Results
CARLISLE, Pa. – The Gettysburg College women's cross country team kicked off the season at the Light Up the Night Invitational, which was hosted by Dickinson College.
Final Results
Dickinson 22
Messiah 52
Elizabethtown 62
Susquehanna 108
Gettysburg 145
Lancaster Bible 193
CCBC Essex 198
Top Performer
Amanda Addesso '23 (Cheshire, Conn./Cheshire)
The Finish Line
- Addesso completed her first collegiate race by leading the Bullets to a 22nd finish out of a field of 73, clocking 21:01.7.
- Sophomore Amy Cantrell (Hailey, Idaho/Wood River) also competed in her first career race at Gettysburg by placing 33rd in a time of 21:23.4.
- Senior captain Leah Hill (Media, Pa./Penncrest) was the Bullets No. 3 runner in her first cross country race since the 2017 season, registering 41st with a time of 22:10.3.
- Freshman Rachel Nori (Avon, Conn./Avon) claimed 53rd (23:10) and classmate Emma Dieterle (Lancaster, Pa./anheim Township) was 60th (24:17.3).
- Finishing as displacers were freshman Megan Czerpak (Pottstown, Pa./Pottsgrove) and sophomore Mary Rigg (West Lawn, Pa./Wilson), taking 62nd and 66th, respectively.
Racing against Strong Competition
- In the NCAA Division III Cross Country Regional Preseason Rankings, Dickinson is second, Messiah is fifth, and Elizabethtown is seventh in the mideast region.
Up Next
Gettysburg will be under the lights at the Galen Piper Invitational hosted by Shippensburg, Pa. next Friday at 8 p.m.
