The Gettysburg College women’s track & field team continued its indoor season by competing at the Susquehanna University Challenge on Saturday.

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

Gettysburg’s Top Performers

Jessica Alessi ’22 (Nassau, N.Y./Ichabod Crane)
- Shot Put – 12th (31′ 7.5″, Personal-Record)
- Weight Throw – 10th (36′. 5″, Seventh All-Time)
Rachel Nori ’23 (Avon, Conn./Avon)
- 5,000-Meter Run – 5th (20:48.81)

Meet Highlights

Nori clocked a fifth-place showing in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 20:48.81, while classmate Amanda Addesso (Cheshire, Conn./Cheshire) placed right behind in sixth (20:59.05).
Sophomore Katherine Mangione (Doylestown, Pa./Villa Joseph Marie) secured sixth in the shot put, throwing 33′ 10.75.
Senior Abigail Rec (Long Valley, N.J./West Morris Central) and sophomore transfer Amy Cantrell (Hailey, Idaho/Wood River) competed in the 400-meter dash, taking sixth (1:06.45) and seventh (1:07.01), respectively.
In the weight throw, junior Diana Bianco Riley (Seekonk, Mass./St. Mary Academy Bay View) heaved a mark of 39′.3.75″ to finish seventh.
Cantrell also ran in the mile, claiming eighth with a time of 5:52.17.
In the 60-meter hurdles, Rec posted an eighth-place time (10.70).
Junior Michelle O’Malley (Locust, N.J./Red Bank Catholic) took 10th in the 3,000-meter run, crossing the finish line in 12:47.94.
In the high jump, sophomore Anna Pienkos (North Haven, Conn./Sacred Heart Academy) produced 10th-place with 4′ 7.75″.
Alessi tallied two personal-records, one in the shot put (31′ 7.5″), placing 12th and the other in the weight throw (36′.5″), finishing 10th, and moving into seventh all-time in Gettysburg indoor history.

Coming Up
Gettysburg returns to action next Saturday at the Roanoke Invite, hosted by Roanoke College.

This story was originally posted on the Gettysburg College Website.