Orange Set for NCAA Championships

This weekend, the Syracuse cross country teams head to Madison, Wisconsin for the NCAA Championships.

About the Meet

Action will start at 10:45 a.m. Saturday, November 17 with the women's 6k, with Shannon Malone set to represent the Orange.
The men are running a 10k, their second race of the season at this distance, at 11:45 a.m.
The race is hosted by the University of Wisconsin at Thomas Zimmer Championship Course.

Orange History at NCAA Championships

The Syracuse men's team has won two national championships (2015 and 1951).
The Orange have finished in the top 5 at the championships 11 times; 3^rd place in 2016, 1^st in 2015, 5^th in 2014, 4^th in 1957, 2^nd in 1954, 3^rd in 1953, 4^th in 1952, 1^st in 1941, 2^nd in 1949, 3^rd in 1948, and 2^nd in 1947.
Their best finish came in 2010 at 10^th place.
Malone is looking to be the second-straight Orange All-American, after Paige Stoner finished 17^th last season. Stoner was the top finisher in women's program history at the national meet.

Last Time at Championships

Last season, Justyn Knight delivered Syracuse's first ever individual NCAA Championship in program history. He finished with a time of 29:00.1.
The men's team finished 13^th with a total of 406 points. The women's team finished 26^th with 582 points.
Paige Stoner crossed the finish line in 17^th place with a 19:52.0 time, good for the SU women's cross country's highest individual finish ever at the NCAA championships.
Other than Knight, four other men's runners placed; Colin Bennie (56^th/30:15.3), Aidan Tooker (109^th/30:49.4), Philo Germano (142^nd/31:04.0), and Joe Dragon (174^th/31:22.3). Dominic Hockenburry (31:36.3) and Iliass Aouani (32:31.3) also ran for the Orange.
For the women,
Rachel Bonner (21:32.8/196th), Eva Scott (22:27.3/242nd), Chelsie Pennello (243rd/22:28.1) and Maggie Toczko (249th/22:55.2) rounded out the Orange women competitors.

Last Time at Course

The cross country team competed at the Thomas Zimmer Championship Course in Madison earlier this season at the NCAA Pre-Nationals on October 13^th.
The men finished in 3^rd place while the women finished in 8^th.
For the men, Aidan Tooker led the way with a second place finish at a 23:54.84 time, just ).3 seconds behind winner BYU's Rory Linkletter.
Noah Affolder (35^th/24:26.0), Iliass Aouani (43^rd/24:31.8), Simon Smith (56^th/24:43.6), and Joe Dragon (59^th/24:45.6) all scored for the Orange. Kevin James (25:00.5) and Dominic Hockenburry (25:16.6) also ran for the men.
Laura Dickinson led the way for the women in her collegiate cross country debut (29^th/20:52.2). Rachel Bonner (33^rd/20:55.7), Madeline Davidson (46^th/21:11.7), Mary Malone (48^th/21:11.9), and Abigail Spiers 113rd/21:40.4) were the other runners for the women.

Last Time Out

The Orange run at the NCAA Northeast Regionals on November 9^th, successfully qualifying for the NCAA Championships.
The men took first place with 79 points. Aidan Tooker led the way finishing in 6^th place at 32:56.4.
The women finished 6^th overall with 155 points. Shannon Malone won the individual race at 21:27.7, qualifying her for the NCAA championships.