SU Competes at NCAA Northeast Regionals

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The Syracuse cross country team will try and win its fourth-straight NCAA Regional title when it travels to Hammonasset Beach State Park in Madison, Conn. for the NCAA Northeast Regionals on Friday, Nov. 9. The women's race kicks off at noon. Coming off of its third BIG EAST title in four years, the No. 14 men's cross country team will race at 1:15 p.m. The race is hosted by Yale University and Fairfield University. For more information, click here.

Northeast Regional History

For the past three straight seasons, both Syracuse cross country teams have captured the NCAA Northeast Regional title
Syracuse is the only school in the nation to win both the men's and women's regional championships for three straight years.
In 2011, the men and women had a combined five top-10 finishers which secured them their third-straight automatic berth into the NCAA Championships.
Seven Syracuse harriers earned All-Region honors last season. Dupont, Tito Medrano, Joseph Whelan, Sean Keefe and Forrest Misenti represented the men, while Penney, Sarah Pagano and Shaylyn Tuite garnered honors for the women.
Syracuse's regional success began in 2009, when both the men and women's team each won their first Regional titles. The Orange's winning streak continued in 2010 with another Northeast Regional title.
Over the past six years, Syracuse cross country owns top-ten finishes in all NCAA Northeast Regional events. The Orange women have also finished in the top-two in each of the past four seasons.

BIG EAST Champions

On Oct. 26th, the Syracuse men's cross country team won its third BIG EAST Championship title.
It was the third time in four years that the men won the conference title.
Freshman Martin Hehir was the individual BIG EAST Champion, running to a first place finish with a time of 24:37.20.
The men had a program-high six harriers named All-BIG EAST. Hehir was joined by Joseph Whelan, Ryan Urie, Reed Kamyszek, Griff Graves and Robert Molke as SU's All-BIG EAST selections
The women took a sixth place finish in the race
Senior Sarah Pagano led the SU women with a ninth place finish with a time of 21:10.
Pagano was named All-BIG EAST for the third straight-year. It was the second time that a woman was named All-BIG EAST three years in a row. Nana-Sang Bender was named All-BIG EAST in 2006, 2007 and 2008.

SU in the Polls

The Syracuse men's cross country team checked in this week at No. 14
The men have won four races so far: Harry Lang Invitational, the Dartmouth Invitational, the Toledo Bubble Buster and captured the BIG EAST title. They came in 11th at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational.
In the regional rankings, the men are ranked at second in the Northeast Region behind Iona. The women are ranked seventh in the Northeast Region.
The women took first at the Harry Lang Invitational and third at the Dartmouth Invitational. They ran to a fifth place finish in a tough Toledo Bubble Buster race. The women ran to a 22nd place finish at the Wisconsin Meet of Champions and came in sixth at the BIG EAST Championships.

Up Next
The NCAA Championship will be held on Saturday, Nov. 17 in Louisville, Ky.

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