Gatorade/Steelers 5K A Hit

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The 19^th Annual Gatorade/Steelers Race, Fitness Walk and Kids' Kickoff Run was held on Sunday, September 2 at Heinz Field with almost 2,000 participants enjoying a perfect day for the event.

The race, which benefits the Art Rooney Scholarship Fund, was a competitive event sanctioned by USA Track and Field with a 3.1-mile level course on the North Side highlighted by a spectacular finish on the warning track in Heinz Field. 

The winners of this year's event were in the male division Josiah Lenenberger and in the female division Lori Zimmerman. The winners will be guests of the Steelers when they travel to Cleveland this weekend to take on the Browns.

On hand to help with the race were honorary chair L.C. Greenwood and other former Steelers players, including Dwayne Woodruff, Andy Russell, Jon Kolb, Ted Petersen, Bryan Hinkle and Gerry Mullins.

The Art Rooney Scholarship is named after the team's founder, Art Rooney, Sr., and provides a scholarship for a deserving student at three high schools -- Oliver, Perry and North Catholic -- located on the North Side where Mr. Rooney resided most of his adult life.

2007 Art Rooney Scholarship Winners

Gino Binkert, Perry Traditional Academy, going to Slippery Rock
Michael Roos, North Catholic, going to Duquesne University
LaTasha Wilson, Oliver High School, going to Allegheny College

Click on the link for Complete Race Results.