Northeast Region Champs!

Friday, November 13

Chestnut Hill, Mass.

Noon

Syracuse University

NCAA Northeast Regional

11/13/2015 1:48:00 PM | Cross Country

Men win, women take second at NCAA Northeast Regional

Both the No. 2 men's and No. 19 women's cross country teams easily qualified for next week's NCAA Cross Country Championship behind the men's third-straight NCAA Northeast Regional Championship, while the women took second.

The men cruised to a victory on the Franklin Park course in Boston, Mass., which was the site of the program's first regional title in 2009, by placing seven runners in the top-19 and collecting 29 points.

The Orange swept the podium with Justyn Knight winning the individual title in 30:29.5, with teammates Colin Bennie and Martin Hehir on his heels in second and third respectively.

Joel Hubbard (11th/30:51.2) and Dan Lennon (12th/30:51.6) rounded out the Orange scoring, with Philo Germano (15th) and Shawn Wilson (19th) also earning USTFCCCA All-Northeast Region honors by finishing in the top-25.

On the women's side, the team collected 94 points and improved its finish two spots from last year's fourth-place finish. Margo Malone led the way once again for the Orange, taking eighth overall in a time of 20:49.0, 24 seconds behind Dana Giordano of Dartmouth, who won the race.

Syracuse placed three other runners in the top-20, with Shaylyn Tuite (12th/21:02), Sydney Leiher (21:06/15th) and Cassia Hameline (20th/21:16) following closely behind Malone and earning All-Northeast Region accolades for their performance (top-25).

Rebecca Skodis rounded out the scoring for the Orange after taking 37th overall in a time of 21:44.

Next up, Syracuse will take on the NCAA Championship in Louisville, Kentucky on Saturday, Nov. 21.