Meet Information
Race: Tommy Evans Invitational - 6K
Location: Akron, Ohio
Short Story: Dominic Young leads the way for the Barons in his collegiate debut.

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.

This was a talented, deep field of 272 runners with Franciscan having eight male runners today. Dominic Young placed 155th to lead the Barons today in this 6K race. Andrew Madigan joined him with times faster than 21 minutes. Seamus Sommers was next to finish with a time of 21:34.51 in his collegiate debut. Nathaniel Tokarsky and Leland Blair rounded out the top five for the Barons today in their season debut. 

Baron Top Finishers
155th Dominic Young             20:41.77
159th Andrew Madigan           20:45.94
215th Seamus Sommers        21:34.51
250th Nathaniel Tokarsky        23:07.70
260th Leland Blair                    24:16.18
269th Judah Monfore               29:07.16
270th Tane Yankson                 32:37.51
271st Kelenna Obi                    33:05.75

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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