THE FACTS
Gettysburg finished ninth at Frank Colden Invitational
What: Men's indoor track and field meet
When: Saturday, Feb. 4
Where: Collegeville, Pa. – Ursinus

THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg scored points three field events to aid in a ninth-place finish at the Frank Colden Invitational hosted by Ursinus. The Bullets recorded 27 points at the 23-team event.

THE LEADERS
• Caden Giordano (Bethlehem, Pa./Bethlehem Catholic) led the Bullets with a pair of top-four finishes in the horizontal jumps. He leapt to a third-place finish in the triple jump with a mark of 12.81 meters, which ranks seventh in program history. He was fourth in the long jump with a mark of 6.20 meters, ranking ninth all-time. Both marks hit the Centennial Conference (CC) standard.
• Jack Regentin (Gettysburg, Pa./Biglerville) led the way in the throws, finishing sixth in the shot put and 15th in the weight throw. His mark of 13.67 meters in the shot put ranks 10th in program history while his toss of 12.29 meters in the weight throw is fourth. Both were also CC-qualifying throws.

FOR THE FOES:
• Ursinus won the team title with 127.5 points.

THE REST OF THE STORY
• Connor Elliott (Media, Pa./Salesianum School) posted a fifth-place showing in the 3,000 with a conference-qualifying time of 9:02.47.
• Kyle Northrup (New Hope, Pa./New Hope-Solebury) finished seventh in the 400 with a time of 53.71 seconds to hit the CC standard in the event.
• Eric Liedtka (Hopewell, N.J./Notre Dame) just missed the finals in the 60 hurdles, finishing ninth with a conference-qualifying time of 9.44 seconds.
• Arthur Keegan (Haddonfield, N.J./Haddonfield Memorial) turned in conference-qualifying times in both the 60, crossing 16th (7.41 seconds) and 200, finishing 28th (24.47).
• Mick Lorenger (Alexandria, Va./Thomas Edison) finished 20th in the mile, qualifying for the conference meet with a season-best time of 4:42.23.
• Andres Nunez-Castaneda (Morrisville, Pa./Notre Dame) rounded out the CC-qualifying marks, placing 25th in the 400 with a time of 55.48 seconds.
• Michael Sutera (Oak Ridge, N.J./Don Bosco Prep) was fifth in the pentathlon with 2041 points. He capped off the five events with the best time in the 1,000. His time of 3:04.40 netted him 622 points to vault him to fifth place.
• Xander Tate (Bristow, Va./Brentsville District) finished 20th in the long jump with a personal-best jump of 5.08 meters.
• Christian Lezinski (Clarks Summit, Pa./Abington Heights) finished 23rd in the weight throw with a personal-best throw of 9.69 meters. He also had a personal-best toss in the shot put, finishing 32nd with a mark of 10.54 meters.
• Josh Judson (Arvada, Colo./Faith Christian) finished 25th in the mile with a personal-best time of 4:45.68.
• Aidan Martin (Middleburgh, N.Y./Middleburgh) finished 29th in the 3,000 meters with a personal-best time of 11:26.88.
• Robby Cerra (Sparta, N.J./Sparta) finished 39th in the 400 meters with a personal-best time of 57.03 seconds.
• Matthew Wagner (Downingtown, Pa./Downingtown STEM Academy) finished 46th in the 800 meters with a personal-best time of 2:20.78.
• Jamir Wesley (Philadelphia, Pa./Mastery Charter Shoemaker) finished 54th in the 400 meters with a personal-best time of 1:00.56.

THE INSIDE STORY
• Dominic DiLuzio was 25th in the 3000 meters (9:56.76).
• Nate Smith was 29th in the weight throw (8.79 meters).
• Eric Liedtka was 40th in the 200 meters (25.12).
• Andrew Cappello was 44th in the shot put (9.42m).
• Arthur Keegan, Andres Nunez-Castaneda, Kyle Northrup, and Eric Liedtka combined to post a time of 1:38.33 and finish sixth in the 4x200-meter relay.
• Robby Cerra, Josh Judson, Mick Lorenger, and Michael Wigdor were ninth in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:48.54.

NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at the PLEX Shootout hosted by Alvernia on Saturday. Action begins at 10 a.m.