THE FACTS
Gettysburg finishes eighth
What: Centennial Conference men's outdoor track and field championship
When: Friday-Sunday, May 5-7
Where: Collegeville, Pa. – Ursinus
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg had five different individuals earn points to finish eighth at the 2023 Centennial Conference championship hosted by Ursinus. The Bullets finished with 33.5 points.
THE LEADERS
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Caden Giordano (Bethlehem, Pa./Bethlehem Catholic) earned the bronze medal in the long jump to elad the Bullets. He placed third with a personal-best jump of 6.69 meters, which ranks 10th in program history. Giordano was also fourth in the triple jump, just missing his second medal of the weekend with the No. 2 jump in program history. He leapt 13.89 meters in his second-to-last jump of the series.
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Eric Liedtka (Hopewell, N.J./Notre Dame) finished fourth in the 400 hurdles with a second-best time of 57.52 seconds after qualifying eighth with a time of 1:00.04. He was also seventh in the 110 hurdles with a personal-best time of 16.23 seconds. He qualified fifth in a time of 16.42 seconds.
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Aidan Kiernan (Pelham Manor, N.Y./Pelham Memorial) was sixth in the 100 with a finals time of 11.35 seconds. He turned in the No. 7 time in program history to qualify sixth with a time of 11.15 seconds.
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Kyle Northrup (New Hope, Pa./New Hope-Solebury) crossed sixth in the 400 with a time of 51.14 seconds after capturing the final qualifying spot with a time of 51.11 seconds in the prelims.
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Jake Dressler (Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth Area) cleared 1.75 meters to place seventh in the high jump.
FOR THE FOES:
• Ursinus made it back-to-back team championships, edging Johns Hopkins 199-190.
THE REST OF THE STORY
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Connor Elliott (Media, Pa./Salesianum School) opened up competition on the track on Friday night with the No. 6 all-time mark in the 10,000, crossing 13th with a time of 32:35.04. He was also 27th in the 1,500 on Sunday with a time of 4;16.27.
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Michael Sutera (Oak Ridge, N.J./Don Bosco Prep) placed ninth in the decathlon with 4,239 points. He turned in season-best marks in six of the 10 events. He had three events that earned him more than 550 points, posting a time of 12.40 seconds in the 100 (574 points), a time of 55.89 seconds in the 400 (564), and a time of 5:00.55 in the 1,500 (557). Sutera also cleared 3.35 meters in the open pole vault to place eighth in that event.
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Arthur Keegan (Haddonfield, N.J./Haddonfield Memorial) just missed the finals in the 100 with a personal-best time of 11.34 to finish ninth. He was also 21st in the 200 with a time of 23.77 seconds.
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Andres Nunez-Castaneda (Morrisville, Pa./Notre Dame) placed 12th in the 400 with a personal-best time of 52.34 seconds.
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Luke DeMato (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Warde) finished 17th in the long jump with a personal-best mark of 5.74 meters.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Arthur Keegan,
Caden Giordano,
Andres Nunez-Castaneda, and
Aidan Kiernan crossed fourth in the 4x100-meter relay with the best time this season and time of 43.22 seconds.
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Mick Lorenger,
Josh Judson,
Connor Elliott, and
Kyle Northrup joined to turn in a time of 8:34.92 and finish ninth in the 4x800-meter relay.
• Nunez-Castaneda, Lorenger and Northrup joined
Eric Liedtka to place seventh in the 4x400-meter relay with a season-best time of 3:28.56. The mark ranks 10th all-time in program history.
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Joe Kressen (Ellicott City, Md./Marriotts Ridge) finished 17th in the javelin with a throw of 37.83 meters.
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Nate Smith (Burke, Va./James W. Robinson) was 19th in the hammer with a toss of 29.80 meters.
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Xander Tate (Bristow, Va./Brentsville District) finished 22nd in the long jump with a mark of 5.13 meters.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at the Swarthmore Final Qualifier on Monday, May 15.
