Chrissy Leonard 01:58:07 5132 8209 Julie Hamnett 01:58:39 5210 10691 Shannon Link 01:58:52 5354 14316 Cameron Vogt 01:59:21 5564 13490 Danielle Schlupp 02:00:01 5902 14711 Mark Dengler 02:01:20 6035 15089 Brett Goldberg 02:01:50 6208 9386 Michael Korn 02:02:34 6902 4454 Lauren Smith 02:05:18 7172 19127 Jordana Simiriglio 02:06:17 7915 8067 Bob Smith 02:09:23 9964 14562 Brittany Walsh 02:17:54 10055 14331 Kelly Branigan 02:18:22 10993 17072 Rob Orwig 02:23:14 11483 19314 John Gallagher 02:26:14 11849 23027 Kristin McElroy 02:28:33 12534 16226 Gregory Newman 02:34:20 12535 21427 June Newman 02:34:20 12538 17356 Joseph Boileau 02:34:22 12871 19065 Gina Booth 02:37:38 12939 18043 Kevin Barr 02:38:26 13459 20529 Sarah Kraft 02:45:08

Congratulations to all of the participants.

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