'Cuse XC Set for Busy Weekend

Friday, October 15

University Park, PA

10:45 AM

Syracuse University

PSU National Open

10/14/2021 8:38:00 PM | Cross Country

Syracuse races in Wisconsin and at Penn State on Friday

Syracuse heads to a pair of meets this weekend, as some members of the squad head to Wisconsin, while others compete in the Penn State National.

NUTTYCOMBE WISCONSIN INVITATIONAL INFORMATION:
Start Time: 1:20 p.m.
Watch: Here
Distance: W – 6K / M – 8K
Live Results: Here

ABOUT THIS MEET:
The Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational features a pair of loaded fields as always. One of the nation's premier meets, a combined 32 ranked teams between the men's and women's races will compete this weekend.

Syracuse has had success at the meet previously. The Orange men won the 2009, 2014 and 2015 team titles, while the 'Cuse women won the race in 2010. Justyn Knight also owns a pair of individual wins, winning the men's 'A' race in both 2016 and 2017.

RANKED COMPETITION
17 of the nation's top-30 teams will race in the women's race.

No. 1 NC State, No. 2 BYU, No. 3 New Mexico, No. 6 Minnesota, No. 7 Washington, No. 9 Stanford, No. 13 Oklahoma State, No. 17 Michigan State, No. 18 Portland, No. 19 Providence, No. 20 Villanova, No. 21 Colorado State, No. 22 Iowa State, No. 23 Notre Dame, No. 26 UConn, No. 28 Furman and No. 30 Oregon State are all competing.

Half of the top-30 on the men's poll will race on Friday.

No. 3 Stanford, No. 4 Oklahoma State, No. 6 Iowa State, No. 9 Oregon, No. 10 Furman, No. 12 Tulsa, No. 14 Iona, No. 15 Michigan, No. 16 Butler, No. 19 Gonzaga, No. 21 Southern Utah, No. 26 Portland, No. 27 Syracuse, t-No. 30 Air Force and t-No. 30 Purdue

ORANGE ENTRIES
Seven runners will toe the line for each team. The Orange men will have seven race from the following nine entered runners: Noah Beveridge, Alex Comerford, Silas Derfel, Joe Dragon, Nathan Henderson, Matthew Scrape, Brody Smith, Aidan Tooker and JP Trojan.

The Orange women will run seven from the following eight entries: Holly Bent, Annie Boos, Sage Brooks, Sophia Jacobs-Townsley, Sydney Nowicki, Savannah Roark, Abigail Spiers and Amanda Vestri.

PSU NATIONAL OPEN INFORMATION:
Start Time: 10:30 a.m.
Distance: W – 6K / M – 5.2M
Live Results: Here

ABOUT THIS MEET:
This is Syracuse's second trip to Penn State after running in the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational earlier this year.

Buffalo, Cornell, Duquesne, Georgia Tech, James Madison, Lehigh, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Northwestern, Penn, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Siena College, Syracuse and Youngstown State are the teams set to compete.

ORANGE ENTRIES
The Orange will run competitors off the following list of entries on the men's side: Noah Beveridge, Alex Comerford, Silas Derfel, Matthew Dragon, Joey Eovaldi, Nathan Lawler, Kevin Robertson, Matthew Scrape, Brody Smith, Aidan Tooker, Ethan Wechsler and Jack Whetstone.

The Orange will pull their roster from the following entries: Sage Brooks, Sarah Connelly, Elizabeth Cultra, Laura Dickinson, Maddie Heintz, Justus Holden-Betts, Olivia Joly, Caroline Kirby, Emily Lane, Eleanor Lawler, Sydney Nowicki, Emily Nugent, Siobhan O'Keefe, Bethany Steiner or Reilly Zink.