Meet Information
Race: PAC Preview
Location: Pittsburgh, Pa.
Short Story: The Barons win their third straight meet to start the 2021 season. 

Race Highlights
Franciscan kept up their winning ways, as the Barons won the PAC Preview Meet with 27 team points. Liam Galligan led the way by securing his third individual title of the season with a time of 27:21.25. His time was over a minute and a half faster than the second place runner from Waynesburg. Next to finish for the Barons was junior Miguel Daez who placed third. His time of 29:02.39 was just nine hundredths of a second faster than teammate Danny Donovan who brought home a fourth place finish. Mark Borek would finish strong to place fifth with a time of 29:11.88 in the 8K race. Freshman David Di Nardo was the fifth Franciscan runner to cross, as he placed 14th. That would give the Barons the low team score of 28 points, improving by one point from the Fisher Invite last week.

Meet Results 
1st.  Franciscan (27 pts)
2nd. Grove City (57 pts)
3rd.  Waynesburg (57 pts)
4th.  Chatham (109 pts)
5th.  Westminster (110 pts) 

Baron Top Finishers (By Overall Place) 
1st  Liam Galligan                27:21.25
3rd  Miguel Daez                  29:02.39
4th  Danny Donovan            29:02.48
5th  Mark Borek                   29:11.48
14th David Di Nardo            31:14.85
15th Conal Delaney             31:15.16
16th Nathaniel Tokarsky      31:18.67
19th Ryan Ozymy                31:40.49
21st Aidan Kay                    31:50.40
29th Easton Syvertson         32:31.82
33rd Bryson Ellalasingham   33:16.38
36th Noah Ryan                    33:37.77
49th Joseph Rohde               36:22.27
55th Francis Langley             41:01.23

Up Next
Franciscan will return to action at the National Catholic Championships in South Bend, Indiana next Friday. Franciscan Cross Country has played in this event every year since 2010, with the exception of it being canceled in 2020. It will be a great opportunity for the team to run against athletes from larger Division I and II schools. In 2019 the Barons placed 7th out of 21 schools there, as host Notre Dame would win the team title. Liam Galligan placed 6th overall, as he beat several Division I and II athletes in an impressive showing in the 5K race.