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Sam Sheldon (middle) earned All-Centennial Conference First Team
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Sam Sheldon '20 earned All-Centennial Conference First Team (Photo by David Sinclair).

Men's Cross Country

Sheldon Leads Men’s XC at CC Championships

Sam Sheldon ’20 earned First Team All-Centennial

Team Results  |  Individual Results

GETTYSBURG, Pa. –
Senior Sam Sheldon (Tully, N.Y./Tully) finished seventh among 97 runners to lead the Gettysburg College men's cross country team at the Centennial Conference (CC) Championships on Saturday at Gettysburg.

Final Team Results – Top 7
1 Johns Hopkins 15
2 Haverford 66
3 Dickinson 75
4 Swarthmore 125
5 Gettysburg 143
6 Ursinus 174
7 Muhlenberg 190
8 McDaniel 235
9 Franklin & Marshall 242
 
 
Individual Top 5
1 Jared Pangallozzi, JHU 25:04.7
2 Connor Delahanty, JHU 25:21.6
3 PJ Murray, JHU 25:29.5
4 Patrick Dye, JHU 25:30.8
5 Andrew King, JHU 25:31.1

Top Performers
Sam Sheldon '20  – 7th (25:34.4, PR)
Dylan McKeever '21 (Furlong, Pa./Central Bucks East) – 20th (26:13.3)

The Finish Line
  • Sheldon clocked a personal record (PR), traversing through the 8,000-meter course in 25:34.4. His top-seven finish earned him a spot on the All-Centennial Conference First Team, marking the first of his career.
  • Running in water puddles and mud spots from the downpour of rain on Thursday, McKeever was not far behind, placing 20th in 26:13.3.
  • Freshman Connor Elliott (Media, Pa./Salesianum) took 47th in 27:23.8 while fellow classmate Joseph Potz (Crestline, Calif./Rim of the World) was 51st in 27:41.7.
  • Sophomore William Hopkins (Raleigh, N.C./Needham B. Broughton) completed the team scoring, taking 55th in 27:52.1.
  • Finishing as displacers for Gettysburg were senior Aren Heitmann (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Ludlowe), who was 57th in 27:54.5, and sophomore Charles Norelli (Allentown, Pa./Emmaus), who finished 66th in 28:18.2.
Centennial Conference Championships
  • This was the second time in three years the Bullets have hosted the Centennial Conference Championships, marking today as their seventh in total.
  • No. 5 Johns Hopkins completed the first perfect score of in the 27-year history of the Centennial Conference Men's Cross Country Championship.
Coming Up
The Bullets will take a week off before returning to action Nov. 16 with the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional, held at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa.
 
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Players Mentioned

Aren  Heitmann

Aren Heitmann

5' 11"
Senior
Will Hopkins

Will Hopkins

6' 0"
Sophomore
Dylan McKeever

Dylan McKeever

6' 2"
Junior
Charles Norelli

Charles Norelli

6' 0"
Sophomore
Sam Sheldon

Sam Sheldon

5' 9"
Senior
Connor Elliott

Connor Elliott

6' 0"
Freshman
Joseph Potz

Joseph Potz

6' 0"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Aren  Heitmann

Aren Heitmann

5' 11"
Senior
Will Hopkins

Will Hopkins

6' 0"
Sophomore
Dylan McKeever

Dylan McKeever

6' 2"
Junior
Charles Norelli

Charles Norelli

6' 0"
Sophomore
Sam Sheldon

Sam Sheldon

5' 9"
Senior
Connor Elliott

Connor Elliott

6' 0"
Freshman
Joseph Potz

Joseph Potz

6' 0"
Freshman

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