Men’s Track: Hopkins Collects Runner-Up Finish at Susquehanna



Results

SELINSGROVE, Pa. – Senior Will Hopkins (Raleigh, N.C./Needham B. Broughton) captured runner-up in the mile to guide the Gettysburg College men’s indoor track and field team at the Susquehanna Invitational on Saturday.

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No team scoring was kept at the meet, which featured Division I, II, and III.

Gettysburg’s Top Performers

  • Will Hopkins ’22

    • Mile: 2nd (4:31.72)
  • Aidan Kiernan ’25 (Pelham Manor, N.Y./Pelham Memorial)

    • 60-Meter Dash: 5th (7.24 – Tied for sixth in program history)
  • Caden Giordano ’23 (Bethlehem, Pa./Bethlehem Catholic)

    • Triple Jump: 10th (40-10.25 – 9th in program history)

Meet Highlights

  • Hopkins blazed through the mile with a personal-record time of 4:31.72 to finish runner-up out of 49 runners. Junior Connor Elliott (Media, Pa./Salesianum) also competed in the event and posted a PR time of 4:36.16 to finish ninth overall.
  • The 4×400-meter relay team of junior Eric Liedtka (Hamilton, N.J./Notre Dame), sophomore Casey Deck (York, Pa./Hempfield), sophomore Arthur Keegan (Haddonfield, N.J./Haddonfield Memorial), and Hopkins cruised to a runner-up spot with a time of 3:38.90.
  • After clocking 7.24 in the preliminaries of the 60-meter dash, Kiernan finished fifth in the finals with the same time. He is now tied for sixth all-time in program history. Keegan also competed in the event and claimed 13th with a PR time of 7.38.
  • For the second consecutive week, Giordano set a PR in the triple jump as he leaped 40-10.25 to place 10th. He ranks ninth on the program’s all-time top-10 list.  
  • Liedtka placed 12th in the 60-meter hurdles, clocking 9.36.
  • Keegan took 15th in the 200-meter dash, clocking 24.37 among 55 competitors.  

Coming Up

Gettysburg picks up its schedule Feb. 26-27 at the Centennial Conference Indoor Championship, hosted by Ursinus College.

 

This story was originally posted on the Gettysburg College Website.

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