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Dylan McKeever running at the Little Three Meet in 2019.
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Men's Cross Country

Men’s XC Finishes 10th at Lock Haven Invite

Dylan McKeever was the Bullets’ second finisher at Lock Haven.

Results

LOCK HAVEN, Pa. –
The regionally ranked Gettysburg College men's cross country team displayed a strong showing at the Lock Haven Invite on Saturday morning, placing 10th out of 32 teams, which included Division I, II, and III schools. The Bullets were the top Division III finisher.
 
Final Team Results – Top 10
1 Lock Haven 81
2 Penn State Club XC 118
3 Bucknell 140
4 Davis & Elkins 177
5 Indiana (Pa.) 215
6 Shippensburg 241
7 West Liberty 271
8 Bloomsburg 273
9 Gannon 275
10 Gettysburg 323
 
Individual Top 5
1 Joseph Clark, Penn St. Club XC 24:57.0
2 David Haines, Marywood 25:04.4
3 Aaron Pfeil, Lock Haven 25:07.0
4 Joseph Westrick, Gannon 25:07.7
5 Andrew Hanna, Penn St. Club XC 25:18.6

Top Performers
Sam Sheldon '20 (Tully, N.Y./Tully) – 12th (25:52.3)
Dylan McKeever '21 (Furlong, Pa./Central Bucks East) – 29th (26:13.9)

The Finish Line
  • Sheldon traversed the 8,000-meter course in a personal-record time of 25:52.3, finishing 12th out of 373 runners, placing as the second Division III runner among the top 15.
  • Finishing second for the Orange and Blue was McKeever, who came in 29th in a PR time of 26:13.9.
  • He was followed across the line by freshman Connor Elliott (Media, Pa./Salesianum), who took 88th in 27:12.6 and senior Aren Heitmann (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Ludlowe), who placed 95th in a PR time of 27:22.3. Freshman Joseph Potz (Crestline, Calif./Rim of the World) completed the team scoring, taking 140th in 27:57.5.  
  • Displacers were junior Luke Matzke (Collegeville, Pa./Malvern Prep), who placed 159th in 28:11.0, and sophomore Patrick Neighbour (Milford, N.J./Delaware Valley Regional), who was 161st in 28:12.4, both notched new PR times.
Lock Haven History
  • Today's race was the biggest meet that Lock Haven has ever hosted.
  • This was Gettysburg's first time competing at the Lock Haven Invite.
Coming Up
Gettysburg will take a week off from action and return to the course on Oct. 5 at the Paul Short Invitational, which will start at 9:30 a.m.  
 
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Players Mentioned

Aren  Heitmann

Aren Heitmann

5' 11"
Senior
Luke Matzke

Luke Matzke

6' 0"
Junior
Dylan McKeever

Dylan McKeever

6' 2"
Junior
Patrick Neighbour

Patrick Neighbour

5' 9"
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
Luke Matzke

Luke Matzke

6' 0"
Junior
Dylan McKeever

Dylan McKeever

6' 2"
Junior
Patrick Neighbour

Patrick Neighbour

5' 9"
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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