ACC XC Championships

Syracuse Men And Virginia Women Win ACC

Syracuse Men And Virginia Women Win ACC

Oct 30, 2015 by Gordon Mack
Syracuse Men And Virginia Women Win ACC




FULL RESULTS

MEN: The No. 2 Syracuse men dominated the ACC for the third year in a row, going 2-4-5 and winning 46-95 over No. 14 NC State. Justyn Knight, Colin Bennie, and Martin Hehir led the way for the Orange. 

Hehir was going for his third conference title in two conferences--he's the defending ACC Champion and won the Big East as a freshman. But it was Knight and Virginia Tech's Thomas Curtin that duked it out after breaking away from the pack with a half mile to go. Knight made the first move on the straight-away, but Curtin stayed glued to his shoulder and powered away for a 1.3-second win in 23:23. It's Curtin's first cross country conference title after finishing second in cross two years ago and winning four conference titles on the track.

Behind Syracuse and NC State, No. 7 Virginia was third with 115 points and No. 25 Virginia Tech was fourth with 120.


WOMEN: Notre Dame's Molly Seidel and Anna Rohrer went 1-2 to become the first duo from the same team to do so in the ACC since Duke's Shannon Rowbury and Clara Horowitz did it in 2005. But it was No. 6 Virginia who pulled out a four-point win over No. 9 NC State.  The performance was Virginia's first conference title since 1982, the same year the Cavalier women also won the NCAA Championship.  Cleo Boyd's fourth-place finish and Iona Lake's 10th-place finish led the way for UVA, while Ryen Frazier and Rachel Koon were fourth and sixth for NC State. 

Seidel, the upset 10K National Champion, opened up a gap just past halfway and was never challenged, winning easily in 19:36.  Rohrer was thirty-two seconds behind, and no other woman finished within forty seconds.  The No. 20 Notre Dame squad took third with 95 points.