Pleasantville, Briarcliff Athletes in the SH Half-Marathon

Sleepy Hollow's annual half-marathon drew local runners from around Briarcliff Manor and Pleasantville.

Here's video of the start of the race on Beekman Avenue.

The overall winner of Saturday's half marathon was Fikadu Lemma, 29, from the Bronx with a time of 1:12:00. 

The first woman to finish was Kate Pallardy, coming in 12th overall. The 27-year-old from NYC had a time of 1:22:12. 

Congratulations to...

Briarcliff Manor's top five female finishers:

• Ann Zimmerman, 47, 1:59:25
• Mary Seitz, 48, 2:03:40
• Molly Marnsigiffher, 31, 2:05:08
• Carolyn Sans, 24, 2:11:15
• Christine Carbonetti, 36, 2:13:18

Briarcliff Manor's top five male finishers:

• Christopher Zuehlsdorff, 37, 1:37:26
• Joshua Willey, 36, 1:41:47
• Andrew Decker, 48, 1:44:01
• David Wexler, 40, 1:47:46
• Frank Bianco, 56, 1:49:41

Pleasantville's four female finishers:

• Catherine O'Loughlin, 28, 1:55:05
• Danielle Munck, 22, 1:59:26
• Lucia Lupetia, 48, 2:07:00
• Denyse Fecteau, 39, 2:18:04

Pleasantville's six male finishers:

• Luis H. Jara, 40, 1:31:29
• Dan Vidra, 46, 1:46:00
• Sergio Lupetin, 49, 1:49:31
• Ross Tucker, 35, 1:57:15
• Edmund Kearney, 34, 1:59:21
• John Auer, 47, 2:29:16

Congrats to all 884 participants from the region who finished this challenging race.

"This has to be the hardest half marathon ever," wrote David Raguso on Facebook.

Tarrytown's Karen Kuhn shared her finish photo on Facebook as proof that she completed this feat. The former roller derby competitor said, "That was rough! And I had to use some jammer skills to get through packs on the trails."

Full race results here.

More information on the race and Rivertown Runners here. Complete photo galleries here.