Championship Weekend is Here

Thursday, February 27

South Bend, Ind.

TBA

Syracuse University

ACC Championships

2/26/2020 4:25:00 PM | Track and Field

Syracuse heads to South Bend, Indiana for the ACC Indoor championship this weekend, hosted by Notre Dame.

Meet Info

Action kicks off Friday at 3:30PM and resumes Saturday at 11:00AM.
Live Results are available here: Meet Results
The meet will be held at the Loftus Sports Center in Notre Dame, Indiana.
The meet will be televised Friday and Saturday and you can find the links here: WATCH
The meet schedule can be found here: Events Schedule

Syracuse in the ACC Championships

'Cuse has one team ACC track title under its belt, the Orange men won the 2016 ACC Indoor Track of Field Championship. Of course, a number of the Orange track team have cross country titles under their belt, with SU winning six of the last-seven ACC Championships in XC.
Individually, SU boasts six individuals who earned individual ACC titles previously in the six ACC indoor championships they've raced in. Most recently, Paige Stoner won a conference title in 2019.

Men's Meet Breakdown

Chris Tucker will be the lone Syracuse man in the 60-meter dash, where the winner of each four heats plus the next four fastest times advance. Miami's Raheem Chambers is the event's favorite, with a seed time of 6.57, three tenths ahead of Tucker.
Jordan Davenport will be running the 200m and trying to snag a top 8 time to advance. His seed time of 21.82 has him ranked 17th. Clemson's Marcus Parker (20.70) is the top seed.
Nathan Henderson is the top ranked 'Cuse runner of any event. He's the No. 4 overall seed in the mile with a time of 4:00.52. Steve Schulz and Joeseph Eovaldi look to grab qualifying times as well in the event.
Joe Dragon will lead a group set to double in the 3k/5k and has a top-six seed time in each. He's seeded fifth in the 5k and sixth in the 3k. Redshirt-freshmen Nathan Lawler (8^th/6^th), Matthew Scrape (11^th/9^th) and Noah Beveridge (24^th/17^th) are also competing in both races with strong seed times.
Dominic Hockenbury will join the doublers in the 5k, seeded 24th.
Junior Tyler Garland, Sophomore Jamil Adams, Freshman Naseem Smith and Junior Andrew Aguilara look to qualify for the finals as they all run the 60-meter hurdles. Garland is the ninth overall seed , followed closely by Adams (10), Smith (12) and Aguilera (18).

Women's Meet Breakdown:

Aja Davis races in the 60-meter dash, she enters the meet ranked 11th on seed time (7.43). Florida State's Jayla Kirkland (7.17) has the top seed.
Dasia Pressley, Dennisha Page, and Aja Davis race the 200-meter dash and look to qualify for the final. All three are in different heats and the top eight times qualify for the final. Pressley is the highest-ranked competitor with the 13th-best time in the league this season. FSU's Ka'Tia Seymour is No. 1 with a mark of 23.20 seconds.
Freshman Kate Kemnitz will race in the mile in her first ACC Championships.
Annie Heffernan and Justus Holden-Betts are running the 3000-meters on Saturday.
Annie Heffernan is also taking on the 5,000-meters along with Sophomore Abigail Spiers and Freshman Emily Nugent. Heffernan has the 12th best seed time in the 5k at 16:34.31.
Shaleah Colaire is running the 60-meter hurdles in her first conference meet.