Meet Information
Race: Intra-Regional Rumble 6K
Location: Oberlin, Ohio
Short Story: Claire Walters finishes 2nd in a field of 282 runners, as the Barons place 19th out of 32 teams at Oberlin.

Race Highlights
The Franciscan Women's Cross Country team traveled to Oberlin on a cold and windy Saturday morning to compete in the Intra-Regional Rumble. In a talented field of nearly 300 runners, Claire Walters continues her strong season with a second place finish. She battled back and forth with Hope Murphy from Baldwin Wallace throughout the race, as Walters led for the opening half of the race. She would post a time of 22:06.6 in the 6K race. Rachel Hurley ran a good race to land in 94th, as fellow sophomore Jessica Campbell was a little bit behind her in 132nd. Allison Sommer and Angelina Toole rounded out the top five to give Franciscan 554 points.

John Carroll would win the event with only 70 points, as their top five runners were all within the first 21 to cross the finish line. Saint Vincent had the best finish of the PAC schools competing with an 11th place finish. Geneva placed 12th, Washington & Jefferson 17th, and Chatham placed 24th. Individually, Miranda Cincotta was the closest PAC runner to Walters, as she was 27 seconds behind in 10th.

Baron Top Finishers (By Overall Place)
2nd  Claire Walters            22:06.6
94th  Rachel Hurley            24:21.2
132nd  Jessica Campbell       24:56.9
194th Allison Sommer         26:27.2
214th  Angelina Toole           27:04.3
224th Clara Gross                27:21.7
266th Sofia Lawson            29:40.8

Up Next
Franciscan will now have a couple weeks to prepare for the PAC Championships. Saint Vincent will host the event this year in Latrobe on October 29th at 11:00 a.m. The Barons have not won a conference championship since 2018, but they have had the top runner in each of the last two PAC Championships. Last season the Barons placed second, but the PAC Coaches' expected the Barons to slip to fifth this season from the preseason coaches' poll. It should be a great race to follow with the PAC being as deep of a conference as ever with the addition of Allegheny to the fold.

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