Results

MILLERSVILLE, Pa. – Senior Kathrin O'Brien (Lynchburg, Va./Virginia Episcopal) won the 10K and sophomore Holly Ferrara (Holland, Pa./Council Rock South) took top honors in the javelin to lead the Gettysburg College track and field teams at the Millersville Metrics on Saturday.
 
O'Brien out-lasted a field of 12 in the 10K with her fastest time in the event in nearly three years. The senior was the only sub-40 finisher, crossing the tape in 39:38.43 and beating out Belle Weikert of Division II Shippensburg University by nearly 38 seconds.
 
Ferrara continued her domination of the javelin by winning the event for the third consecutive meet. She bested a field of 36 competitors by over a foot with a toss of 136 feet, eight inches. That mark currently ranks sixth in Division III and vaulted her into the No. 2 spot on Gettysburg's all-time list. Ferrara's heave was the longest by a Bullet since Denise Johnson '87 set the program record of 139 feet, 2 inches in 1986.
 
Other top performances by the women included freshman May Berger (Bel Air, Md./John Carroll School) in the 10K and freshman Lauren DiOttavio (Romansville, Pa./Downingtown West) in the 100-meter dash. Berger finished fourth in the 10K at 41.40.05, while DiOttavio just missed a spot on Gettysburg's top-10 list in the 100 meters, posting a time of 12.93 and finishing sixth in the finals of the event.
 
On the men's side, juniors Connor Elliott (Media, Pa./Salesianum) and Caden Giordano (Bethlehem, Pa./Bethlehem Catholic) turned in runner-up performances in their respective events. Elliott clocked a time of 33:06.99 in the 10,000 meters, finishing just 19 seconds behind winner Kevin Wagner of Shippensburg and logging the eighth-fastest time in program history. Giordano produced another strong showing in the triple jump with a distance of 42 feet. He finished second behind Samuel Welcher of McDaniel, who cleared 43 feet, 3.75 inches.
 
Junior Eric Liedtka (Hamilton, N.J./Notre Dame) made his way into the finals of the 110-meter hurdles and finished sixth overall. Liedtka posted 16.81 in the prelims to make the top seven and lowered his time to 16.45 in the finals. Senior Will Hopkins (Raleigh, N.C./Needham B. Broughton) missed a PR by just over a second with a strong showing in the 800 meters. Competing in the day's fastest heat, Hopkins posted 1:58.81, finishing just 0.67 seconds out of second and missing his personal best by 1.2 seconds. Sophomore Noah Albanese (Castleton on Hudson, N.Y./Maple Hill) rounded out Gettysburg's scorers with an eighth-place finish and new personal standard in the 10,000 meters (35:02.14).
 
The Gettysburg men totaled 24 points to finish 11th in a robust field of 22 teams. The women also placed 11th out of 20 teams.
 
Gettysburg competes at the Messiah University Invitational on Saturday, April 9, at 9:30 a.m.