Friday, October 30
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Orange Trio Earn All-ACC honors
10/30/2020 12:11:00 PM | Cross Country
A trio of Syracuse runners earned All-ACC honors for strong performances at Friday's ACC Championship meet.
Senior Amanda Vestri finished second overall to earn All-ACC honors. She posted the highest individual finish for an Orange woman since 2017 when Paige Stoner became the first woman in program history to win an individual cross country conference title.
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Vestri was near the front of the race from start to finish, crossing the line in a time of 20:06.1. She was sitting in third place late in the meet behind two NC State runners, then Vestri' strong kick propelled her past the Wolfpack's Hannah Steelman in the final kilometer to earn a decisive second-place finish.
The Orange women finished 8th as a team. Behind Vesti, Freshman Savannah Roark finished 43rd overall (21:08), sophomore Justus Holden-Betts (21:32.5) took 60th, freshman Reilly Zink (21:42.5) placed 69th and freshman Sarah Connelly (21:58.8) rounded out the Syracuse scoring in 80th overall.
No. 3 NC State earned both the women's team (47 points) and individual title (Dominique Clairmont). The 'Cuse women scored 237 points.
The Orange men posted a sixth-place finish behind All-ACC finishes from Joe Dragon and Matthew Scrape.
Dragon led the way for Syracuse, crossing the finish line 10th overall. He finished in a time of 23:30.0 after a strong final 2k. Scrape was the next runner to cross for the Orange in a time of 23:39.8, which was good for 21st overall. Silas Derfel placed 26th (23:48.7), Nathan Henderson took 30th (23:52.5) and JP Trojan (24:18.4) rounded out the SU scoring in 50th.
No. 6 Notre Dame took the men's team crown led by individual winner Yared Nuguse, with 40 team points. Syracuse scored 135 points.
That concludes the 2020 fall season for the Syracuse men and women's cross country team.
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Senior Amanda Vestri finished second overall to earn All-ACC honors. She posted the highest individual finish for an Orange woman since 2017 when Paige Stoner became the first woman in program history to win an individual cross country conference title.
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Vestri was near the front of the race from start to finish, crossing the line in a time of 20:06.1. She was sitting in third place late in the meet behind two NC State runners, then Vestri' strong kick propelled her past the Wolfpack's Hannah Steelman in the final kilometer to earn a decisive second-place finish.
The Orange women finished 8th as a team. Behind Vesti, Freshman Savannah Roark finished 43rd overall (21:08), sophomore Justus Holden-Betts (21:32.5) took 60th, freshman Reilly Zink (21:42.5) placed 69th and freshman Sarah Connelly (21:58.8) rounded out the Syracuse scoring in 80th overall.
No. 3 NC State earned both the women's team (47 points) and individual title (Dominique Clairmont). The 'Cuse women scored 237 points.
The Orange men posted a sixth-place finish behind All-ACC finishes from Joe Dragon and Matthew Scrape.
Dragon led the way for Syracuse, crossing the finish line 10th overall. He finished in a time of 23:30.0 after a strong final 2k. Scrape was the next runner to cross for the Orange in a time of 23:39.8, which was good for 21st overall. Silas Derfel placed 26th (23:48.7), Nathan Henderson took 30th (23:52.5) and JP Trojan (24:18.4) rounded out the SU scoring in 50th.
No. 6 Notre Dame took the men's team crown led by individual winner Yared Nuguse, with 40 team points. Syracuse scored 135 points.
That concludes the 2020 fall season for the Syracuse men and women's cross country team.
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