Gettysburg women finish second, men third at Lebanon Valley Invitational

ANNVILLE, Pa. – Kelly Zuknick and Jon Catlett (North Chatham, NY/Albany Academy) each finished second individually to lead the Gettysburg women’s and men’s cross country teams to top three finishes at the Lebanon Valley Invitational on Saturday.

 Racing in her first collegiate 5K event, Zuknick posted a time of 20:06.33 to finish second behind Dickinson’s Alexandra Forte and help the Bullet women finish second out of 23 teams.  Fellow newcomer Alexandra Felix placed 13th overall in a time of 21:05.87 while Megan McGolrick (Gaithersburg, MD/Damascus) finished 15th in 21:06.86.

 Laura Osmian (21st, 21:22.45) and Allison Small (Vestal, NY/Vestal) (26th, 21:31.13) rounded out the top five for Gettysburg, which totaled 77 team points to finish 36 points behind first-place Dickinson.

 On the men’s side, Catlett reaffirmed his status as Gettysburg’s top runner by placing second overall in a time of 26:51.76, his best showing since running a personal-record 26:06.39 at the 1998 Gettysburg Invitational.

 Ray Gephart (Croydon, PA/Harry S. Truman) chopped an amazing 3:05.93 off his personal-best time, finishing 11th overall in a time of 27:43.33.  His previous best was a 30:49.26 showing during the 1998 season.

 Jason Rose (Hornell, NY/Hornell) (26th, 28:41.94), Dan Campion (North Haven, CT/North Haven) (27th, 28:43.26) and newcomer Ashley Thompson (29th, 28:50.67) rounded out the scoring contingent for the Gettysburg men, who finished 11 points behind first-place Dickinson and six points shy of second-place Elizabethtown.

 Gettysburg returns to action with a pair of events on Saturday, September 16.  Bullet teams will run at both the Penn State Spiked Shoe Invitational and the Western Maryland Invitational beginning at 10 a.m. in State College and 10:30 a.m. in Westminster.

Men
Team Scores: 1. Dickinson 75, 2. Elizabethtown 80, 3. Gettysburg 86, 4. Lynchburg 114, 5. Susquehanna 154, 6. Messiah 198, 7. Scranton 205, 8. Christopher Newport 230, 9. Salisbury St. 248, 10. Lebanon Valley 264, 11. Bridgewater (Va.) 363, 12. Washington & Lee 367, 13. York (Pa.) 391, 14. Misericordia 402, 15. Howard County (Md.) 403, 16. Marywood 404, 17. Juniata 428, 18. Gallaudet 498, 19. Baptist Bible 530.

Gettysburg Finishers: 2. Jon Catlett 26:51.76, 11. Ray Gephart 27:43.33, 26. Jason Rose 28:41.94, 27. Dan Campion 28:43.26, 29. Ashley Thompson 28:50.67, 36. Jon Wright 29:03.52, 44. Charles Spock 29:21.98, 73. Will Halstead 29:59.33, 81. Dickson Mercer 30:09.98, 82. Aaron Burch 30:12.73, 90. Brian Connelly 30:34.43, 92. Jeff Zarilli 30:39.26, 108. Patrick Murray 31:16.28, 122. Jeff Cumpson 31:59.01, 137. Jeremy Eichhorn 32:49.76, 160. Tim Orr 34:21.49.

Women
Team Scores: 1. Dickinson 41, 2. Gettysburg 77, 3. Messiah 125, 4. Scranton 151, 5. Susquehanna 200, 6. Lebanon Valley 206, 7. Washington & Lee 207, 8. Albright 221, 9. Lynchburg 238, 10. Salisbury St. 285, 11. Christopher Newport 299, 12. York (Pa.) 303, 13. Elizabethtown 350, 14. Misericordia 362, 15. Widener 384, 16. Juniata 429, 17. Gallaudet 463, 18. Immaculata 481, 19. Bridgewater (Va.) 535, 20. King’s 560, 21. Baptist Bible 636, 22. Marywood 665, 23. Howard County (Md.) N/A.

Gettysburg Finishers: 2. Kelly Zuknick 20:06.33, 13. Alexandra Felix 21:05.87, 15. Megan McGolrick 21:06.86, 21. Laura Osmian 21:22.45, 26. Allison Small 21:31.13, 29. Lauren Davis 21:37.50, 32. Melissa Hollman 21:42.01, 44. Stephanie Shull 21:58.82, 53. Kristen Mills 22:09.58, 54. Jaimie Bagatil 22:11.78, 57. Janel Farrell 22:14.47, 79. Abby Jackson 22:42.76, 86. Stephanie Guertin 22:49.07, 95. Angela Hill 23:05.33, 99. Allie Shartle 23:09.23, 102. Jillian Benton 23:14.89, 105. Annalisa DeBacco 23:18.13, 167. Sarah Barnes 25:15.56, 178. Emily Lanning 25:39.89, 207. Colleen Shemeley 27:18.54.

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