Meet Information
Race: Tommy Evans Invitational - 5K
Location: Akron, Ohio
Short Story: Lauren Dosch excels in her collegiate debut to lead the Barons in season opener

Race Highlights
Franciscan Men's Cross Country kicked off the season by running on the Silver Creek Cross Country Trails for the Tommy Evans Invitational. This is the same course that the Barons will run for the NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional Championship in November this season.

Friday's field was massive, as there were 189 female runners on the course. Lauren Dosch excelled in her collegiate debut with a 54th place finish. Her time of 19:29.49 was good enough to beat some Division I and II runners, while being one of the fastest Division III runners in this talented field. 

Jessica Campbell and Angelina Toole each placed within the top 100. Teresa Meli was not far behind in 104th. Rachel Hurley rounded out the top five runners for Franciscan in 130th. In total 13 runners got their season underway for Franciscan in this 5K race. 

Baron Top Finishers
54th Lauren Dosch              19:29.49
93rd  Jessica Campbell       20:21.52
99th  Angelina Toole           20:21.52
104th Teresa Meli                20:37.77
130th  Rachel Hurley            21:09.81
154th Beatrice Wear            22:06.75
155th  Anne O'Boyle            22:06.76
171st Eleanor Grosvenor     23:13.76
177th Elizabeth San Miguel   23:56.89
184th Sofia Lawson               25:16.53
185th Eleanor Brooks            25:16.83
186th Emma O'Keefe            25:39.92
187th Fiona McCaig              26:50.38

Up Next
Franciscan will stay busy as they will travel to Bethany next weekend for the Bethany Invite. This will be the first time that the Barons have ran at Bethany since March 6th 2021 in part of the shortened 2020-21 season. This should be a good early test for Franciscan to see where the rank among several other PAC opponents, as it appears that every conference team besides Allegheny is scheduled to be there.

Kelly Roggensack Memorial Races
The Annual Kelly Roggensack Memorial Races will take place for the 16th time in its history, once again kicking off a busy Saturday on Homecoming Weekend. The races will begin at 8 am on October 7th, 2023, with the 1K Kids Fun Run followed by the 5K Run & 3K Walk at 8:20 am. Click here for more info and to signup

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