Results
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. – Sophomore
Holly Ferrara (Holland, Pa./Council Rock South) won the javelin and paced Gettysburg College to a runner-up showing in the team standings to kick off the outdoor track and field season at the University of Mary Washington Opener on Saturday.
Ferrara was the team's lone winner with a personal record in the javelin. The sophomore heaved the implement 129 feet, 1 inch to top the field by over 15 feet and best her previous personal best by seven feet. She moved up the program's all-time list into fourth.
The Bullets went 2-3-4 in the 5,000 meters with senior
Kathrin O'Brien (Lynchburg, Va./Virginia Episcopal School) clocking 20:19.19. Classmate
Ashlyn Booher (Boiling Springs, Pa./Boiling Springs) and freshman
May Berger (Bel Air, Md./The John Carroll School) finished right behind in 20:29.14 and 20:58.59, respectively.
Seniors
Jess Alessi (Schoharie, N.Y./Ichabod Crane) and
Katherine Mangione (Doylestown, Pa./Villa Joseph Marie) each produced third-place throws in different events. Alessi finished third in the shot put with a toss of 30 feet, 3.75 inches, while Mangione finished third in the javelin at 102 feet, 6 inches. Alessi also produced a PR on the way to a fourth-place showing in the hammer throw, topping her previous personal best by over a foot at 126 feet, 2 inches.
Sophomore
Alexa Schauder (Cedar Knolls, N.J./Whippany Park) logged runner-up finishes in the high jump (4-9) and the pole vault (9-0.25). Fresh off a third-place finish in the 60-meter dash at the conference indoor championship a few weeks ago, freshman
Lauren DiOttavio (Romansville, Pa./Downingtown West) claimed that same placement in her first outdoor event with a time of 13.26 in the 100-meter dash.
Freshman
Emily Trout (Ocean View, Del./Sussex Academy) posted a pair of top-five finishes, grabbing fifth in the 800 meters at 2:35.15 and taking fourth in the 1,500 at 5:14.92.
Gettysburg totaled 109 points to finish second in the team standings. Delaware State won the team title with 192 points.
Gettysburg competes at the Little 3 Meet hosted by Dickinson College on Saturday, March 26, at 11 a.m.
