ACC Titles on the Line Friday

Trophies are on the line on Friday morning in Tallahassee. The Syracuse men's and women's cross country teams begin the championship portion of their season at the ACC Championships.

MEET INFO:
Date: October 27
Location: Apalachee Regional Park | Tallahassee, Fla.
Live Results: Here
Watch: ACCN
Distance: Men's 8k | Women's 6k
Start time: Men - 8:30 a.m. | Women - 9:30 a.m.

MEET PREVIEW:
The Syracuse men's team enters as one of the meet favorite, coming into the race as the highest-ranked team from the league in the USTFCCCA Poll. The Orange are No. 4 this week, but will face stiff competition as the ACC has the most teams ranked of any conference. No. 11 North Carolina, No. 14 Notre Dame, No. 16 Virginia and No. 20 Wake Forest all represent the conference in the poll, with host Florida State receiving votes.

Defending champion NC Sate enters as the meet favorite in the women's race, checking in at No. 2 in this week's USTFCCCA Poll. Notre Dame (No. 8) and Virginia (No. 10) give the conference three top-10 programs this week, while Syracuse (No. 28) and Duke (No. 30) are also ranked. Wake Forest and North Carolina are receiving votes as well.

ORANGE ENTRIES
will be updated once posted by the ACC.

ACC CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
Since first joining the conference in 2013, Syracuse has claimed six of the 10 conference titles that have been contested in men's cross country. A win on Thursday would move 'Cuse into a tie for the fifth-most team titles of any program, despite being in the league for just a decade. Last year, 'Cuse was the runner-up in the men's event, with Nathan and Sam Lawler earning All-ACC accolades.

The women are coming off a sixth-place finish at last year's championships. Savannah Roark was the All-ACC performer for the SU women, before eventually earning All-America honors a few weeks later.

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Players Mentioned

Sam Lawler

Savannah Roark

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