THE FACTS
Gettysburg competes at the Coach I Open
What: Women's Indoor Track and Field Meet
When: Saturday, Jan. 25
Where: Lancaster, Pa – Franklin & Marshall

THE SKINNY STORY
The Bullets opened the 2025 indoor season with a one-two-three finish in the 5,000 meters at the Coach I Open hosted by Franklin & Marshall.

THE LEADERS

• Gabrielle Thiry (Lancaster, Pa., Lancaster Country Day School) led the Bullets with a first-place finish in the 5,000 with a season-best and Centennial Conference (CC)-qualifying time of 18:36.96.
• Elyse Tancini (Collegeville, Pa., Perkiomen Valley) finished right behind Thiry in second with a season-best and CC-qualifying time of 18:52.89.
• Carys Cook (Wimberley, Texas, Lauralton Hall) rounded out the top three in third with a season-best and CC-qualifying time of 19:08.00.
• Olivia Taylor (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y., Hendrick Hudson) placed 11^th in the pole vault with a personal-best and CC-qualifying vault of 2.88 meters. The CC-qualifying vault ranks ninth in program history.

 
FOR THE FOES

• It was a non-scoring meet.

 
THE REST OF THE STORY

• Bethany Rolley (Huntingdon, Pa., Huntingdon Area) came in ninth in the pole vault with a CC-qualifying vault of 2.88 meters.
• Camryn Rogers (Pittsburgh, Pa., Plum) finished 16^th in the 400 with a season-best and CC-qualifying time of 1:06.19. She also placed 32^nd in the 60-meter prelims with a season-best and CC-qualifying time of 8.77 seconds, however she did not start in the finals.
• Lea Del Grippo (Cinnaminson, N.J., Cinnaminson) came in 23^rd with a season-best and CC-qualifying time of 10.88 seconds, however she did not start in the finals. She also placed 29^th in the shot put with a distance of 9.09 meters and 31^st in the long jump with a leap of 4.14 meters.
• Kailey Schissler (Pasadena, Md., Chesapeake) finished 16^th in the high jump with a CC-qualifying leap of 1.37 meters. She also ran the 200 finishing with a time of 29.07 seconds placing 23^rd.
• Caroline Gensinger (Cream Ridge, N.J., Allentown) threw a CC-qualifying 12.56 meters in the weight throw placing 16^th. She also placed 20^th in the shot put with a CC-qualifying throw of 9.82 meters.

THE INSIDE STORY

• Julia Brock (Moorestown, N.J., Moorestown) ran a season-best 2:34.07 in the 800 placing 11^th. While Eliza Hoover (Mahwah, N.J., Academy of the Holy Angels) was only a few behind coming in 13^th with a season-best time of 2:35.82.
• Jessica Bourne (Rye, N.Y., Rye) placed 18^th in the mile running a season-best time of 5:48.74.
• Lindsay Hickman (Manasquan, N.J., Manasquan) finished 36^th in the mile with a season-best time of 6:15.13
• Ashlyn Miller (Martinsburg, W.Va., Martinsburg) threw for 8.53 meters coming in 39^th place in the shot put and came in 42^nd in the weight throw with a throw of 8.17 meters.

 
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action on Feb. 1 at the Alvernia PLEX Shootout in Reading, Pa. Action begins at 9:30 am.