GETTYSBURG, Pa. Junior Jessica Alessi (Nassau, N.Y./Ichabod Crane) captured her first career victory to lead the Gettysburg College women’s track and field team at its own invite on Saturday in perfect weather conditions.
Gettysburg’s Top Performers
- Jessica Alessi ’22
- Hammer 1st (124-11 Fifth all-time)
- Discus 3rd (100-09)
- Holly Ferrara ’24 (Holland, Pa./Council Rock South)
- Javelin 3rd (122-01.25 Seventh all-time)
- Alexa Schauder ’24 (Cedar Knolls, N.J./Whippany Park)
- Pole Vault 2nd (9-06.25 Tied for third all-time)
Meet Highlights
- Alessi captured her first career victory in the hammer by tossing 124-11 to move her into fifth all-time in outdoor track and field history. She also placed third in the discus with a heave of 100-09.
- Schauder placed second in the pole vault to improve her mark for the third week in a row and by an inch from last week with 9-06.25. She is now tied for third on the outdoor all-time top-10 list.
- For the third consecutive week, freshman Holly Ferrara (Holland, Pa./Council Rock South) improved her mark in the javelin. She claimed third with a throw of 122-01 to rank seventh all-time in outdoor history.
- In the discus, junior Katherine Mangione (Doylestown, Pa./Villa Joseph Marie) finished runner-up with a mark of 105-11.
- Freshman Emily O’Hara (Chester Springs, Pa./Downingtown) set a new personal-record in the 400-meter dash, clocking 1:03.42 to take third.
- Junior Kathrin O’Brien (Lynchburg, Va./Virginia Episcopal School) and sophomore Amanda Addesso (Cheshire, Conn./Cheshire) both competed in the 10,000-meter run and placed second (41.52.22) and third (43.05.25), respectively.
- In the 100-meter hurdles, sophomore Julia Piness (Chatham, N.J./Chatham) collected a PR time of 17.35. Piness also competed in the 400-meter hurdles for the first time in her career and placed third (1:14.99).
- Junior Anna Pienkos (North Haven, Conn./Sacred Heart Academy) tallied second-place (4-09.75) and Schauder took third (4-09.75- PR) in the high jump.
- Senior Diana Bianco Riley (Seekonk, Mass./St. Mary Academy Bay View) took third in the hammer (107-04).
- Gettysburg placed third out of four teams with 135.5 points. Johns Hopkins University won with 189 points.
Coming Up
Gettysburg competes at the Centennial Conference Championship hosted by Muhlenberg College on May 1.
This story was originally posted on the Gettysburg College Website.