THE FACTS
Gettysburg competes in Coach Pollard Invite at Moravian
What: Women's Outdoor Track & Field Meet
When: Friday-Saturday, April 17-18
Where: Bethlehem, Pa. – Moravian College
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg competed in the Coach Pollard Invite hosted by Moravian College finishing with four top-10 all-time marks and three top three finishes.
THE LEADERS
- Lillian Boudreau led the Bullets with a record-breaking finish to place first in the 400-meter hurdles with a Centennial Conference (CC)-qualifying time of 1:03.32.
- Lea Del Grippo competed in the championship finals for discus placing fifth with a season-best and personal-best toss of 39.40 meters, the CC-qualifying mark ranks second in program history. She added two more CC-qualifying marks one in shot put finishing 14th with a throw of 10.76 meters and another in hammer with a distance of 35.08 meters which was also a personal and season-best to finish 29th which also ties tenth in program history. Finally, Del Grippo competed in javelin finishing 29th with a toss of 22.66 meters.
- Anna Hendrickson placed fourth in steeplechase with a personal-best, seasonal-best, and CC-qualifying time of 12:03.01 which ranks tenth in program history.
- Sarah Smith finished third in the 5,000 with a personal-best, season-best and CC-qualifying time of 18:22.81. She added another season and personal-best time of 1:10.63 in the 400 finishing 40th.
- Carys Cook placed third in steeplechase with a season-best and CC-qualifying time of 11:55.16. She also competed in the 100-meter hurdles prelims with a personal-best and season-best time of 24.89 seconds to finish 32nd however, she did not start in the finals.
FOR THE FOES
- It was a non-scoring meet.
THE REST OF THE STORY
- Abbey Woodcome came in seventh in steeplechase with a personal-best, season-best and CC-qualifying time of 12:28.58.
- Emma Marden competed in triple jump finishing tenth with a personal-best, season-best, and CC-qualifying mark of 10.75 meters. She added a second personal, season, and CC-qualifying mark of 27.74 seconds to place 25th in the 200.
- Danielle Fritchman finished 12th in the 5,000 with a personal-best, season-best and CC-qualifying time of 19:54.27.
- Jenna Weylman placed 13th in the 100 meter prelims with a personal-best, season-best and CC-qualifying time of 12.81 seconds however, she did not start in the finals.
- Ainsely Kilbreth came in 16th in discus with a personal-best, season-best and CC-qualifying mark of 27.10 meters. She also placed 32nd in javelin with a throw of 20.90 meters.
- Lillian Judge competed in the 100-meter hurdles prelims to finish 17th with a personal-best, season-best and CC-qualifying time of 16.82 seconds however, she did not start in the finals.
- Georgia Mercer finished 26th in the 100-meter hurdles prelims with a personal-best, season-best and CC-qualifying time of 17.92 seconds however, she did not start in the finals.
- Kyla Lorden competed in the 10,000 finishing 12th with a season-best and CC-qualifying time of 44:11.64.
- Caroline Gensinger came in 15th in hammer with a season-best and CC-qualifying toss of 40.24 meters. She added two more CC-qualifying throws in shot put to finish 21st with a distance of 10.33 meters and in the championship discus finals to finish 26th with a throw of 31.19 meters which was also a season-best.
- Eliza Hoover placed 11th in the 800 with a CC-qualifying time of 2:26.15.
- Bethany Rolley came in 12th in pole vault with a CC-qualifying height of 3.20 meters.
- Ava Romano competed in the 5,000 finishing 13th with a CC-qualifying time of 19:55.04.
- Sara Lessard finished 17th in the 1500 with a CC-qualifying time of 4:59.92.
THE INSIDE STORY
- Marden, Boudreau, Camryn Rogers, and Weylman combined to place sixth in the 4x100 relay with a season-best time of 49.84 seconds.
- Rogers, Boudreau, Mercer and Hoover finished seventh in the 4x400 relay with a season-best time of 4:10.85 while Lessard, Weylman, Judge and Theresa Ditri combined to finish 16th with a season-best time of 4:30.26.
- Cassidy Gorham placed 25th in the 1500 with a personal and season-best time of 5:11.36. She added a second personal and season-best time of 2:37.05 to finish 27th in the 800.
- Lindsay Hickman came in 28th in the 1500 with a personal and season-best time of 5:16.15.
- Jess McLaughlin finished 22nd in the 5,000 with a time of 20:24.82.
NEXT UP
The Bullets head to Shippensburg for the Paul Kaiser Classic on April 24
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