THE FACTS
Gettysburg competes at the Penn State Tune Up
What: Women's Indoor Track & Field Meet
When: Friday, Feb. 20
Where: University Park, Pa. – Penn State
THE SKINNY STORY
The Bullets competed in the Penn State Tune Up and finished with two all-time top-10 finishers in final preparation for Centennial Conference Indoor Championships.
THE LEADERS
- Carys Cook (Hendersonville, Tenn., Lauralton Hall (Texas)) led the Bullets placing sixth in the 3,000 with a season-best and Centennial Conference (CC)-qualifying time of 10:54.70.
- Eliza Hoover (Mahwah, N.J., Academy of the Holy Angels) placed 15th in the 800 with a season-best time of 2:24.94. The CC-qualifying time ranks fifth in program history. Sara Lessard (Sharon, Mass., Sharon) also ran in the 800 finishing 19th with a season-best time of 2:26.20. Her CC-qualifying time ranks eighth in program history.
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FOR THE FOES
- It was a non-scoring meet.
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THE REST OF THE STORY
- Sarah Smith (West Chester, Pa., Unionville) finished seventh in the 3,000 with a season-best and CC-qualifying time of 10:55.78.
- Lillian Boudreau (Adams, Mass., Hoosac Valley) came in eighth in the 400 with a season-best and CC-qualifying time of 59.84 seconds.
- Bella Yardeni (Port Washington, N.Y., Paul D. Schreiber) competed in the 400 finishing 22nd with a season-best and CC-qualifying time of 1:02.44. Camryn Rogers finished right behind in 23rd with her own season-best and CC-qualifying time of 1:02.58.
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THE INSIDE STORY
- Bethany Rolley (Huntingdon, Pa., Huntingdon Area) placed sixth in pole vault with a CC-qualifying vault of 3.00 meters.
- Caroline Gensinger (Cream Ridge, N.J., Allentown) finished eighth in weight throw with a CC-qualifying toss of 13.83 meters.
- Georgia Mercer (Elkton, Md., Rising Sun) came in 12th in long jump with a CC-qualifying leap of 4.67 meters.
- Lillian Judge (Beverly, Mass., Beverly) competed in the 60-meter hurdles prelims finishing 21st with a CC-qualifying time of 10.28 seconds however, she did not start in the finals.
- Kailey Schissler (Pasadena, Md., Chesapeake) placed 27th in the 60 meter prelims with a CC-qualifying time of 8.60 seconds however, she did not start in the finals.
- Abbey Woodcome (Hudson, Mass., Hudson) finished 12th in the 3,000 with a time of 11:16.40.
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NEXT UP
The Bullets head to Lancaster to compete in the Centennial Conference Indoor Track & Field Championship hosted by Franklin & Marshall Saturday, Feb. 28 – Sunday, Mar. 1. Events begin at 10:30 am on Saturday, Feb. 28.
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