Results
SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – In nearly two years, the Gettysburg College women's cross country team competed in a collegiate race, opening the 2021 season under the lights at the Shippensburg University Galen Piper Alumni Open/Cross Country Challenge Friday night.
Final Team Results
- Dickinson - 19
- Shippensburg - 57
- Gettysburg - 77
- York (Pa.) - 81
- Frostburg St. - 150
Top Performers
Amanda Addesso '23 (Cheshire, Conn./Cheshire ) – 15th (16:29.2)
Franny Proto '25 (Old Tappan, N.J./Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan) – 18th (16:47.4)
Amy Cantrell '23 – (Hailey, Idaho Wood River) – 20th (16:53.0)
Race Highlights
- Addesso paced the Bullets with a 15th place showing, clocking 16:29.2 on the 4K course. In her first collegiate race, Proto was close behind, finishing 18th in 16:47.4.
- Cantrell was the next Bullets' finisher, taking 20th in 16:53.0.
- Rounding out the team score was freshman Emily Trout (Ocean View, Del./Sussex Academy), who placed 21st in 16:53.1, and freshman Keara Skae (Old Tappan, N.J./Immaculate Heart Academy), who took 27th in 17:10.6.
- Finishing as displacers were May Berger (Bel Air, Md./The John Carroll School), who placed 29th in 17:14.5, and senior Ashlyn Booher (Boling Springs, Pa./Boling Springs), who took 34th in 17:21.7.
- The Bullets enetered today's race ranked ninth in the NCAA Division III Mid-Atlantic Regional ranking by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
- The last time Gettysburg competed in a race was on November 16, 2019, at the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional.
- The race marked the seventh year in a row that Gettysburg opened the season with a night meet.
- Teams from Division II and Division III competed in today's race.
Up Next
Gettysburg returns to action next Friday when they travel to Dickinson College for the Little Three Meet at 6:45 p.m.
