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CARLISE, Pa. Senior Nick Grissinger (Palmyra, Pa./Milton Hershey) collected two wins to lead the Gettysburg College men’s track and field team in the season opener at the Dickinson Invitational on Saturday.
Gettysburg’s Top Performers
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Nick Grissinger ’20
- 400 Meter Hurdles 1st (56.93)
- Pole Vault 1st (12′ 0″)
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Will Hopkins ’22 (Raleigh, N.C./Needham B. Broughton)
- 1,500 Meter Run 2nd (4:06.93)
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Luke Matzke ’20 (Collegeville, Pa./Malvern Prep)
- 3,000 Meter Run 4th (9:27.83 8th in program history)
Meet Highlights
- Grissinger had an astonishing outdoor season opener as he led the Bullets with two first-place showings. He posted a 56.93 time in the 400-meter hurdles and a 12′ 0″ mark in the pole vault. Grissinger captured the 400-meter hurdles title at the 2019 Centennial Conference Outdoor Championship.
- In his first time competing in the 1,500-meter run, Hopkins claimed second with a time of 4:06.93.
- Sophomore Eric Liedtka (Hamilton, N.J./Notre Dame) competed in his first 110-meter hurdles and placed third with a 17.24 time.
- Freshman Arthur Keegan (Haddonfield, N.J./Haddonfield) took second in the 100-meter dash, clocking 11.59.
- Junior Matt Weller (Westminster, Md./Winters Mill) finished runner-up in his first time competing in the 800-meter run with a 2:02.31 time.
- Junior Charles Norelli (Allentown, Pa./Emmaus) ran his fastest outdoor 5,000-meter run, clocking 17:35.78 to take second-place. He sliced his previous outdoor time by over 25 seconds.
- Junior Corey Palazzolo (Colts Neck, N.J./Christian Brothers Academy) registered second in the triple jump (39′ 7 ¾”), third in the high jump (5′ 9 ¾”), and in the long jump (20′ 1 ½”).
- Sophomore Eric Liedtka (Hamilton, N.J./Notre Dame) competed in his first 110-meter hurdles and placed third with a 17.24 time.
- Matzke finished fourth in the 3,000-meter run, clocking a personal-record mark of 9:27.83. The mark has now landed him eighth all-time in program history.
- Two relay teams recorded top-three finishes. The 4×100 team of Keegan, sophomore Caden Giordano (Bethlehem, Pa./Bethlehem Catholic), Palazzolo, and senior Colin Motill (Ridgefield, Conn./Ridgefield) took second with a 44:42 time. Grissinger, junior Angus Brouillard (Watertown, Mass./Watertown), Liedtka, and Weller posted a third-place finish with a time of 3:31.88 in the 4×400 relay.
- Gettysburg finished third out of four teams with 146 points. Dickinson won the team title with 256 points.
Coming Up
Gettysburg competes at the Johns Hopkins Invitational next Saturday in Baltimore, Md.
This story was originally posted on the Gettysburg College Website.