Meet Information
Race: Bethany Invite - 6K
Location: Bethany, W.Va.
Short Story: With Five Runners placing in the Top 10, the Barons win their second meet of the season.

Results 

Race Highlights
Franciscan Women's Cross Country picked up right where they left off, as they won the Bethany Invite on Saturday morning. This is the second meet that they have won this season, after they won the Fisher Invite over Labor Day weekend. The Barons have not won two meets in a season since 2018, when they won the Franciscan Invitational and the AMCC Championship.

Teresa Meli led the way for the Barons with her second-place finish on the 6K course. Her time was over 45 seconds faster than her PR time that she set at the last meet of 2024. Freshman Mary Worden was right behind her in third, as she did not seem bothered by the extra kilometer in this race versus the Fisher Invite. Emily Maag and Francesca Rivers finished back-to-back in fourth and fifth, as the Barons continued their dominant showing. Madison Gallagher rounded out the top five finishers for the Barons with a ninth-place finish. 

That resulted in 23 points, as Franciscan was 18 points clear of Saint Vincent in second. Five PAC schools were in attendance, as well as a handful of NCAA Division II schools. 

Baron Top Finishers
2nd Teresa Meli                       23:51.8
3rd Mary Worden                     23:57.3
4th  Emily Maag                       24:02.3
5th  Francesca Rivers              24:03.6
9th Madison Gallagher             24:53.5
17th  Anne O'Boyle                  25:18.7
18th Ava Huck                          25:19.5
22nd Clara Gross                     25:29.2
26th Grace Sheets                   25:35.0
28th Katherine Ptak                 25:53.2
29th Anna Steimle                    25:58.1
31st Meredith Tentor                 26:16.9
32nd Annie Seida                      26:29.0
34th Margaret Delaney             26:45.7
40th Mary Kennedy                   27:26.9
41st MaryElizabeth Savage      27:28.1
43rd Gianna Earl                       27:36.5
44th Rachel Descamps            27:38.7
49th Mary Grace Gauntner        27:53.1
51st Madeline Kramer              28:09.1
53rd Isabella Barnett                28:36.6
58th Maria Eusebio                   28:57.8
61st Eleanor Grosvenor           29:13.6
62nd Veronica Much                29:45.0
63rd Sofia Lawson                    29:55.3
64th Jazlyn Ortiz                      29:56.0
70th Bernadette Kerner            30:29.7
71st Faith Foppe                      30:36.0
73rd Elizabeth San Miguel        31:05.7

Up Next
Franciscan will remain busy, as they head to the All-Ohio Championship at Cedarville on Friday. This will be a great early-season look at where the Barons rank among several of the best teams in the Great Lakes Region. Last season, they placed 6th out of 25 teams, fourth among all the Division III teams in attendance. Lauren Dosch and Claire Walters led the way by placing in the Top 20.

Kelly Roggensack Memorial Races
The Annual Kelly Roggensack Memorial Races will take place for the 18th time in its history, once again kicking off a busy Saturday on Homecoming Weekend. The races will begin at 8 am on September 27th, 2025, with the 1K Kids Fun Run followed by the 5K Run & 3K Walk at 8:20 am. Click here for more info and signup

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