THE FACTS
Gettysburg competes at Mini-Dip Invitational
What: Men's indoor track and field meet
When: Friday, Jan. 27
Where: Lancaster, Pa. – Franklin & Marshall
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg posted four top-three all-time marks in its return to action for the first time in seven weeks at the Mini-Dip Invitational hosted by Franklin & Marshall.
THE LEADERS
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Connor Elliott (Media, Pa./Salesianum School [Del.]) led the Bullets with a pair of Centennial Conference (CC)-qualifying marks. He placed fifth in the mile with a time of 4:34.57. He was also 19th in the 800 with a time of 2:08.37.
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Kyle Northrup (New Hope, Pa./New Hope-Solebury) established a new program record in the 600, posting a time of 1:27.09 to place eighth in the field. He was also 16th in the 200 with a personal-best time of 24.61 seconds.
FOR THE FOES:
• It was a non-scoring meet.
THE REST OF THE STORY
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Andres Nunez-Castaneda (Morrisville, Pa./Notre Dame) made his debut with a 13th-place finish in the 600, turning in the No. 2 time in program history with a mark of 1:30.11. He also crossed 19th in the 200 with a time of 25.11 seconds.
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Mike Wigdor (Randolph, N.J./Randolph) also made his collegiate debut, turning in a pair of all-time top-10 marks. He posted the No. 3 time in the 600 at 1:31.18 to place 15th. He posted the No. 10 time in the 300 with a time of 40.29 seconds to place 31st.
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Caden Giordano (Bethlehem, Pa./Bethlehem Catholic) finished sixth in the long jump with a mark fo 5.90 meters. He was also seventh in the triple jump with a leap of 12.47 meters. Both jumps hit the conference standard.
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Eric Liedtka (Hopewell, N.J./Notre Dame) was seventh in the prelims of the 60 hurdles with a time of 9.15 seconds before placing eighth in the finals (9.28). Liedtka also turned in a top-10 all-time mark in the 600, finishing 26th with a time of 1:46.39. He rounded out his evening with a 21st-place showing in the 300, crossing in a time of 39.13 seconds.
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Hayden Johnson (Henrico, Va./Collegiate School) placed 16th in the 300 with a time of 38.58 seconds, which ranks third in program history. He also crossed 23rd in the 600 with a time of 1:41.87, which ranks eighth all-time.
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Arthur Keegan (Haddonfield, N.J./Haddonfield Memorial) ran a time a CC-qualifying time of 7.38 seconds in the 60 to place 18th. He was also 26th in the 300, posting a time of 39.96 seconds, which ranks eighth in program history. He was also 21st in the shot put (10.40 meters).
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Josh Judson (Arvada, Colo./Faith Christian) registered the No. 4 all-time mark in the 600 with a time of 1:31.67 to place 16th on the night. He was also 42nd in the 300 (42.26 seconds).
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Robby Cerra (Sparta, N.J./Sparta) added a pair of all-time top-10 marks. He was 18th in the 600 with a time of 1:34.44 to rank fifth all-time. He was also 28th in the 300 with a time of 40.14 seconds, which is ninth all-time.
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Mick Lorenger (Alexandria, Va./Thomas Edison) finished 16th in the mile with a personal-best time of 4:46.95.
Dominic DiLuzio (Chadds Ford, Pa./Garnet Valley) was 25th in the same event with a personal-best time of 5:01.95.
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Jamir Wesley (Philadelphia, Pa./Mastery Charter Shoemaker) recorded the No. 9 all-time mark in the 600, finishing 25th with a time of 1:43.50. He was also 49th in the 300 meters with a personal-best time of 44.11 seconds.
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Nate Smith (Burke, Va./James W. Robinson) finished 28th in the weight throw with a personal-best toss of 10.39 meters. •
Andrew Cappello (Medford, N.J./Shawnee) was 32nd with a personal-best throw of 9.21m.
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Aidan Martin (Middleburgh, N.Y./Middleburgh) finished 32nd in the mile with a personal-best time of 5:51.29.
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Michael Sutera (Oak Ridge, N.J./Don Bosco Prep) finished 36th in the shot put with a personal-best mark of 7.19 meters.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Luke DeMato was 15th in the long jump (5.31 meters).
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Joe Kressen was 38th in the 200 meters (28.29 seconds).
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at the Frank Colden Invitational hosted by Ursinus on Saturday, Feb. 4. Action begins at 10 a.m.
