Meet Information
Race: Grove City Dual 4K
Location: Grove City, Pa.
Short Story: Barons finish in first, second and third, as they beat Grove City in the dual meet.

Race Highlights
On a wet course in Grove City, the Barons were able to open the season with a win in a tune-up dual meet on Wednesday. Only five Barons ran today with the majority of their team getting prepared for the Fisher Invite at Westminster on Friday. 

Liam Galligan was able to keep up his success, as he took home the 1st place finish with a time of 14:28.9 in the nearly three mile race. Teammate Miguel Daez was second to cross the finish line with a time of 14:45.76. On Daez's heels was George Kaftan who came in third. Sophomore Conal Delaney recorded a top 10 finish with a time of 16:03.90 to place eighth. Mike Sobus rounded out the Franciscan five with an 11th place finish. Grove City had a full roster of 19 athletes running, but Franciscan was able to come out on top with a low team score of 25 points.

Meet Results 
1st Franciscan  (25 pts)
2nd Grove City (31 pts)

Baron Top Finishers (By Overall Place)
1st Liam Galligan        14:28.90
2nd Miguel Daez         14:45.76
3rd George Kaftan       14:46.95
8th Conal Delaney       16:03.90
11th Mike Sobus     16:12.96

Up Next
Franciscan will return to action on Friday at the Fisher Invite hosted by Westminster in New Wilmington, Pa. The Barons come into this meet as the defending champions, as they won this meet in 2019 with a team score of 41 points. Three runners finished in the Top 5 that day, as . Liam Galligan would win and Miguel Daez and Mark Borek placed 4th and 5th respectively.