THE FACTS
Gettysburg places second
What: Baltimore Metro Meet in women's cross country action
When: Friday, Aug. 30
Where: Goucher – Towson, Md.

THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg had three of the first six runners to cross the line, finishing second at the annual Baltimore Metro Meet hosted by Goucher in season-opening action. The Bullets had 38 points and was the top-finishing non-Division I team, easily outdistancing the rest of the field.

THE LEADERS
• Kathryn Hopkins (Taneytown, Md./Winters Mill) led the Bullets with an individual victory in the team's first time on Goucher's course. Her time of 19:03.73 bested the rest of the field by nearly 33 seconds.

FOR THE FOES
• Towson won the team title with 31 points.

THE REST OF THE STORY
• Elyse Tancini (Collegeville, Pa./Perkiomen Valley) crossed the line third with a time of 19:39.4.
• Ava Crawford (Swarthmore, Pa./Strath Haven) was sixth with a time of 20:00.0.
• Rowe Crawford (Swarthmore, Pa./Strath Haven) finished 12th, posting a time of 20:10.7.
• Sarah Smith (West Chester, Pa./Unionville) placed 16th with a time of 20:37.9.
• Julia Brock (Moorestown, N.J./Moorestown) debuted with a 17th-place finish (20:52.5) while Abbey Woodcome (Hudson, Mass./Hudson) followed her across in 18th (20:52.7).
• Emily Trout (20th, 20:57.9), Kyla Lorden (21st, 20:59.3), Franny Proto (28th, 21:41.3), Grace Lisnock (29th, 21:48.3) and Megan McArthur (35th, 22:21) rounded out the Bullet competitors.

THE INSIDE STORY
• A total of 86 runners competed at the 5,000-meter distance.
• Towson and Gettysburg finished 88 points clear of the rest of the field and combined for nine of the top 12 individual finishers.

NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at the Little 3 Meet hosted by Dickinson on Friday. Meet time is 6 p.m.