Results
LANCASTER, Pa. The Gettysburg College women’s track and field team had a fantastic outing at the Little Dip Invitational, hosted by Franklin & Marshall College, on Friday evening as the Bullets broke into the program top-10 list in several events.
No team scoring was kept at the meet, which featured Division I and II.
Gettysburg’s Top Performers
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Lauren DiOttavio ’25 (Romansville, Pa./Downingtown West Campus)
- 60-Meter Dash: 4th (8.18 second in program history)
- 200-Meter Dash: 6th (28.02)
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Franny Proto ’25 (Old Tappan, N.J./Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan)
- 500-Meter Run: 4th (1:28.92 fourth in program history)
- 300-Meter Dash: 14th (48.88 fourth in program history)
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Lily Morrell ’23 (Frederick, Md./Urbana)
- 300-Meter Dash: 6th (45.30 second in program history)
Meet Highlights
- DiOttavio improved her personal-record in the 60-meter dash for the second consecutive week. She ran 8.19 in the prelims and 8.18 in the finals to finish fourth. DiOttavio ranks second all-time in program history in the event. In the 200-meter dash, she cruised to a sixth-place showing out of 45 runners with a 28.02 time.
- The freshmen trio of Proto, Emily Trout (Ocean View, Del./Sussex Academy), and Keara Skae (Old Tappan, N.J./Immaculate Heart Academy) all cracked into the programs top-10 all-time list in the 500-meter run. Proto finished the race in fourth place (1:28.92), Trout in eighth (1:30.36), and Skae in 11th (1:32.14) and rank fourth, sixth, and eighth all-time, respectively.
- In her first career 300-meter dash, Morrell claimed sixth-place with a time of 45.30. She now ranks second all-time in program history in the event. In the 60-meter hurdles, she set a new personal-record with a 10.51 time to take 10th place.
- Four others now rank in the program’s top-10 in the 300-meter dash Proto (48.88 fourth), Trout (49.24 fifth), Skae (51.23 sixth), and junior Olivia Farina (Southbury, Conn./Pomperaug) (52.35 eighth).
- Senior Anna Pienkos (North Haven, Conn./Sacred Heart Academy) and sophomore Alexa Schauder (Cedar Knolls, N.J./Whippany Park) both competed in the high jump, placing seventh (4-07.00) and tied for eighth (4-07.00), respectively.
- Schauder also tied for fifth in the pole vault with a 9-00.25 mark, which ranks her tied for sixth all-time in program history. Freshman Olivia Taylor (Cortland Manor, N.Y./Hendrick Hudson) tied for ninth in the same event (8-00.00).
- Senior Jess Alessi (Nassau, N.Y./Ichabod Crane) tossed 41-06.00 in the weight throw to register eighth-place out of 41 competitors.
Coming Up
Gettysburg heads to the Frank Colden Invitational, hosted by Ursinus College, next Saturday, Feb. 5. Opening events begin at 10 a.m.
This story was originally posted on the Gettysburg College Website.