Meet Information
Race: PAC Championship 8K
Location: Gibsonia, Pa. - Chatham University
Short Story: Franciscan has runners finish 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 6th to win the PAC Championship with a record team score of 16 points.

Race Highlights
Franciscan Men's Cross Country won their second PAC Championship in back to back fashion on Saturday morning. The Barons have now won four straight conference championships with AMCC titles in 2018 and 2019. 

Liam Galligan led they way once again by winning the 8K race in a time of 26:26.77 on the cold wet morning. Next to finish in second place was Miguel Daez. He was a little over 40 seconds behind Galligan with a time of 27:07.70. The Barons kept up their strong finishes with Mark Borek in 3rd with a time of 27:19.56. Not too far behind him was another teammate, George Kaftan, as the Barons would have the first four runners to finish. 

Saint Vincent sophomore, Tim Patterson, broke up the Franciscan run with a 5th place finish, but then another Franciscan runner, Danny Donovan came through in 6th. That clinched the title for Franciscan with a PAC record 16 points, only one point shy of the best finish mathematically possible. The rest of the Franciscan lineup finished strong as well. Conal Delaney placed 8th, and he was the best finishing freshman in the field. David Di Nardo came in 24th in the 99 man field. 

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Baron Top Finishers (By Overall Place)   
1st   Liam Galligan                26:26.77
2nd  Miguel Daez                 27:07.70
3rd  Mark Borek                   27:19.56
4th  George Kaftan               27:32.22
6th   Danny Donovan           27:51.45                        
8th  Conal Delaney             28:14.82
24th David Di Nardo            29:49.52
32nd Mike Sobus                30:16.01
33rd Aidan Kay                    30:17.37
39th Easton Syvertson        30:32.07
41st Ryan Ozymy                30:38.82
59th Bryson Ellalasingham    32:03.30
73rd Noah Ryan                    33:18.19
74th Joseph Rohde                33:20.70
75th Francis Langley              33:25.13

Up Next
Franciscan now has two weeks to prepare for the NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional Meet on November 13th. The meet will be held in Shelbyville, Indiana. This will be Franciscan's first time competing in the Great Lakes Region, as the NCAA shifted from eight regions to ten regions over the summer. The Barons are currently ranked 6th in the Great Lakes Region. Franciscan will be looking to earn their way to the NCAA Championship through this talented 43 team region. 

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