Men’s Track & Field : Sheldon Captures Win at F&M

Sam Sheldon Running Indoors
Sam Sheldon Running Indoors

LANCASTER, Pa. – Senior Sam Sheldon (Tully, N.Y./Tully) moved into eighth all-time after capturing his first indoor victory in the mile at the Coach I Open, which was hosted by Frank & Marshall College, while other Bullets displayed strong performances in their second meet of the season on Saturday.

No team scoring was kept at the meet.

Gettysburg’s Top Performers

  • Sam Sheldon ’20
    • Mile – 1st (4:24.18 – Eighth All-Time)
  • Corey Palazzolo ’22 (Colts Neck, N.J./Christian Brothers Academy)
    • High Jump – 3rd (5-10.75)
  • Ken Barnes ’20 (Edison, N.J./Westminster School [Conn.])
    • Long Jump – 4th (21-04.25)
  • Colin Motill ’21 (Ridgefield, Conn./Ridgefield)
    • 60-Meter Dash – 8th (7.33)
    • 200-Meter Dash – 13th (24.23)
  • Fredrick Tubula ’22 (Narok, Kenya/Friends Select School)
    • Triple Jump – 8th (42′ 3.50″)

Meet Highlights

  • Coming off a strong senior campaign during the cross country season, Sheldon recorded his first indoor victory of the track season in the mile with a 4:24.18 time out of 53 competitors, which now ranks eighth all-time in Gettysburg indoor history. Junior Dylan McKeever (Furlong, Pa./Central Bucks East) also competed in the mile, placing fourth (4:29.06).
  • After setting the second-best indoor mark in the long jump in the season opener, Barnes leaped 21-04.25 to post fourth out of 34.
  • Palazzolo, junior Nicholas Grissinger (Palmyra, Pa./Milton Hershey), and sophomore Matthew Weller (Westminster, Md./Winters Mill) all placed within the top 10 of the high jump. Palazzolo finished third (5-10.75), Grissinger claimed seventh (5-08.75), and Weller tied for eighth (5-08.75).
  • Motill competed in both the 60-meter dash and 200-meter dash, finishing eighth (7.33) in the former and 13th (24.23) in the latter.
  • The 4×400-meter relay A team, no names were listed on the results, finished eighth out of 23, clocking 4:01.23.
  • Tubula notched an eighth-place showing in the triple jump (42-3.50).

Coming Up
Gettysburg continues its season next Saturday, Feb. 1, when it travels to the Susquehanna Challenge.

This story was originally posted on the Gettysburg College Website.