THE FACTS
Gettysburg competes at PLEX Shootout
What: Men's indoor track and field meet
When: Saturday, Feb. 11
Where: Reading, Pa. – Alvernia
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg had four individual top-six finishes and no fewer than 17 season-best marks at the PLEX Shootout hosted by Alvernia.
THE LEADERS
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Connor Elliott (Media, Pa./Salesianum School) led the Bullets with a second-place finish in the 5,000, posting a Centennial Conference (CC)-qualifying time of 15:38.78. The mark ranks sixth in program history.
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Jack Regentin (Gettysburg, Pa./Biglerville) turned in the No. 2 mark in program history in the weight throw, finishing 14th with a toss of 13.25 meters. He added a second throw that hit the CC standard, finishing 10th in the shot put with a mark of 13.11 meters.
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Arthur Keegan (Haddonfield, N.J./Haddonfield Memorial) was 10th in the 60 with a time of 7.26 seconds. The conference-qualifying time ranks eighth in program history.
FOR THE FOES:
• It was a non-scoring meet.
THE REST OF THE STORY
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Aidan Kiernan (Pelham Manor, N.Y./Pelham Memorial) was fourth in the 200 with a CC-qualifying time of 23.51 seconds.
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Caden Giordano (Bethlehem, Pa./Bethlehem Catholic) posted a pair of sixth-place showings in the horizontal jumps. He hit a pair of conference marks in the long jump (6.06 meters) and triple jump (12.76 meters.)
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Eric Liedtka (Hopewell, N.J./Notre Dame) was 10th in the 60-meter hurdles, posting a CC-qualifying time of 9.24 seconds.
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Robby Cerra (Sparta, N.J./Sparta) crossed 18th in the 400 meters to hit the CC-qualifying mark with a time of 55.63 seconds.
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Andres Nunez-Castaneda (Morrisville, Pa./Notre Dame) placed 19th in the 400 (55.73 seconds) and 26th in the 200 (24.72), hitting the CC mark in both events.
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Mike Wigdor (Randolph, N.J./Randolph) finished 21th in the 400, hitting the CC standard with a time of 56.00 seconds.
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Mick Lorenger (Alexandria, Va./Thomas Edison)
Kyle Northrup (New Hope, Pa./New Hope-Solebury) each hit the CC mark in the 800, finished 22th (2:06.10) and 27th (2:07.83), respectively.
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Eric Liedtka,
Robby Cerra,
Mike Wigdor and
Kyle Northrup combined to finish second in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:41.32. The B-relay of
Mick Lorenger,
Josh Judson,
Matthew Wagner and
Connor Elliott placed eighth with a time of 3:56.96.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Dominic DiLuzio (Chadds Ford, Pa./Garnet Valley) finished 22th in the 5,000 with a personal-best time of 17:08.68.
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Nate Smith (Burke, Va./James W. Robinson) had a personal-best throw in the weight throw, placing 27th with a throw of 10.75 meters.
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Josh Judson (Arvada, Colo./Faith Christian) finished 29th in the 800 with time of 2:09.61 while
Matthew Wagner (Downingtown, Pa./Downingtown STEM Academy) crossed 37th with a time of 2:15.21. Both were PRs in the event.
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Michael Sutera (Oak Ridge, N.J./Don Bosco Prep) finished 40th in the 60 meters with a personal-best time of 7.92 seconds.
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Xander Tate (Bristow, Va./Brentsville District) turned in a pair of PRs, finishing 44th in both the 60 (8.14 seconds) and 200 (27.21). finished 44th in the 60 meters with a personal-best time of 8.14.
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Arthur Keegan,
Andres Nunez-Castaneda,
Kyle Northrup and
Eric Liedtka were seventh in the 4x200-meter relay with a time of 1:36.38.
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Arthur Keegan was 28th in the shot put (10.40 meters).
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Christian Lezinski was 31st in the weight throw (8.98 meters) and 32nd in the shot put (10.02).
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at the SU Tuneup hosted by Susquehanna on Saturday for its last qualifying opportunity before the conference championship. Action begins at 9 a.m.