THE FACTS
Gettysburg finishes eighth at Messiah Invitational
What: Men's Outdoor Track & Field Meet
When: Friday-Saturday, Apr. 10-11
Where: Grantham Pa. – Messiah University

THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg scored 38.50 points to finish eighth at the Messiah Invitational. The Bullets earned three top three marks at the meet.

THE LEADERS

• Mark Overlander led the Bullets with a second place finish in pole vault. He had a season-best and Centennial Conference (CC)-qualifying height of 4.33 meters.
• Jack Taylor placed third in the 1500 with a season-best and CC-qualifying time of 4:09.08. He also had a season-best finish in the 800 with a time of 2:05.92 to place 34^th.
• Liam O'Meara finished third in pole vault with a season-best and CC-qualifying vault of 4.18 meters.

FOR THE FOES

• Messiah won the meet with 105 points, Eastern placed second with 75 and Mount St. Mary's came third with 65.

THE REST OF THE STORY

• Colin Carpenter came in sixth in the 10,000 with a season-best and CC-qualifying time of 33:38.44.
• Rouri Takahashi competed in the 400 finishing eighth with a season-best and CC-qualifying time of 50.95 seconds.
• Dom Roussos finished eighth in javelin with a season-best and CC-qualifying throw of 53.44 meters. 
• Kyle Northrup placed ninth in 400 with a season-best and CC-qualifying time of 50.99 seconds. He also placed 37^th in the 200 with another season-best and CC-qualifying time of 23.39 seconds.
• Jayden Craig finished 14^th in the steeplechase with a season-best and CC-qualifying time of 10:51.94.
• Adam Balthasar came in 38^th in the 400 with a season-best and CC-qualifying time of 54.21 seconds.
• Nick Glass competed in the 100 meter prelims finishing 44^th with a season-best and CC-qualifying time of 11.55 seconds however, he did not start in the finals. He also came in 54^th in the 200 with a season-best time of 23.91 seconds.
• Pat Zoccolillo placed 61^st in the 100 meter prelims with a season-best and CC-qualifying time of 11.97 seconds however, he did not start in the finals. He added a second CC-qualifying time of 66.97 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles to place 24^th.
• Jack Regentin finished fifth in shot put with a CC-qualifying toss of 14.35 meters. He added a second and third CC-qualifying mark of 42.28 meters in discus finishing sixth and of 39.50 meters in hammer to finish 20^th.
• Jeremy Cruz placed 33^rd in javelin with a CC-qualifying throw of 43.83 meters. 
• Joaquin Lalama came in 37^th in long jump with a CC-qualifying leap of 5.32 meters.
• David Magill competed in the 1500 finishing seventh with a season-best time of 4:14.45.
• John Murphy IV placed 14^th in the 1500 with a season-best time of 4:18.37. He added another season-best time of 2:05.77 in the 800 to place 33^rd.
• Asher Leuzzi finished 15^th in the 800 with a season-best time of 2:03.41. He added a second season-best time of 25.50 seconds in the 200 finishing 78^th
• Andrew Ersin came in 17^th in the 10,000 with a season-best time of 35:04.55.
• Baxter Merriam competed in the 1500 finishing 18^th with a season-best time of 4:20.76. He also finished 79^th in the 200 with another season-best time of 25.53 seconds.
• Jack Rogers placed 19^th in the 1500 with a season-best time of 4:21.06. He also came in 22^nd in the 800 with a time of 2:04.24.
• Ben Cole came in 23^rd in the 10,000 with a season-best time of 35:46.38.
• Matthew Kurek competed in steeplechase placing 23^rd with as season-best time of 11:20.12.
• Maddon McNicholas finished 28^th in the 800 with a season-best time of 2:04.78. He also competed in the 1500 finishing sixth with a time of 4:14.30.
• Grant Lefchak came in 53^rd in shot put with a season-best toss of 10.60 meters. He also placed 62^nd in discus with a 27.95 meter throw and 72^nd in the hammer with a toss of 18.32 meters.
• Andrew Oshetski competed in discus finishing 57^th with a season-best toss of 29.87 meters. He also added a 40^th place finish in shot put with a distance of 11.23 meters and 60^th place finish in hammer with a throw of 28.50 meters.
• Henry Mahoney placed 65^th in shot put with a season-best 9.68 meters. He added another season-best finish in hammer with a throw of 22.65 meters to place 69^th. Mahoney also competed in discus finishing 64^th with a throw of 27.42 meters.
• Isaac Parks-Gill finished 75^th in the 200 with a season-best time of 25.03 seconds. He also placed 19^th in the 800 with a time of 2:03.88.

THE INSIDE STORY

• Stefano Orlando, Rouri Takahashi, Carter Harff and Trey Hunter combined to placed fourth in the 4x100 relay with a time of 43.84 seconds.
• Matthew Wagner competed in the 1500 finishing 49^th with a time of 4:50.73.

NEXT UP
The Bullets head to Bethlehem on April 17^th & 18^th for the Coach P Invitational hosted by Moravian.