THE FACTS
Gettysburg finishes ninth
What: Messiah Multis and Invitational in men's outdoor track and field meet
When: Thursday-Saturday, Apr. 13-15
Where: Grantham, Pa. – Messiah
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg finished ninth as a team behind four individual top-five finishes at the Messiah Multis and Invitational. The Bullets totaled 27 points.
THE LEADERS
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Connor Elliott (Media, Pa./Salesianum School) finished second in the 10,000 on Friday night, turning in a personal-best and Centennial Conference (CC)-qualifying time of 33:13.82.
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Kyle Northrup (New Hope, Pa./New Hope-Solebury) placed third in the 400 with a conference-qualifying and personal-best time of 50.42 seconds. He was also 21st in the 200 with a personal-best time of 2329 seconds, which also hit the CC mark.
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Caden Giordano (Bethlehem, Pa./Bethlehem Catholic) placed third in the triple jump (13.42 meters) and fourth in the long jump (6.63). Both marks were conference qualifiers while the long jump was a personal best.
FOR THE FOES:
• Messiah won its own 24-team invitational with 135 points. Pitt-Johnstown was second with 91.5 points.
THE REST OF THE STORY
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Michael Sutera (Oak Ridge, N.J./Don Bosco Prep) finished 10th in the decathlon with a conference-qualifying score of 4,147 points. He hit individual qualifiers in the pole vault (third, 3.40 meters), 110 hurdles (19.80 seconds), 100 (12.18), and long jump (5.43 meters).
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Arthur Keegan (Haddonfield, N.J./Haddonfield Memorial) finished 10th in the 100 with a time of 11.50 seconds and 25th in the 200 with a time of 23.38 seconds. Both marks hit the CC qualifier.
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Eric Liedtka (Hopewell, N.J./Notre Dame) placed 12th in the 110 hurdles (16.78 seconds) and 16th in the 400 hurdles (59.74), recording a pair of conference qualifiers.
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Jack Regentin (Gettysburg, Pa./Biglerville) hit a trio of qualifiers in the throws, placing 15th in the javelin (44.06 meters), 16th in the shot put (12.30) and 24th in the discus (34.40).
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Jake Dressler (Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth Area) cleared 1.67 meters to finish 15th in the high jump, posting a conference-qualifying jump.
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Andres Nunez-Castaneda (Morrisville, Pa./Notre Dame) crossed 18th in the 400 with a conference-qualifying time of 52.45 seconds. He was also 26th in the 200 with a CC-qualifying time of 23.39 seconds. Both established collegiate bests.
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Luke DeMato (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Warde) was 25th with a conference-qualifying and personal-best mark of 5.68 meters in the long jump.
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Joe Kressen (Ellicott City, Md./Marriotts Ridge) placed 28th in the javelin with a CC-qualifying throew of 38.69 meters.
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Xander Tate (Bristow, Va./Brentsville District) hit the CC standard in the long jump, placing 29th with a jump of 5.32 meters. He was also 49th in the 100 with a time of 12.63 seconds.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Mick Lorenger (Alexandria, Va./Thomas Edison) turned in a personal-best time of 4:23.79 to place 31st in the 1,500. He was also 50th in the 800 (2:13.87).
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Nate Smith (Burke, Va./James W. Robinson) posted a personal-best mark of 29.84 meters to finish 32nd in the discus.
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Josh Judson (Arvada, Colo./Faith Christian) was 36th in the 1,500 (4:25.89) and 54th in the 800 (2:15.80).
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Christian Lezinski (Clarks Summit, Pa./Abington Heights) placed 37th in the hammer (29.62 meters), 40th in the discus (27.29) and 53rd in the shot put (9.74).
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Dominic DiLuzio (Chadds Ford, Pa./Garnet Valley) was 51st in the 1,500 (4:31.59) and 61st in the 800 (2:20.12).
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Jamir Wesley (Philadelphia, Pa./Mastery Charter Shoemaker) turned in a personal-best time of 1:01.92 to place 55th in the 400.
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Aidan Martin (Middleburgh, N.Y./Middleburgh) was 80th in both the 800 (2:42.84) and 1,500 (5:19.22).
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Andrew Cappello (Medford, N.J./Shawnee) was 30th in the discus (30.08 meters), 44th in the hammer (23.42) and 45th in the shot put (10.28).
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Andres Nunez-Castaneda, Michael Wigdor,
Eric Liedtka, and
Kyle Northrup combined to place seventh in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:43.64.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at its own Mason-Dixon Invitational on Saturday. Action begins at 10 a.m.
