Results
SELINSGROVE, Pa. – The Gettysburg College women's track & field team continued its indoor season by competing at the Susquehanna University Challenge on Saturday.
No team scoring was kept at the meet, which featured a mix of Division I, II, and III competition.
Gettysburg's Top Performers
- Jessica Alessi '22 (Nassau, N.Y./Ichabod Crane)
- Shot Put – 12th (31' 7.5", Personal-Record)
- Weight Throw – 10th (36'. 5", Seventh All-Time)
- Rachel Nori '23 (Avon, Conn./Avon)
- 5,000-Meter Run – 5th (20:48.81)
Meet Highlights
- Nori clocked a fifth-place showing in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 20:48.81, while classmate Amanda Addesso (Cheshire, Conn./Cheshire) placed right behind in sixth (20:59.05).
- Sophomore Kat Mangione (Doylestown, Pa./Villa Joseph Marie) secured sixth in the shot put, throwing 33' 10.75.
- Senior Abigail Rec (Long Valley, N.J./West Morris Central) and sophomore transfer Amy Cantrell (Hailey, Idaho/Wood River) competed in the 400-meter dash, taking sixth (1:06.45) and seventh (1:07.01), respectively.
- In the weight throw, junior Diana Bianco Riley (Seekonk, Mass./St. Mary Academy Bay View) heaved a mark of 39'.3.75" to finish seventh.
- Cantrell also ran in the mile, claiming eighth with a time of 5:52.17.
- In the 60-meter hurdles, Rec posted an eighth-place time (10.70).
- Junior Michelle O'Malley (Locust, N.J./Red Bank Catholic) took 10th in the 3,000-meter run, crossing the finish line in 12:47.94.
- In the high jump, sophomore Anna Pienkos (North Haven, Conn./Sacred Heart Academy) produced 10th-place with 4' 7.75".
- Alessi tallied two personal-records, one in the shot put (31' 7.5"), placing 12th and the other in the weight throw (36'.5"), finishing 10th, and moving into seventh all-time in Gettysburg indoor history.
Coming Up
Gettysburg returns to action next Saturday at the Roanoke Invite, hosted by Roanoke College.
