Syracuse cross-country: Orange head to ACC Championships this morning

First ACC Championship of 24-25

The Syracuse Orange cross-country team will be the first to compete for an ACC Championship this year. The meet is this morning in Cary, NC with the men’s 8k at 9:30 and women’s 5k at 10:30 on the ACC Network.

Both Orange teams come into today’s meet ranked- the men are 22nd and the women 23rd this week. Today’s races are going to be loaded and for the first time in a while there are 4-5 teams who could win on the men’s side. #6 Notre Dame, #7 UNC, #10 Stanford, #19 Wake Forest and the Orange all head into today with an opportunity to take the title. Syracuse showed a strong group among their top 5 runners but the Orange have to get closer to the leaders if they want to win their 7th ACC title. Sam Lawler was 10th last year and he’s the top Syracuse returner.

On the women’s side, #5 Notre Dame, #10 NC State, #13 Florida State, #15 Stanford, #19 UNC, #21 Virginia, and Syracuse give the conference seven top-25 squads. NC State is looking to win their 9th consecutive ACC title while the Orange will be happy if they can match last year’s 4th place finish. Savannah Roark finished 9th last year and is Syracuse’s top returner.

We’ll have a full recap after today’s races.