COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. - The Gettysburg College Men's track & field team finished seventh overall as they wrapped up competition at the Centennial Championships May 6-8th.  

HOW IT HAPPENED:

Friday May 6

• Mike Sutera started the first half of the Decathlon strong with Personal Bests in the 100m, Shot Put, and High Jump.
• Connor Elliot set a new Personal Best time of 32:56.59 in the 10k to become the new #8 in program history.

Saturday May 7

• Jake Dressler jumped 1.76m to take 7^th in the High Jump.
• Eric Liedtka secured qualifications in the Prelim Heats of both his events. 5^th for 100H in 16.49 and 5^th 400H in 58.47.
• Mike Vigliano and Aidan Kierna both secured spots in the 100m dash final, running 11.23 and 11.22 respectively. Vigliano also made it through the 200m prelim in a Personal Best time of 22.14.
• Will Hopkins secured his spot in the 800 final on Sunday after running a Personal Best time of 1:56.04.
• Mike Sutera finished up the Decathlon with individual event PR's in the Pole Vault, Javelin, and 1500m and an overall Personal Best in the Decathlon with 3688 points for 7^th place.

Sunday May 8

• The 4x100 relay consisting of Arthur Keegan, Caden Giordano, Mike Vigliano, and Aidan Kiernan started the final day off on the right foot with a 2^nd place finish in a time of 42.38 for a new #5 in program history.
• Caden Giordano jumped to a 4^th place finish in the Triple Jump with a new Personal Best of 13.05m (now tied for 10^th in program history).
• Eric Liedtka took 5^th in the 110 Hurdles with a time of 16.45 and set a new Personal Best while finishing 6^th in the 400 Hurdles.
• Mike Vigliano had a pair of second place finished in the 100m with a time of 11.04 and the 200m and bettering his previous day's Personal Best with a new one in a time of 21.99.
• Aidan Kiernan finished the 100m dash in 11.19 for 4^th place.
• Will Hopkins finished 7^th in a fast 800m final with a time of 1:56.41.
• The 4x400 relay consisting of Matthew Weller, Will Hopkins, Angus Brouillard, and Eric Liedtka finished 8^th in a time of 3:28.54.

The Men's Team finished with an overall score of 48 points to place 7^th out of 9 teams. Ursinus won the Centennial Conference title for the first time with a score of 215 points.