Complete Results
COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. – Junior
Matt Robinson (Taneytown, Md./Pinkerton Academy [N.H.]) won a pair of events and the Gettysburg College men's track and field team placed second among 10 teams at the Ursinus College Invitational on Saturday.
The Bullets finished with 120 points and finished behind only Ursinus, which totaled 146.5 points. Rounding out the top-five were Division II Lincoln (116), SUNY Cobbleskill (70), and Delaware Valley (65).
Robinson captured both the 800- and 1500-meter runs. He beat out runner-up Lamar McMillan of Lincoln by over a second in the 800, clocking a 1:59.28. He also cruised to a six-second victory in the 1500, besting the field with a collegiate-best time of 4:07.14.
Freshman
Nicholas Grissinger (Elizabethtown, Pa./Milton Hershey) contributed a runner-up finish in the pole vault (10-6) and a third-place showing in the 400-meter hurdles (1:00.04). He also took ninth among 31 competitors in the 200-meter dash (23.99). Sophomore
Aren Heitmann (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Ludlowe) added a second-place showing in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (10:29.04).
Junior
Thad Cwiklinski (Glen Rock, Pa./York Catholic) took fourth in the 400-meter dash (53.14), as did freshman
Owen Crosby (Wilmington, Del./Newark Charter) in the 1500 (4:19.59). Placing fifth were senior
Ty Abdul-Karim (Washington, D.C./Woodberry Forest [Va.]) in the 100-meter dash (11.33), junior
Mike Miller (Malvern, Pa./Great Valley) in the 5000-meter run (16:31.94), and senior
Ryan Thompson (Oakland, N.J./Indian Hills) in the long jump (19-6 1/4). Abdul-Karim's time of 11.23 in prelims places him in a tie for 10th all-time at Gettysburg.
Gettysburg continues its season next Saturday at the Millersville Metrics, while a handful of athletes will compete Friday and Saturday at the Princeton University Sam Howell Invitational.
