BETHANY, WV – The Franciscan men's and women's track and field teams had an impressive showing at the Bethany Invitational with five All-Ohio championship marks, last Saturday.

Compete Meet Results
 
The men's team finished ninth out of 14 teams with 45 points while the Lady Barons took 11^th with 13 points.
 
Sophomore Liam Galligan posted a pair of wins on the day as he took first in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:57.49 and won the 5,000-meter run with a time of 15:37.77. Both times earned Galligan a spot in the All-Ohio championship meet.
 
Joining Galligan in the top-10 of the 800-meter run was sophomores Austen Duggan and Mark Borek, and senior Nick Long. Duggan took seventh overall at 2:02.67 and Borek came in ninth at 2:04.31. Long rounded out the top-10 at 10^th overall with a personal-best time of 2:04.37.
 
Long also posted a first-place finish as he won the 3,000-meter steeplechase with an All-Ohio championship qualifying time of 9:58.78.
 
In the 200-meter dash, sophomore James Craig took eighth overall and qualified for the All-Ohio championships as he crossed the finish line at 23.24.
 
Senior Grady Stuckman won the 10,000-meter run as he finished with a personal-best time of 33:49.50.
 
Sophomore Sean Growe took 10^th overall with a personal best throw of 13.43 meters (44' 0.75') in the shot put.
 
On the women's side, freshman Allison Bryant picked up a pair of All-Ohio qualifiers. Bryant took second overall in the 5,000-meter run as she finished with a personal-best time of 19:10.67. The freshman finished seventh in the 1,500-meter run as she crossed the line at 5:03.86 for another personal best.
 
Freshman Claire Dawyot and Ashlin LaFond rounded out the individual top-10 finishes for the Lady Barons as they took eighth and 10^th, respectively. Dawyot finished eighth with a personal-best outdoor time of 2:30.45 and LaFond took 10^th with a time of 2:34.85.
 
The 4x400-meter relay team of Dawyot, LaFond, Elizabeth Atkins and Bryant took seventh in the relay with a time of 4:33.20.
 
The teams will get back on the track next Saturday as they travel to Alliance, OH for the John Homon Open, hosted by University of Mount Union.