Results

LANCASTER, Pa. – A couple of program top-10 marks fell on the opening day of the indoor track and field season for the Gettysburg College men's team at the Franklin & Marshall College Diplomat Open on Saturday.
 
Gettysburg's Top Performers

• Teo Zemser '24 (Hewitt, N.J./West Milford)
  • Pole Vault: 2nd (13'5.75" – eighth in program history)
• Will Hopkins '22 (Raleigh, N.C./Needham B. Broughton)
  • 3,000-Meter Run: 3rd (9:21.51)
• Corey Palazzolo '22 (Colts Neck, N.J./Christian Brothers Academy)
  • High Jump: 3rd (6'0.75" – seventh in program history)
  • Triple Jump: 4th (41'3.75)
• Eric Liedtka '23 (Hamilton, N.J./Notre Dame)
  • 60-Meter Hurdles: 6th (9.01 – fifth in program history)
• Jack Kenyon '21 (Centerpoint, N.Y./Harborfields)
  • 1,000-Meter Run: 5th (2:44.37 – fourth in program history)

Meet Highlights

• Zemser made the most of his first collegiate meet as he finished runner-up in the pole vault (13'5.75") among 14 competitors. His mark now ranks eighth all-time in program history.
• In his first 3,000-meter run, Hopkins placed third out of 12 competitors, clocking 9:21.51.
• Palazzolo finished third in the high jump (6'0.75"), tying his mark to rank seventh all-time, and registered fourth in the triple jump, leaping 41'3.75".
• The 4x400-meter relay team of senior Matt Weller (Westminster, Md./Winters Mill), sophomore Andrew Deck (York, Pa./Hempfield), Liedtka, and senior Gus Brouillard (Watertown, Mass./Watertown) claimed fourth with a 3:41.87 time.
• Kenyon, who will be graduating in December, competed in the 1,000-meter run and clocked 2:44.37 to take fifth place. His mark now ranks fourth in program history.
• In the 60-meter hurdles, Liedtka improved his previous personal-record time of 9.13 to 9.01 to claim sixth place, which keeps him ranked fifth in program history.
• Out of 12 runners in the 3,000-meters, freshman Greg Himstreet (Chatham, N.J./Chatham) came in sixth with a 9:47.83 time.

Coming Up
Gettysburg next competes at the Alvernia Winter Invite on Jan. 22 at 10 a.m.