After an injury-plagued regular season that often led to struggles putting together a full lineup, Franklin women's cross country got close to whole at the right time.

The Grizzlies punched up to a sixth-place finish at Saturday's HCAC Championships, which were held at Manchester. Franklin has placed sixth in each of the last three years.

Junior Fiona Sodrel led the way for the Griz, earning honorable mention All-HCAC status by finishing 19th with a time of 24:20.90. Sodrel, who was 35th last season, moved up to 18th on the school's career 6-kilometer list and gave Franklin its highest individual finish since Ella Bashor also finished 19th in 2024.

Sophomore Ariana Sheckler placed 30th in 25:23.00, setting a personal best by 57 seconds and moving up nine spots from a year ago. Rounding out the scoring lineup for the Grizzlies were freshman Jaysa Crull (49th in 27:59.40), senior Cailyn Baechle (50th in 28:08.70) and sophomore Alex Mast (51st in 28:33.80).

Kennedee Miles was 57th and CJ Vantine 70th for Franklin.