Elliott, Matzke Lead Men’s XC at Home Invite

Men’s Cross Country 10/16/2021 10:49:00 PM

Junior Connor Elliott (Media, Pa./Salesianum) and senior Luke Matzke (Collegeville, Pa./Malvern Prep) both placed in the top 15 out of 168 runners, leading the Gettysburg College men’s cross country team to a fifth-place finish among 15 teams at the 32nd annual home invite, now known at the Aubrey Shenk Invite, on Saturday.

Final Combined Team Results – Top 10

Top Performers
Connor Elliott ’23 – 9th (26:57)
Luke Matzke ’21 – 13th (27:10 – PR)

The Finish Line

• The Bullets accumulated a team score of 110 and placed fifth in a field of 15 that included Division I, II, III, and community college teams. Gettysburg placed third among Division III schools.
• For the second consecutive week, Elliott led the Bullets with a ninth-place showing. It was his highest 8,000-meter finish of the season, and he cruised through the course in 26:57 with a 5:26 pace. He helped two other Bullets break 28 minutes, as Matzke placed 13th in 27:10 while senior Will Hopkins (Raleigh, N.C./Needham B. Broughton) claimed 22nd in 27:58. Matzke registered his highest career 8K finish and set a personal-record for the second week in a row.
• Senior Dylan McKeever (Furlong, Pa./Central Bucks East) was Gettysburg’s next finisher, taking 32nd in 28:27, while classmate Charles Norelli (Allentown, Pa./Emmaus) completed the team scoring, placing 40th in 28:41.
• Finishing as displacers were senior Jack Kenyon (Centerport, N.Y./Harborfields), who came in 72nd in 29:41, and sophomore Noah Albanese (Castleton On Hudson, N.Y./Maple Hill), who was 82nd with a PR time of 30:00.
• John Wang of Mount St. Mary’s won the individual title in 25:50.
• Mount Saint Mary’s University won the team title with 45 points.

Coming Up
Gettysburg competes at the Centennial Conference Championship on Oct. 30 at Johns Hopkins University.