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ACC Delivers Strong Showing at NCAA XC Regionals
GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – The NC State women, Florida State women and Virginia men each claimed NCAA Division I Cross Country Regional championships on Friday and earned automatic berths to the upcoming NCAA Championships.
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SYRACUSE MEN
BUFFALO, N.Y. – The No. 18 Syracuse men took a somewhat unique path to earning their automatic NCAA bid.
With adverse course conditions, the NCAA Northeast Regional was raced on area streets around the University at Buffalo on Friday morning. With the Orange men trailing for much of the race, a strong final 4k moved 'Cuse up into qualifying position finishing second to earn one of the region's two automatic bids to the NCAA Championship.
Joe Dragon was the top 'Cuse runner, moving up seven spots over the final 2k to take sixth overall (28:59.6). Nathan Henderson also turned in a top-10 performance, placing 10th in 29:03.06. Nathan Lawler (21st/29:21.1) and Kevin James (22nd/29:21.6) also earned USTFCCCA All-Northeast Region honors with Dragon and Henderson for their races. Dominic Hockenbury rounded out the Orange scoring with a 27th-place finish in 29:32.4.
Harvard won the region with 59 points, besting the Orange's 86. 'Cuse came out ahead of No. 8 Iona (96 points) for the final automatic spot out of the region.
