THE FACTS
Gettysburg competes at PLEX Shootout
What: Women's indoor track and field meet
When: Saturday, Feb. 11
Where: Reading, Pa. – Alvernia
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg posted no fewer than 24 season-best marks and three top-five finishes at the PLEX Shootout hosted by Alvernia.
THE LEADERS
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Amanda Addesso (Cheshire, Conn./Cheshire) led the Bullets with a third-place finish in the 3,000, posting a Centennial Conference (CC)-qualifying time of 11:09.53.
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Caroline Gensinger (Cream Ridge, N.J./Allentown [Pa.]) posted the No. 6 mark in program history in the weight throw, placing 11th with a CC-qualifying throw of 12.52 meters.
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Eliza Hoover (Mahwah, N.J./Academy of the Holy Angels) hit the CC standard in the 400, placing fifth with a time of 1:03.76. She was also 35th in the 200 with a time of 29.20 seconds.
FOR THE FOES:
• It was a non-scoring meet.
THE REST OF THE STORY
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Lillian Boudreau (Adams, Mass./Hoosac Valley) placed 10th in the 200 with a CC-qualifying time of 27.53 seconds. She also hit the CC mark in the 60 hurdles with a time of 10.88 seconds.
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Lily Morrell (Frederick, Md./Urbana) came in under the CC standards in both the 200 (27.54 seconds) and 60 hurdles (10.27), finishing 11th and 15th, respectively.
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Giovanna Komst (Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry) placed 17th in the shot put, hitting the CC mark with a toss of 9.73 meters. She also had a personal-best throw of 9.44 meters in the weight throw to place 26th.
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Olivia Taylor (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y./Hendrick Hudson) placed ninth in the pole vault, clearing 2.70 meters to hit the conference standard.
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Julia Wert (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin) finished 17th in the 400 meters to hit the CC-qualifying mark with a time of 1:06.97.
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Alexa Schauder (Cedar Knolls, N.J./Whippany Park) finished 18th in the high jump, clearing a conference-qualifying height of 1.39 meters.
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Lauren DiOttavio (Romansville, Pa./Downingtown West) finished 21th in the 200 with a CC-qualifying time of 28.30 seconds.
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Georgia Mercer (Elkton, Md./Rising Sun) finished 23rd in the long jump with a conference-qualifying jump of 4.33 meters. She also posted a personal-best time of 1:10.21 to finish 32nd in the 400. She was also 35th in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 11.88 seconds.
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Lola Balkcom (East Greenwich, R.I./East Greenwich) placed 28th in the 60-meter hurdles with a conference-qualifying time of 10.88 seconds.
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Ava Crawford (Swarthmore, Pa./Strath Haven) hit the CC standard in the 800, placing 31st with a time of 2:33.54.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Ashlyn Miller (Martinsburg, W.Va./Martinsburg) finished 22nd in the shot put with a personal-best throw of 8.86 meters.
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Carys Cook (Fairfield, Conn./Lauralton Hall) turned in a personal-best time of 11:22.76 to place fifth in the 3,000.
Sarah Smith (West Chester, Pa./Unionville) was 11th with a personal-best time of 11:36.08.
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Megan McArthur (Hillsborough, N.J./Hillsborough) and
Kyla Lorden (Simsbury, Conn./Simsbury) finished 21st (21:21.42) and 23rd (21:53.72), respectively, in the 5,000 meters with a personal-best times.
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Abbey Woodcome (Hudson, Mass./Hudson) was 24th in the 3,000 meters with a time of 12:24.16 while
Riley Gerbereux (Towson, Md./Maryvale Prep) finished 26th with a time of 12:48.38. Both were PRs.
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Reese Koch (Worcester, Pa./Methacton) finished 32nd in the mile with a personal-best time of 6:26.13.
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Lauren DiOttavio,
Lola Balkcom,
Lillian Boudreau and Lily Morrel combined to place seventh in the 4x200-meter relay with a time of 1:53.18.
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Julia Wert,
Franny Proto,
Emily Trout and
Emma Bernstein were 10th in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 4:37.67.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at the SU Tuneup hosted by Susquehanna on Saturday. Action begins at 9 a.m.