THE FACTS
Gettysburg competes in River Hawk Showdown
What: Men's Indoor Track & Field Meet
When: Friday, Feb. 6
Where: Selinsgrove, Pa. – Susquehanna University
THE SKINNY STORY
The Bullets competed in the River Hawk Showdown hosted by Susquehanna finishing with 11 top-three finishes and two top-10 all-time finishers.
THE LEADERS
- Jack Regentin (Gettysburg, Pa., Biglerville) led the Bullets with a first place finish in shot put with a season-best and Centennial Conference (CC)-qualifying toss of 15.34 meters which also ranks second in program history. He also competed in weight throw finishing third with another season-best and CC-qualifying throw of 15.43 meters.
- Robby Allen (Sparta, N.J.) competed in high jump placing fourth with a season-best and CC-qualifying height of 1.83 meters which ties for eighth in program history.
- Jack Taylor (Mohnton, Pa., Twin Valley) placed first in the mile with a season-best and CC-qualifying time of 4:30.80. He also came in 27th in the 800 with a season-best time of 2:14.20.
- Trey Hunter (Reinholds, Pa., Cocalico), Carter Harff (Pittsford, N.Y., Pittsford Mendon), Kyle Northrup (New Hope, Pa., New Hope-Solebury), and Andres Nunez-Castaneda (Morrisville, Pa., Notre Dame) combined to finish first in the 4x200 relay with a season-best time of 1:34.26 while Tyler Trout (Chester Springs, Pa., Owen J. Roberts), Rouri Takahashi (Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Wilbraham & Monson Academy), Northrup and Nunez-Castaneda also placed first with another season-best time of 3:30.92 in the 4x400 relay.
- Eli Steel (York, Pa., York Country Day School) finished first in the triple jump with a CC-qualifying leap of 13.42 meters. He also competed in long jump finishing fifth with another CC-qualifying jump of 6.37 meters.
- Liam O'Meara (Ridgewood, N.J., Ridgewood) came in second in pole vault with a CC-qualifying height of 4.2 meters while, Mark Overlander (Marietta, Pa., Donegal)Â tied with O'Meara at second with the same CC-qualifying vault of 4.2 meters however, for Overlander this was also a season-best.
- John Murphy IV (Grantham, N.H., Northfield Mount Hermon School) competed in the 3,000 finishing third with a season-best time of 9:29.85.
- Ben Cole (Wilmington, Del., Archmere Academy) placed third in the 5,000 with a time of 17:22.17.
FOR THE FOES
- It was a non-scoring meet.
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THE REST OF THE STORY
- David Magill (Mamaroneck, N.Y., Rye Neck) finished fifth in the 800 with a season-best and CC-qualifying time of 2:01.58.
- Tyler Trout (Chester Springs, Pa., Owen J. Roberts) came in eighth in the 60-meter hurdles prelims with a season-best and CC-qualifying time of 9.11 seconds qualifying for the finals where he placed eighth with another CC-qualifying time of 9.13 seconds.
- Stefano Orlando (Norwalk, Conn., New Canaan) competed in the 60-meter hurdles prelims placing 13th with a season-best and CC-qualifying time of 9.96 seconds however, he did not start in the finals. He also came in 26th in shot put with a season-best toss of 10.93 meters.
- Nick Glass (Haworth, N.J., Northern Valley Regional-Demarest) placed 22nd in the 60 meter prelims with a season-best and CC-qualifying time of 7.30 seconds however, he did not start in the finals. He also competed in the 200 coming in 19th with a season-best 24.75 seconds.
- Colin Carpenter (Ridgefield, Conn., Wooster School) finished fourth in the 3,000 with a season-best time of 9:41.87.
- Mick Lorenger (Alexandria, Va., Thomas Edison) came in sixth in the 800 with a season-best time of 2:03.75.
- Jack Rogers (Gaithersburg, Md., Our Lady Of Good Counsel) placed eighth in the mile with a season-best time of 4:48.31.
- Isaac Parks-Gill (Lewistown, Pa., Mifflin County) finished 13th in the 800 with a season-best time of 2:06.29.
- Adam Balthaser (Mohnton, Pa., Governor Mifflin) came in 25th in the 200 with a season-best time of 25.23 seconds.
THE INSIDE STORY
- Matthew Kurek (Trappe, Pa., La Salle College) competed in the 5,000 placing fourth with a time of 18:06.25.
- Asher Leuzzi (Weston, Conn., Weston) placed sixth in the mile with a time of 4:42.84.
- Matthew Wagner (Downingtown, Pa., Downingtown STEM Academy) finished seventh in the 3,000 with a time of 9:56.19.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg gets back on the track on Friday, Feb. 20 at 1:30 pm for the Penn State Tune Up.
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