Team Results | Individual Results
LANCASTER, Pa. – Senior
Sam Sheldon (Tully, N.Y./Tully) placed runner up in a field of 38 to lead the Gettysburg College men's cross country team to a split at the Little Three Meet on Friday at Franklin & Marshall College.
Final Team Results
| Gettysburg def. F&M |
16-41 |
| No. 33 Dickinson def. Gettysburg |
19-42 |
| No. 33 Dickinson def. F&M |
15-50 |
Individual Top 5
| 1 |
Bryce Descavish, Dickinson |
15:28.2 |
| 2 |
Sam Sheldon, Gettysburg |
15:29.8 |
| 3 |
Christopher Scharf, Dickinson |
15:41.1 |
| 4 |
Charles Scharf, Dickinson |
15:48.0 |
| 5 |
Ryan Heskin, Dickinson |
15:49.4 |
Top Performers
Sam Sheldon '20 (Tully, N.Y./Tully) – 2nd (15:29.8)
Dylan McKeever '21 (Furlong, Pa./Central Bucks East) ) – 7th (16:05.2)
The Finish Line
- Sheldon cruised through the 5,000-meter woodsy course in 15:29.8 to finish as the runner-up. This is Sheldon's third straight race where he has placed within the top 3.
- Gettysburg's second finisher was McKeever, who placed seventh in 16:05.2.
- The Bullets' third through fifth-place finishers all crossed the finish line within 20 seconds of each other. Freshman Connor Elliott (Media, Pa./Salesianum) came in 12th in 16:22.8, senior Aren Heitmann (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Ludlowe) took 13th in 16:24.0, and freshman Joseph Potz (Crestline, Calif./Rim of the World) was 17th in 16:42.1.
- Finishing as displacers as the team's sixth and seventh runners were sophomores Jack Kenyon (Centerport, N.Y./Harborfields) (22nd, 16:59.0) and (40th, 21:28.5) and Charles Norelli (Allentown, Pa./Emmaus) (24th, 17:01.0).
Little Three History
- The first Little Three Meet happened in 1966, which was hosted by Gettysburg.
- Gettysburg runners have captured the individual title 14 times. Bob Meares captured the first ever-individual title in 1966 and Tom Ratliffe then notched the next two wins in 1967 and 1968.
- As a team, the Bullets won the first-ever Little Three Meet back in 1966 and have won 14 total.
Coming Up
Gettysburg continues its season next Saturday, when it competes at the Lock Haven Invite, which is scheduled to start at 11:30 a.m.
