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Mens' Cross Country 2014 ACC Champions

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Syracuse's men's cross-country captures second consecutive ACC championship; women's team places eighth:
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Syracuse men’s cross-country captures 2nd consecutive ACC championship; Orange women’s team place 8th

By Sam FortierContributing Writer
19 minutes ago

The Syracuse men’s cross-country team won its second consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference championship and its fifth in the last six years, at Panorma Farms in Charlottesville, Virginia on Friday. The Orange totaled 32 points, nearly three times better than runner-up North Carolina State, which finished with 90. The women’s team finished eighth overall with 162 points.
Syracuse junior Martin Hehir was the top overall finisher with a time of 23:15.2 in the 8K as the SU men’s team put five runners in the top 11 spots.
“They got out aggressively and stayed in the front,” SU head coach Chris Fox said. “They let the race come to them. They raced really smart.”
The victory gives the Syracuse men’s team a great shot at qualifying for the NCAA championships, but first the Orange competes in the NCAA Northeast Regionals in the Bronx, New York on Nov. 14.
After Hehir came senior Max Straneva in third place, followed by freshman Justyn Knight in eighth, sophomore Joel Hubbard in ninth and sophomore MJ Erb finished 11th.
Syracuse dominated throughout the race as, midway through at the 4K mark, six of the top nine runners were from SU, which included all of the top three slots.
Syracuse’s team total of 32 points is the best score for any ACCmen’s team since Virginia put up the same score in 2007.
Margo Malone paced all runners on the SU women’s team with a third-place overall finish, clocking in at 20:01.6 in the 6K.
“They had a really, really bad day,” Fox said of SU’s women’s team. “They’ll have to run decently at regionals to make the NCAA tournament.”
The top five finishers for the women were Malone, senior Jessie Petersen at No. 20, junior Maura Linde coming in 40th, sophomore Rebecca Skodis finishing 49th, and senior Haley Cutright at No. 50.
Sophomore Sydney Leiher, competing as the third runner on the SU team, finished seventh for Syracuse and 79th overall.
“Sometimes the star basketball player shoots 2-for-15, sometimes he shoots 11-for-15,” Fox said. “It was a bad day. They’ll re-group. They’ll make nationals.”
 
21 seconds between 1st and 5th runners. That's awesome. We have a great chance to go for the NC with that gap.

Unfortunately not a great chance this year, but look out next year. Colorado is in a class of its own right now. They went 4-8 at Pac 12 to destroy Oregon and are the clear favorites.

However, SU has a chance of finishing top 4/5 if they run a smart race and not try to stay with the Buffs. The depth of the Orange can help them, but Colorado, Oregon, and even Iona look like they will be tough to beat at NCAA's.

Hehir has now won both BE and ACC titles...just awesome.
 
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Orange Closes Gap in Coaches Poll
'Cuse remains at No. 3
11/4/2014 3:03:00 PM
After winning its second-straight ACC Title on Friday, the Syracuse cross country team remains third in the USTFCCCA rankings, but it narrowed the gap.

LINKS: COMPLETE RANKINGS

The Orange, who had 336 points in this week's poll, sit just one point behind No. 2 Oregon. Colorado remains as a unanimous No. 1.

The Orange put eight runners inside of the top-19 at the ACC Championships, en route to winning the team's fourth conference title in the last five years.

Martin Hehir won the individual crown, with Max Straneva also medaling in third place.

The Orange women rank 22nd in this week's poll after an eighth place finish at the ACC Championships.

Margo Malone led the Orange by getting on the podium with a third place finish.

The Orange will have this weekend off before competing in the NCAA Northeast Regionals on Nov. 14.
 

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