Meet Information
Race: Tomcat Rumble - 8K
Location: Greenville, Pa.
Short Story: Conal Delaney led the way with a new personal-best time to lead the Barons to their best team finish of the season. 

Race Highlights
Franciscan Men's Cross Country made their first of two trips to Thiel this season on Friday evening. This would serve as a preview to the same course that they will run the PAC Championship on next month. Seven PAC schools would be in attendance, as Franciscan would place third overall for their best team finish of the season.

Conal Delaney led the way for the Barons with a fifth place finish in the 8K race. His time of 28:15.85 was the fastest by a Baron all season, as well as a new personal-best time for him in his collegiate career. Seamus Sommers kept up the run of new personal-best times, as he placed ninth while breaking the 29 minute mark.

Andrew Madigan placed just outside the top 10, in 11th with a time of 28:55.33. Fourth to finish for the Barons was Anthony Pucillo. He made his collegiate debut with a time of 29:39.14 to place 18th. Rounding out the top five for Franciscan was Nathaniel Tokarsky in 25th. That would give Franciscan 68 team points to place third. Saint Vincent had just 56 points to win the event. 

Baron Top Finishers
5th  Conal Delaney              28:15.85        
9th  Seamus Sommers        28:53.10
11th  Andrew Madigan         28:55.33  
18th Anthony Pucillo             29:39.14
25th Nathaniel Tokarsky       30:46.11
31st Leland Blair                   31:43.59 
32nd Eduardo Torres            31:59.53
46th Dominic Young             33:13.22
48th Thomas Dittmer            33:41.45
60th Kelenna Obi                  40:28.91

Up Next
Franciscan will now prepare for their last regular season meet which will be on October 13th. They will travel to Wilmington for the Jenna Strong Fall Classic. This will be their first trip to Wilmington in program history. There should be a talented field with many of the top teams from Ohio and the Great Lakes Region present. 

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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