THE FACTS
Gettysburg competes in Paul Kaiser Classic hosted by Shippensburg
What: Women'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 and three top-10 all-time marks.
THE LEADERS
- Sarah Smith led the Bullets finishing second in the 3,000 with a personal-best, season-best time of 10:42.65 which ranks sixth in program history. She also placed 48th in the 100 with a personal and season-best time of 16.00 seconds however, she did not start in the finals.
- Lea Del Grippo placed 14th in hammer with a personal-best, season-best and Centennial Conference (CC)-qualifying toss of 39.30 meters which ranks sixth in program history. She added three more CC-qualifying marks in discus (5th place 38.23 meters), shot put (11th place 10.77 meters), javelin (16th place 24.59 meters) to round out her performance on the weekend.
- Lillian Boudreau finished fourth in the 200 with a personal-best, season-best and CC-qualifying time of 25.99 seconds which ranks eighth in program history.
- Madelyn Roberto came in second in pole vault with a CC-qualifying vault of 2.45 meters.
- Anna Hendrickson competed in the 5,000 finishing third with a personal-best, season-best and CC-qualifying time of 18:48.15.
FOR THE FOES
- It was a non-scoring meet.
THE REST OF THE STORY
- Abbey Woodcome placed fifth in the 5,000 with a personal-best, season-best and CC-qualifying time of 19:09.41.
- Camryn Rogers finished fourth in the 400 with a season-best and CC-qualifying time of 1:01.42.
- Caroline Gensinger came in eighth in hammer with a season-best and CC-qualifying toss of 41.37 meters. She added two more CC-qualifying throws in shot put (17th place 10.18 meters) and discus (20th place 28.89 meters).
- Theresa Ditri competed in the 400-meter hurdles placing 11th with a season-best and CC-qualifying time of 1:13.92. She also placed 42nd in the 100 with a time of 14.42 seconds however, she did not start in the finals.
- Jenna Weylman placed seventh in the 200 with a CC-qualifying time of 26.57 seconds.
- Lillian Judge finished eighth in high jump with a CC-qualifying leap of 1.40 meters.
- Georgia Mercer came in 14th in long jump with a CC-qualifying jump of 4.82 meters.
- Eliza Hoover competed in the 800 placing 15th with a CC-qualifying time of 2:25.89.
- Sara Lessard placed 22nd in the 800 with a CC-qualifying time of 2:28.40.
- Emma Marden finished 30th in the 100 with a CC-qualifying time of 13.66 seconds however, she did not start in the finals.
THE INSIDE STORY
- Gettysburg 'A' Relay came in fifth in the 4x100 meter relay season-best time of 50.14 seconds.
- Ava Romano competed in the 3,000 with a personal and season-best time of 11:15.51 to place seventh.
- Danielle Fritchman placed 11th in the 3,000 with a personal and season-best time of 11:44.26.
- Lindsay Hickman finished 37th in the 800 with a personal and season-best time of 2:38.68.
- Megan McArthur came in 14th in the 5,000 with a time of 22:43.85.
- Ainsley Kilbreth competed in javelin finishing 28th with a throw of 18.32 meters. She also finished 33rd in discus with a toss of 24.02 meters.
- Jess McLaughlin placed 33rd in the 1500 with a time of 5:25.83.
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.