THE FACTS
Gettysburg competes in Paul Kaiser Classic hosted by Shippensburg
What: Men's Outdoor Track & Field Meet
When: Friday-Saturday, April 24-25
Where: Shippensburg, Pa. – Shippensburg University
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg competed in the Paul Kaiser Classic hosted by Shippensburg in final showing before Centennial Conference Championships. The Bullets earned three top-three finishes.
THE LEADERS
- Maddon McNicholas led the Bullets finishing first in the 5,000 with a time of 16:01.54.
- Liam O'Meara placed second in pole vault with a Centennial Conference (CC)-qualifying height of 4.10 meters.
- Colin Carpenter finished third in the 5,000 with a time of 16:05.24.
FOR THE FOES
- It was a non-scoring meet.
THE REST OF THE STORY
- Trey Hunter came in fourth in the 200 with a season-best and CC-qualifying time of 22.37 seconds.
- Eli Steel competed in long jump placing sixth with a season-best and CC-qualifying jump of 6.44 meters.
- Tyler Trout placed tenth in the 400-meter hurdles with a season-best and CC-qualifying time of 59.56 seconds. He also placed 13th in the 110-meter hurdles prelims with another season-best and CC-qualifying time of 16.19 seconds however, he did not start in the finals.
- Joaquin Lalama competed in long jump finishing 18th with a season-best and CC-qualifying jump of 5.61 meters he also came in 13th in triple jump with another CC-qualifying leap of 11.73 meters.
- Andrew Oshetski finished 23rd in hammer with a season-best and CC-qualifying toss of 33.13 meters. He also competed in shot put placing 23rd with a throw of 11.34 meters and in discus finishing 40th with a distance of 28.07 meters.
- Mark Overlander finished fourth in pole vault with a CC-qualifying vault of 3.95 meters.
- Dom Roussos came in seventh in javelin with a CC-qualifying throw of 49.79 meters.
- Jack Regentin competed in discus placing ninth with a CC-qualifying toss of 41.89 meters. He added two more CC-qualifying throws in shot put finishing tenth with a distance of 13.98 meters and hammer placing 13th with a throw of 40.55 meters.
- Kyle Northrup placed 18th in the 400 with a CC-qualifying time of 52.05 seconds.
- Pat Zoccolillo finished 23rd in the 400-meter hurdles with a CC-qualifying time of 1:07.21. He also placed 59th in the 100 with a time of 12.05 seconds however, he did not start in the finals.
- Jack Rogers came in 25th in the 800 with a CC-qualifying time of 2:02.29.
- Henry Mahoney competed in discus finishing 26th with a CC-qualifying toss of 34.57 meters. He also finished 27th in hammer with a season-best distance of 24.71 meters.
- Rouri Takahashi placed 41st in the 200 with a CC-qualifying time of 23.84 seconds.
- Nick Glass finished 44th in the 100 with a CC-qualifying time of 11.78 seconds however, he did not start in the finals.
- Stefano Orlando came in 51st in the 100 with a CC-qualifying time of 11.87 seconds however, he did not start in the finals.
THE INSIDE STORY
- Matthew Wagner competed in the 3,000 finishing 12th with a season-best time of 10:17.74.
- Andrew Ersin placed 14th in the 5,000 with a season-best time of 16:47.72.
- Matthew Kurek finished 15th in the steeplechase with a season-best time of 11:04.04.
- Ben Cole came in 17th in the 5,000 with a season-best time of 16:55.59.
- Jayden Craig competed in the 5,000 finishing 22nd with a season-best time of 17:14.90.
- John Murphy IV placed 23rd in the 1500 with a season-best time of 4:17.60.
- Mick Lorenger finished 31st in the 800 with a season-best time of 2:04.03.
- Asher Leuzzi came in 11th in the 5,000 with a time of 16:39.89.
- Grant Lefchak competed in shot put finishing 31st with a 10.24 meter toss.
- Isaac Parks-Gill placed 38th in the 800 with a time of 2:05.67.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg hosts the Centennial Conference Championship on Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium beginning at 2:00 pm on Friday, May 1
st and finishing on Sunday, May 3
rd at 11:00 am.