THE FACTS
Gettysburg finishes eighth at Shippensburg
What: 12th Annual Galen Piper Challenge in men's cross country action
When: Friday, Sept. 2
Where: Shippensburg – Shippensburg, Pa.

THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg opened the season with an eighth-place finish over the 6,000-meter course at the highly-competitive Galen Piper Cross Country Challenge hosted by Shippensburg. The Bullets scored 176 points.

THE LEADERS
• Connor Elliott (Media, Pa./Salesianum School [Del.]) led the Bullets with a fourth-place finish, posting a time of 19:48.6 as the first non-Shippensburg runner across the line. His time was 12 seconds faster than he completed the course last season.

FOR THE FOES
• Shippensburg won the nine-team invitational with 36 points, more than half the total of second-place Ursinus (73).

THE REST OF THE STORY
• Noah Albanese (Castleton-on-Hudson, N.Y./Maple Hill) placed 47th overall with a time of 21:37.9.
• Dominic DiLuzio (Chadds Ford, Pa./Garnet Valley) crossed 49th with a time of 21:46.3.
• Mick Lorenger (Alexandria, Va./Thomas Edison) finished 51st with a time of 22:00.5.
• Joe Zimbler (Nesconset, N.Y./Smithtown East) was 63rd overall with a time of 22:23.2.
• Kyle Northrup (New Hope, Pa./New Hope-Solebury) rounded out the Gettysburg competitors in 69th place with a time of 22:45.1.

THE INSIDE STORY
• A total of 89 runners competed at the 6,000-meter distance.

NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at home for the Little 3 Meet, hosting Dickinson and Franklin & Marshall on Friday. Race time is 6 p.m.