Men’s Track: Track & Field Unveils 2021-22 Schedule



GETTYSBURG, Pa. – After competing in a handful of outdoor events during the spring of 2021, the Gettysburg College men’s and women’s track and field teams have full-length schedules for the 2021-22 seasons.

With the pandemic, the Bullets were only able to compete in the outdoor track and field season that included three meets and the Centennial Conference Championships. The women’s team placed fourth out of seven teams, which marked the second time in four years that they finished in the top four, while the men’s team finished sixth out of seven.

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The Bullets official opened the indoor track and field season at the Diplomat Open, hosted by Franklin & Marshall College on Dec. 4, 2021. There was no team scoring, but both the men’s and women’s teams displayed some strong performances, with a handful of athletes cracking into the program’s all-time top-10 list.

The Orange and Blue return to action on Jan. 22, 2022, at the Alvernia Winter Invite for a 9:30 a.m. start and compete back at Franklin & Marshall the following week for the Mini Dip on Jan. 28 at 4 p.m.

The Bullets start the month of February at the Frank Colden Invitational hosted by Ursinus College, on the fifth at 10:00 a.m. The Bullets will then compete in one more indoor meet before the conference championship when they head to Selinsgrove, Pa. for the Susquehanna Invitational on Feb. 12 at 9:30 a.m. Ursinus will host the two-day conference meet on Feb. 26-27, with the times for both days scheduled to start at 11:30 a.m.  

There will be a Final Qualifier event on March 5 for a handful of athletes to compete at Shenandoah University at 11 a.m.  

Gettysburg starts the outdoor season in Fredericksburg, Va., when they compete at the UMW Opener on March 19 at 10:00 a.m. The final event, in March, will be the annual Little 3 Meet, which includes Franklin & Marshall and Dickinson College, on the 26th at 11:00 a.m. in Carlisle, Pa. In 2019, the men’s team captured their 27th team title in the history of the meet, which started in 1947. The Bullets hold the most first-place finishes, passing F&M who had 26. The women’s team placed third at the Little 3 Meet in 2019 and have 17 team titles since it first started in 1977.

The Bullets have four meets in April, with the Millersville Metrics kicking things off on the second at Division II intuition Millersville University beginning at 9:30 a.m. The following week, Gettysburg makes the short drive to Messiah University to compete in its invite on April 9 at 9:30 a.m. The Orange and Blue will have a week off before hosting its only home invite of the season, the annual Mason Dixon, on April 23 at 10:00 a.m. Gettysburg wraps up the month of April at the Paul Kaiser Classic, hosted by Division II institution Shippensburg University, on the 30th at 9:00 a.m.

The Centennial Conference Outdoor Championships will be held at Ursinus from May 6-8, with Friday starting at 2:00 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday at 11:00 a.m. A selected group of athletes will have an opportunity to compete at the Swarthmore Final Qualifier on May 16 to conclude the regular outdoor season.  

 

This story was originally posted on the Gettysburg College Website.

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