THE FACTS
Gettysburg competes at the River Hawk Showdown
What: River Hawk Showdown
When: Friday, February 7
Where: Selinsgrove, Pa - Susquehanna
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THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg finishes with three all-time top-10 marks at River Hawk Showdown hosted by Susquehanna.
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THE LEADERS
- Mark Overlander (Marietta, Pa., Donegal) finished first in the pole vault with a season-best and Centennial Conference (CC)-qualifying height of 4.40 meters. The CC-qualifying vault ties for third in program history.
- Eli Steel (York, Pa., York Country Day School) took the lead with a first place finish in the triple jump with a season-best and CC-qualifying leap of 13.96 meters. The CC-qualifying distance ranks first in program history.
- Liam O'Meara (Ridgewood, N.J., Ridgewood) placed second in the pole vault, right behind Overlander, with a season-best and CC-qualifying vault of 4.40 meters. This CC-qualifying height also ties for third in program history. He also competed in the 200 finishing 15th with a season-best and CC-qualifying time of 24.22 seconds.
- Jack Regentin (Gettysburg, Pa., Biglerville) placed second in the shot put with a CC-qualifying throw of 14.67 meters. He also finished third in the weight throw with another CC-qualifying throw of 13.90 meters.
- Maddon McNicholas (Morgantown, Pa., Twin Valley) finished third in the 5,000 with a CC-qualifying time of 16:11.55. He also placed sixth in the mile with a season-best time of 4:38.77.
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FOR THE FOES
- It was a non-scoring meet.
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THE REST OF THE STORY
- Colin Carpenter (Ridgefield, Conn., Wooster School) came in fourth in the 5,000 with a season-best and CC-qualifying time of 16:14.23. Dominic DiLuzio (Chadds Ford, Pa., Garnet Valley) finished right behind Carpenter in fifth with a season-best and CC-qualifying time of 16:26.97.
- Andres Nunez-Castaneda (Morrisville, Pa., Notre Dame) finished tenth in the 200 with a season-best and CC-qualifying time of 23.89 seconds. He also ran a season-best time of 7.50 in the 60 meter prelims however, he did not start in the finals.
- Andrew Oshetski (Freeport, Maine, Freeport) threw a season-best and CC-qualifying distance of 11.65 meters in the shot put finishing tenth. He also had a season-best throw for 9.28 meters in the weight throw placing him 12th.
- Gianluca LeBlanc (Pipersville, Pa., Palisades) came in 11th in the 200 with a season-best and CC-qualifying time of 23.89 seconds. He ran another season-best and CC-qualifying time of 7.39 seconds in the 60 meter prelims however, he did not start in the finals.
- Reid Norton (Alexandria, Va., Gonzaga College) finished 16th with a season-best and CC-qualifying time of 10.20 seconds in the 60 meter prelims however, he did not start in the finals.
- Tyler Trout (Chester Springs, Pa., Owen J. Roberts) placed ninth in the 60-meter hurdles prelims with a CC-qualifying time of 8.96 seconds however, he did not start in the finals
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THE INSIDE STORY
- Mick Lorenger (Alexandria, Va., Thomas Edison) came in third in the mile with a season-best time of 4:35.89.
- Trout, LeBlanc, David Magill (Mamaroneck, N.Y., Rye), and Nunez-Castaneda finished third in the 4x400 relay with a season-best time of 3:33.91.
- Isaac Parks-Gill (Lewistown, Pa., Mifflin County) placed sixth in the 800 with a season-best time of 2:09.77.
- Carpenter, DiLuzio, Lorenger, and McNicholas ran a season-best time of 4:01.66 in the 4x400 relay placing seventh. Parks-Gill, Aidan Martin (Middleburgh, N.Y., Middleburgh), Joe Zimbler (Nesconset, N.Y., Smithtown East), and Matthew Kurek (Collegeville, Pa., La Salle College) were right behind them in eighth with a season-best time of 4:12.24.
- Aidan Martin (Middleburgh, N.Y., Middleburgh) finished the 5,000 with a season-best time of 19:49.29 earning himself an 11th place finish.
- Matthew Kurek (Collegeville, Pa., La Salle College) placed tenth in the 5,000 with a time of 18:14.69.
- Joaquin Lalama (Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador, Colegio Americano de Quito) came in 11th in the high jump with a leap of 1.64 meters.
- Rouri Takahashi finished 20th in the 200 with a time of 25.02 seconds. He also ran a 7.50 second 60 meter in the prelims finishing 26th however, he did not start in the finals.
- Pat Zoccolillo (New Canaan, Conn., New Canaan) placed 22nd in the 200 with a time of 25.18 seconds. He also finished 36th in the 60 meter prelims with a time of 7.73 seconds however, he did not start in the finals.
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NEXT UP
The Bullets head back to Selinsgrove on Saturday February 15
th to compete in the Susquehanna Invite.
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