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Caitlin Yap '22 set a new PR in the pole vault (Photo by David Sinclair).

Women's Track & Field

Yap Leads Women’s Track at Messiah

Results
 
GRANTHAM, Pa. Freshman Caitlin Yap (Wayne, N.J./Morris Catholic) led the Gettysburg College women's track and field team at the Messiah Invitational on Saturday.
 
Senior Margot Hoagland (Dresher, Pa./Upper Dublin) claimed sixth in the 5,000-meter run, while freshman Kathrin O'Brien (Lynchburg, Va./Virginia Episcopal School) finished right behind in seventh with times of 19:42.86 and 20:02.35, respectively. Freshman Georgia Larzelere (Medford, N.J./Shawnee) placed 10th out of 42 competitors in the 1,500-meter run, clocking a time of 5:02.83 to shatter a new personal record (PR). Her previous was 5:16.39, which she accomplished at the Little Three Meet. Senior Madison Fox (Akron, Pa./Ephrata) posted a sixth-place showing in the 10,000-meter run, clocking 44:48.77.
 
Yap tallied fourth-place in the pole vault, setting a new PR of 9-00.25, which puts her seventh on the outdoor all-time list at Gettysburg.
 
The Bullets placed 11th out of 15 teams by gathering 13 points. Messiah won the team title of 221 points.
 
A small portion of the team will compete at the Bucknell Outdoor Classic on Sunday.  
 
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Players Mentioned

Madison Fox

Madison Fox

Distance
5' 3"
Senior
Margot Hoagland

Margot Hoagland

Distance
5' 4"
Senior
Georgia Larzelere

Georgia Larzelere

Mid-Distance
5' 4"
Freshman
Kathrin O

Kathrin O'Brien

Mid-Distance
5' 3"
Freshman
Caitlin Yap

Caitlin Yap

Pole Vault
5' 1"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Madison Fox

Madison Fox

5' 3"
Senior
Distance
Margot Hoagland

Margot Hoagland

5' 4"
Senior
Distance
Georgia Larzelere

Georgia Larzelere

5' 4"
Freshman
Mid-Distance
Kathrin O

Kathrin O'Brien

5' 3"
Freshman
Mid-Distance
Caitlin Yap

Caitlin Yap

5' 1"
Freshman
Pole Vault

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