Meet Information
Race: PAC Championship - 6K
Location: Greenville, Pa. - Thiel College
Short Story: The Barons battle in a close field to place 6th at the PAC Championship

Race Highlights
Franciscan Women's Cross Country made the trip north to Thiel for the 2023 PAC Championship on Saturday. The Barons would meet expectations from the Preseason Coaches' Poll as they placed 6th out of 11 teams.

Lauren Dosch continued her excellent freshman season with a sixth place finish in this field of 107 runners. She cut nearly 20 seconds off her previous best collegiate time for a 6K race which was from earlier this season on the same course. Jessica Campbell would be next to finish with an 18th place finish at just under 24 minutes. Rachel Hurley would not be too far behind her in 24th with a time of 24:12.16. Clara Gross would set a new personal record time, as she posted a time of 25:16.25. That time would be over 50 seconds faster than her previous best. Teresa Meli also shattered her personal best time with a 25:19.90 to be the fifth finisher for Franciscan. 

The Barons would be one of six teams to have five finishers in the top 40, as it would be a very close team score breakdown. The Barons had 118 points to place sixth. Grove City took the Championship with 61 points, and the defending champions, Allegheny fell six points shy in second. 

Baron Top Finishers
6th  Lauren Dosch                  23:16.93
18th   Jessica Campbell          23:58.48
24th   Rachel Hurley                24:12.16
36th Clara Gross                     25:16.25
38th Teresa Meli                      25:19.90
41st  Anne O'Boyle                  25:33.98
46th Annie Seida                    25:49.71
48th  Angelina Toole                26:04.30
62nd Eleanor Grosvenor         26:46.43
63rd Elizabeth San Miguel      26:48.77
86th MaryKate McCusker        28:25.54
87th Sofia Lawson                    28:27.90
91st Fiona McCaig                   29:55.43
96th Eleanor Brooks                31:02.08
97th Kendra Antol                    32:10.27

Up Next
Franciscan will now prepare for the NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional Meet on November 11th. This will be another return trip, as it will be ran at the same course that the Barons opened the season at for the Tommy Evans Invitational. The Barons will make the trip to Norton, Ohio, which will be their closest trip for a NCAA Regional Meet since 2011 when Oberlin hosted. The Men are slated to start at 11 am with the Women to follow at noon.

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