Meet Information

Race: Mount Union Toy Drive Invite
Location: Alliance, Ohio
Date: December 3, 2022
Short Story: Franciscan Indoor Track & Field claimed a pair of first place finishes in their first event of the season.

Results

Race Highlights for the Women

• Freshman Alana Bradford qualified for the 60m dash finals with a preliminary time of 8.78 seconds. She improved in the finals with a time of 8.67 to finish in seventh. 
• Fellow Freshman Rebecca Bolster placed ninth in the 200 meter dash with a time of 29.60. Bradford was right behind her in 10th.
• Another new face, Clara Symington had a strong day in her collegiate debut. She placed third in the 60m hurdles with a time of 9.88 in the finals. She also placed seventh in the 400m with a time of 1:05.63.
• Jessica Campbell had the best finish of the day for the Barons, as she placed second in the 800m with a time of 2:28.98.
• Bradford also participated in the long jump with a best jump of 4.22 meters to place 11th. 

Race Highlights for the Men

• Five Barons ran in the 200m, as Ryan Ozymy led the way with a time of 23.45 to place seventh. Joseph Rohde was on his heels in eighth with a time of 23.48. Dwayne Gethard placed 12th, Antonio Santoro placed 18th, and Francisco Tona finished 20th.
• David Cappello edged out Ozymy in the 400m to place fourth with a time of 51:15. Ozymy was right behind him with a time of 51.62. 
• Matthew York placed fourth in the 800m with a time of 2:26.22.
• Cappello then placed first in the 1000m with a time of 2:44.68 to beat the field by nearly 30 seconds.
• Nathaniel Tokarsky followed that up with another Franciscan win, this time in the 5000 meter. He ran a time of 17:26.61, and Aidan Kay claimed second with a time of 17:41.53.
• John Sicree then made his collegiate debut in the 60m hurdles. He placed fourth with a time of 9.29 seconds.
• In field events, Aidan Flannery placed tied for fourth with a best jump of 1.77m (5 '9.75"). Nicholas Brass then placed eighth in the shot put with a best throw of 11.36m. Tyson Smith placed 10th in the shot put. 

Up Next
This was the lone meet for this semester, as the team focuses in on finals to finish off the semester strong academically. They will return to competition after the start of next semester. On January 27th and 28th they will compete at Youngstown State in the YSU College Mid Major presented Southwards Health. This will be a good test of many teams throughout the region at a very nice facility. It will be good to get familiar with the venue, as they return there for the PAC Indoor Track & Field Championships in late February.

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