Orange Wins NCAA Northeast Regional

Friday, November 14

Bronx, NY

Noon

Syracuse University

NCAA Northeast Regional

11/14/2014 2:14:00 PM | Cross Country

Men take first, women fourth at NCAA Regional meet

The No. 3 Syracuse men's cross country team won its fifth NCAA Northeast Regional Championship in six seasons on Friday, despite resting a pair of its top runners for next weekend's NCAA Championships.

Without Max Straneva and Justyn Knight – who were the Orange's second and third runners at the ACC Championship – the Orange racked up 45 points in its first race at the 10k distance this season.

Results: Men's | Women's

Junior Martin Hehir once again led the Orange, cruising to a 6th-place finish overall (30:36.12), with teammates Joel Hubbard (7th/30:36.73), Dan Lennon (8th/30:38.07) and MJ Erb (9th/30:38.41) right on his heels. Colin Bennie rounded out the Syracuse scoring with a 15th-place finish (30:43.68).

No. 19 Providence took second with 44 points and No. 5 Iona finished third with 60 points.

The No. 22 Syracuse women took fourth overall, with junior Margo Malone once again leading the way for the Orange.

Malone completed the 6k course in 20:19.57, which was good for fifth place. Maura Linde (21:02.48/25th), Jessie Petersen (21:03.90/26th), Rebecca Skodis (21:22.22/41st) and Sydney Leiher (21:35.04/57th) rounded out the 'Cuse scoring.

No. 17 Iona (91 points) won the women's title, with Providence (128) and No. 22 Dartmouth (136) finishing in second and third respectively.

Next up for the Orange will be the NCAA Championships in Terre Haute, Indiana on Saturday, Nov. 22. The men's team earned an automatic berth from winning the Northeast Region, while the women earned an at-large bid from aggregate points earned throughout the season coupled with the fourth place finish in the Northeast Region.