THE FACTS
Gettysburg finishes tied for seventh
What: Centennial Conference men's indoor track and field championship
When: Saturday-Sunday, Feb. 25-26
Where: Lancaster, Pa. – Franklin & Marshall

THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg captured a pair of medals and posted a pair of program records to finish tied for seventh at the 2023 Centennial Conference championship hosted by Franklin & Marshall. The Bullets scored 32 points.

THE LEADERS
• Caden Giordano (Bethlehem, Pa./Bethlehem Catholic) claimed a pair of bronze medals in the horizontal jumps. On Saturday, he was third in the triple jump with a program-record leap of 13.41 meters. On Sunday, he added a second bronze with a jump of 6.38 meters, which is eighth in program history.
• Jack Regentin (Gettysburg, Pa./Biglerville) posted a second program record on Saturday, placing fifth in the weight throw with a throw of 15.83 meters, which bettered his record from a week ago by nearly two full meters. On Sunday, he placed 12th in the shot put with a mark of 13.06 meters.

FOR THE FOES:
• Johns Hopkins won the team title for the 10th straight season with 192.5 points, edging Ursinus. The Bears had 178 points.

THE REST OF THE STORY
• On Saturday, Eric Liedtka (Hopewell, N.J./Notre Dame) qualified fifth in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.86 seconds, which ranks third in program history. In the finals on Sunday, he moved up a place to fourth with a time of 8.93 seconds. He also placed 17th in the 200 on Sunday with a time of 24.72 seconds.
• Aidan Kiernan (Pelham Manor, N.Y./Pelham Memorial) qualified sixth in the 60 with a time of 7.19 seconds, which ranks third in program history. He finished seventh in the finals on Sunday with a time of 7.27 seconds. He was also sixth in the 200 with a time of 23.09 seconds, which is eighth in program history.
• Arthur Keegan (Haddonfield, N.J./Haddonfield Memorial), Kyle Northrup (New Hope, Pa./New Hope-Solebury), Liedtka, and Kiernan combined to place sixth in the 4x200-meter relay with a time of 1:35.23.
• On Sunday, Liedtka, Robby Cerra (Sparta, N.J./Sparta), Andres Nunez-Castaneda (Morrisville, Pa./Notre Dame) and Northrup were sixth in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:33.84, which is 10th in program history.

THE INSIDE STORY
• Michael Sutera (Oak Ridge, N.J./Don Bosco Prep) finished ninth in the heptathlon with 3,265 points. His best finishes came in the long jump, placing third with 479 points, and pole vault, placing third with 391 points.
• Connor Elliott (Media, Pa./Salesianum School) finished 15th in the 5000 on Saturday with a time of 15:42.13 before matching that showing in the mile on Sunday with a time of 4:32.54.
• Arthur Keegan finished 10th in the 60 with a time of 7.29 seconds. He was also 13th in the 200 with a time of 23.98 seconds.
• Kyle Northrup placed 13th in the 400 with a time of 52.34 seconds while Andres Nunez-Castaneda was 19th with a time of time of 53.81. Robby Cerra finished 27th (55.23).
• Josh Judson (Arvada, Colo./Faith Christian) finished 23th in the mile with a time of 4:39.24.
• Mick Lorenger (Alexandria, Va./Thomas Edison) was 28th in the mile (4:52.06) and 39th in the 800 (2:10.82).

NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at the South Region Final Qualifier on Friday and Saturday. Action begins at 4 p.m. on Friday.