Orange Primed for NCAA Pre-Nats

The biggest regular season meet of the year awaits the Syracuse cross country teams this weekend, when the Orange head to Madison, Wisconsin for the NCAA Pre-Nationals meet.

About the Meet

There are three different races for both men and women: Cardinal race (seeded), White Race (seeded), and Gray Race (unseeded). The two seeded races were split evenly from a competition standpoint by an independent seeding committee. Each seeded race features 35 teams of seven competitors.
The women's races are 6ks while the men's are 8ks.
The meet begins at 10 a.m. with the women's Cardinal Race
The men's team will be running in the "white race" at 12:15 p.m. against eight ranked opponents, highlighted by No. 2 BYU, No. 4 Portland, No. 8 Syracuse, and No. 10 Air Force
The women's team will run the "cardinal race," with 10 ranked competitors, including No. 1 Colorado, No. 4 Oregon, No. 7 Arkansas, and No. 9 BYU.

Following Along

The races will be broadcast live on FloTrack: WATCH
Live results are available through Wisconsin's website: LIVE RESULTS
Twitter updates will be available on @CuseXCTF.

Last Time at Wisconsin

The men placed third with 151 points last October in Madison at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational; The women placed 18th with 488 points
Former Orange star Justyn Knight won the race with a 23:38.5 finish becoming only the second runner in the race's history to win multiple individual championships.
Aidan Tooker had his best performance to date with his first major meet top-10 finish, crossing the line at 23:53.2 to place 10th. Colin Bennie finished 14^th, Philo Germano finished 31^st, and Joe Dragon finished 95^th
Paige Stoner led the way for the women, finishing 24th at 20:16.6. Shannon Malone finished at 20:36.3, good for 46th place. Rachel Bonner (92nd), Madeleine Davison (123rd), and Eva Scott (203rd) rounded out Cuse's scoring

Last Time Out

The men won the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown on September 21 with four top-10 finishers; the women came in ninth place.
Aidan Tooker led the men with his second place finish with a time of 24:02.5. Noah Affolder took fifth place (24:10.1), Kevin James finished in eighth place (24:16.4), and Joe Dragon crossed the line in ninth place (24:17.3).
The men finished with 37 points.
Madeline Davidson helped the women secure a top-10 finish with her 17:40.6 time, good for 20^th place. Rachel Bonner was just behind her at 22^nd (17:48.8).
The women finished with 242 points.

Ranking the Orange

The Syracuse men are ranked in the USTFCCCA poll for the 63rd-straight week, dating back to week seven of the 2011 season.
'Cuse has been ranked in the top-10 in 42 of the last 43 polls.
The Orange men check in at No. 8 in this week's poll, making them once again the ACC's highest ranked squad.