{"id":163979,"date":"2026-04-12T17:37:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T17:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/163979\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T17:37:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T17:37:12","slug":"izewski-wins-13th-annual-race-wilkes-barre-citizens-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/163979\/","title":{"rendered":"Izewski wins 13th annual race \u2013 Wilkes-Barre Citizens’ Voice"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Rachel<\/p>\n

Rachel Schilkowsky, of Providence, RI, finishes first for the female division during the Scranton Half Marathon at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Scranton Sunday, April 12, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n

\"Gregory<\/p>\n

Gregory Jaindl, of Dunmore, finishes third for the male division during the Scranton Half Marathon at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Scranton Sunday, April 12, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n

\"Participants<\/p>\n

Participants run along the Lackawanna River Heritage Trail during the Scranton Half Marathon at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Scranton Sunday, April 12, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n

\"Karen<\/p>\n

Karen Ephrin, of Mountain Top, stretches before running in the Scranton Half Marathon at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Scranton Sunday, April 12, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n

\"Runners<\/p>\n

Runners begin the Scranton Half Marathon at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Scranton Sunday, April 12, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n

\"Mike<\/p>\n

Mike Kelly, of Dunmore, runs through the final stretch to the finish line of the Scranton Half Marathon at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Scranton Sunday, April 12, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n

\"Scott<\/p>\n

Scott Kulah, of Meshoppen, finishes the Scranton Half Marathon at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Scranton Sunday, April 12, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n

\"Gareth<\/p>\n

Gareth Henderson, of Wilkes-Barre, finishes the Scranton Half Marathon at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Scranton Sunday, April 12, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n

\"David<\/p>\n

David Haines, of Madison Twp., finishes the Scranton Half Marathon at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Scranton Sunday, April 12, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n

\"Josh<\/p>\n

Josh Izewski of Durham, North Carolina, makes his way up North Washington Avenue just past Mile 8 during the 13th annual Scranton Half Marathon on Sunday. Izewski won in 1:04:58\n<\/p>\n

\"Finisher<\/p>\n

Finisher medals for the 13th annual Scranton Half-Marathon on Sunday.\n<\/p>\n

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Rachel Schilkowsky, of Providence, RI, finishes first for the female division during the Scranton Half Marathon at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Scranton Sunday, April 12, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n

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SCRANTON \u2014 Josh Izewski had no problem navigating the new course of the Scranton Half-Marathon.<\/p>\n

The 35-year-old runner from Durham, North Carolina won the 13th annual race Sunday morning. He covered the 13.1 miles through the city\u2019s streets and the Lackawanna River Heritage Trail in 1 hour, 4 minutes, 58 seconds.<\/p>\n

Hunter Brignall from Seneca Falls, New York, finished second in 1:06:40. Dunmore resident Greg Jaindl was third in 1:08:07. Rounding out the top five were Ciaran Fisher of Danbury, Connecticut, in 1:10:51 and Cody Hodgins from Arlington, Virginia, in 1:11:40.<\/p>\n

Rachel Schilkowsky from Providence, Rhode Island, repeated as the female champion. She was the ninth runner overall to cross the finish line inside Scranton Veterans Memorial Stadium in 1:12:40. Heidi Peoples of Clarks Summit was the second female and 20th overall in 1:18:35. Honeoye Falls, New York\u2019s Trisha Byler was the third female and 22nd overall in 1:19:12.<\/p>\n

Izewski, Brignall and Jaindl broke away from the pack at the start and ran together for about the first three miles. That\u2019s when Izewski gradually began to open up an advantage. By the time they hit Mile 5, he had built a sizeable lead and was never challenged the rest of the way.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were out in about a five-minute pace or so,\u201d Izewski said \u201cThat was basically my goal for the race, so I probably just maintained the pace we were running moreso than surging. Every mile is different on this course. Uphills and downhills, a little bit all over the place. Those little punchy hills take a lot out of your legs, break your momentum.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brignall tried to stay Izewski for as long as he could, then settled into second place.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy goal was to see what Josh was doing,\u201d Brignall said. \u201cIf he was going to rip it, I was probably going to let him go. If he was going to do something where I could hang possibly, I was going to try to do that. Maybe put little surges in there and try to wear him down. But he definitely had the legs today. It was a little bit lonely after about three or four miles, but a lot of fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

Check back later for more details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rachel Schilkowsky, of Providence, RI, finishes first for the female division during the Scranton Half Marathon at Veterans…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":163980,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179,726],"class_list":["post-163979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}