Franciscan Barons Track and Field
Sports Column: The price of victory
By Charles Jardine Assistant Editor As an athlete, many of my coaches have asked me the questions, “How bad do you want it? How much are you willing to sacrifice to win?” In high school when I played rugby, the answer was simple: tackle harder, don’t go down as easily and trust my teammates. This […]
Barons continue record breaking season
By Grace Ostuni Staff Writer The Franciscan University track and field team competed at Youngstown State University’s Mid Major Invitational on Feb. 1-2. The Lady Barons fought hard, with many athletes achieving personal best times. Junior Rebecca Bolster ran the 200m and got a personal best of 27.96 seconds. Her time is the fourth fastest […]
Barons break program records at Kent State meet
By Grace Ostuni Staff Writer On the weekend of Jan. 26, the Franciscan track and field team competed at the Kent State Doug Raymond Invitational. The Barons broke program records in both the men’s and women’s 4×400 meter relays. The women’s relay group was composed of sophomore Rebecca Bolster, junior Jessica Campbell, freshman Lauren Dosch […]
Barons heat up at icy meet
By Madeline Dorobiala Staff Writer The Franciscan track and field team competed at Muskingum University over winter break on Jan. 13. Junior Alexander Blose clutched seventh place, qualifying for finals in the 60-meter dash. Blose achieved a new personal best time of 7.23 seconds, which was placed as the fourth fastest in Franciscan’s indoor track […]
Men’s and women’s indoor track breaks records in conference championship
By Peter Baugher Staff Writer Franciscan University’s men’s and women’s indoor track teams placed fourth and eighth respectively in the President’s Athletics Conference (PAC) Championship on Feb. 24. Senior Miguel Daez won two gold medals in the 3000-meter and 5000-meter run. Daez ran with a time of 8:37.83 in the 3000-meter and a time of […]
Barons Track and Field Breaks more Records
By Peter Baugher Staff Writer Franciscan athletes continued to break records in the Jud Logan “Light Giver” Open at Ashburn College on Saturday, February 5, 2023. On the men’s side, Joseph Rohde broke a university record in the indoor 60-meter dash, previously held by alum Jacob Baugher, with a time of 7.30 seconds, which is […]
Men’s track and field throws down great times against tough competition in first meet
LIAM GALLIGAN SPORTS WRITER As the Lady Barons track team opened its season this past weekend, the Barons men also competed at Youngstown State University in the Mid-Major Invitational. The Baron men competed exceptionally well against Division I and II teams. The future looks bright for Franciscan with the talent that the team possesses this […]