GALLIGAN, WILLIAMS LEAD FRANCISCAN WOMEN AT NOTRE DAME

Franciscan University freshmen Grace Galligan and Bernadette Williams led the Franciscan women's cross country team at the National Catholic Cross Country Meet, hosted by the University of Notre Dame, Friday afternoon.

Galligan took home 55^th place out of 216 runners in South Bend with an impressive time of 19:42.4 in the first 5K race of the year. Williams was not far behind as she captured 79^th place with a time of 20:07.2.

Junior Angela Penza was the third Franciscan runner to cross the line at 21:17.2 just .2 ahead of freshman Rose McGrath who took 130^th at 21:17.4.

Senior Lauren Schubliske took fifth for the Lady Barons at 23:07.8. Senior Jennifer Sullivan (23:12.9) and junior Allison Krall (23:29.7) rounded out the scoring runners for Franciscan.

As a team, the Lady Barons took 18^th out of 30 teams in the college division, and was the only AMCC team to compete in South Bend.