Men’s Cross Country 9/25/2021 10:45:00 PM
Junior Connor Elliott (Media, Pa./Salesianum) and freshman Greg Himstreet (Chatham, N.J. Chatham) led the Gettysburg College men’s cross country team at the Dickinson Long-Short Invitational on Saturday at Big Spring High School.
Final Combined Team Results – Top 10
| 1 | Dickinson | 68 |
| 2 | Messiah | 106 |
| 3 | Elizabethtown | 117 |
| 4 | Susquehanna | 140 |
| 5 | Gettysburg | 156 |
| 6 | York (Pa.) | 177 |
| 7 | Hangerstown CC | 196 |
| 8 | Misericordia | 235 |
| 9 | McDaniel | 238 |
| 10 | King’s (Pa.) | 327 |
Top Performers
Greg Himstreet ’25 – 35th (29:13, 8K)
Connor Elliott ’23 – 10th (12:55, 4K)
The Finish Line
- Gettysburg finished with a combined team score of 156 to place fifth out of 12 teams that earned a team score in both the 4,000- and 8,000-meter races. The Bullets scored 31 points in the 4K to finish second among 19 teams, and they posted a score of 125 in the 8K to come in 13th.
- Elliott finished 10th among 131 runners in the 4K and was timed at 12:55. Other top finishers in the race were senior Will Hopkins (Raleigh, N.C./Needham B. Broughton), who placed 12th in 13:00, and senior Dylan McKeever (Furlong, Pa. Central Bucks East), who came in 14th in 13:12.
- In the 8K, Himstreet was clocked at 29:13 as he took 35th in a field of 141. He was followed by freshman Josh Judson (Arvada, Colo. Faith Christian Academy), who placed 60th in 30:32, and freshman Noah Albanese (Castleton On Hudson, N.Y. Maple Hill), who finished 61st in 30:33 to round out the team scoring.
Coming Up
Gettysburg returns to action next Saturday, Oct. 2, at the Mike Woods Invite, hosted by SUNY Geneseo.
