ACC Championships Begin Thursday

5/10/2023 1:34:00 PM | Track and Field

The Syracuse track and field teams will begin the championship portion of their season on Thursday, kick starting the three-day ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

MEET INFO:
Location: NC State
Watch: ACCNX
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EVENT PREVIEWS: (Chronological Order)
Women's 400H Prelims – Thursday, 6:00 p.m.
Shaleah Colaire and Kirstyn Schechter will be the first two 'Cuse competitors to take to the track at the ACC Championships.

Colaire is in heat 1, Schechter is in heat 4 of the 400-meter hurdles. The winter of each of the four heats, plus the next-four fastest times advance to Saturday's final in the event. Colaire has a season-best mark of 1:00.09, which is 13th in the 26-runner field. Miami's Skyla Wilson is the only runner in the field with a mark below 57 seconds this season, pitting her as the event favorite.

Men's 400H Prelims – Thursday, 6:20 p.m.
Xayvion Perkins and Elijah Mallard both drew the same heat in Thursday's 400-meter hurdles prelims.

The prelims will see the winner of three heats, plus the next-five fastest times advance to Saturday. Perkins and Mallard have the sixth and seventh-best seed times in the field. They're matched up in the same heat with the fastest time in the league this season, Jevon Williams of Clemson.

Women's 200m Prelims – Thursday, 6:40 p.m.
Kaleia Arrington will start her meet in the 200-meter dash. She will race in the first of four heats in the prelims.

Dajaz Defrand of Florida State (22.75 seconds), has the best seed time entering the meet. The winner of each of the four heats, plus the next four best times advance to Saturday's final.

Men's 200m Prelims – Thursday, 7 p.m.
James Nmah and Trei Thorogood will race from the same heat in the men's 200-meter dash prelims. Both are entered in the third heat, where Thorogood has the second-fastest seed time.

The four heat winners, plus the next-four fastest times, will advance to Saturday.

Men's 1,500m Prelims – Thursday, 7:45 p.m.
Karl Winter and Nathan Henderson will race in the first and second heat of the 1,500-meter run, respectively. Henderson is building towards a second-straight NCAA Championships appearance in the event.

The top-two from each of the four heats, plus the next four fastest runners will make the final on Saturday. Henderson has the second-fastest seed time in his heat, while Winter ranks fourth in his.

Women's 10,000m Final – Thursday, 8:10 p.m.
Only two women enter Thursday's 10,000-meter run having posted a time below 33 minutes on the season, and they both wear Orange.

Amanda Vestri has the 19th best time in NCAA history and enters the race as the favorite, followed by teammate Savannah Roark. Ellie Lawler, Sophia Jacobs-Townsley and Shona McCulloch are also entered in the event, featuring a 21-woman final. However, in addition to the Orange tandem, another potential favorite is Katelyn Tuohy. The Wolfpack sophomore has not raced a 10k this season, but set the conference record in the 5k earlier this year.

Men's 10,000m Final – Thursday, 8:50 p.m.
The deepest Syracuse field of any event, six men are entered in the men's 10k final on Thursday night. They feature Paul O'Donnell (the ACC indoor 5k champ), Nathan Lawler, Assaf Harari, Silas Derfel, Jack Whetstone and Alex Comerford.

Twenty eight competitors will race for the men, with Virginia Tech's Antonio Lopez Segarra (28:09.86) as the pre-race favorite based on seed. Only five men in the field have raced below 29 minutes this season in the event though, and the other four hail from 'Cuse.

Women's 100H Prelims – Friday, 6 p.m.
Colaire and Schechter will also race in the 100-meter hurdles, a day after taking on the 400-meter hurdles prelims.

The duo will look to advance to Saturday's final by either winning their heat or being one of the five fastest times among those who don't. They're both competing against each other in the first heat.

Men's 110H Prelims – Friday, 6:25 p.m.
Led by Jaheem Hayles, who finished fourth nationally in the 60-meter hurdles in March, five men will race for the Orange in the 110-meter hurdles.

Eight men will advance from the 11-man preliminary field, guaranteeing multiple 'Cuse competitors in the final. Hayles, who trails Geno Roberts by 0.06 seconds on seed time, will be joined by Naseem Smith and Anthony Vazquez in his heat. Emmanuel Joseph and David Peters will be the SU competitors in the other.

Women's 100m Prelims – Friday, 7:15 p.m.
Arrington is also entered for the Orange women in the 100-meter dash. She'll be in the third of three heats on Friday, with the winner of each heat plus the next three fastest times advancing to Saturday's final.

Defrand of Florida State is the pre-meet favorite, with a seed time of 11.14 seconds. She's in the first heat. Arrington's season-best mark is 12.04 seconds.

Men's 100m Prelims – Friday, 7:30 p.m.
Thorogood and Daijon Richards will take on the men's 100-meter dash. They'll race in the first and second heats, respectively, where the winner of each heat, plus four times will advance to the next day.

Thorogood is one-of-four men with a sub 10.50 seed time in his heat, while Richards owns a season-best mark of 10.79 seconds.

Men's 800m Prelims – Friday, 8 p.m.
Alexander Segarra will race in the fifth heat of the 800, where the heat winner plus next-three best times will advance to Saturday's final.

Clemson's Aman Thornton (1:46.82) has the best seed time this season.

Men's 3000S Final – Friday, 8:50 p.m.
Kevin Robertson enters the 22-man final of the 3000-meter steeplechase as the pre-meet favorite based on seed time. He owns a mark of 8:37.26, with no other competitor within a second of his season-best this year.

Men's 4x100-meter Relay – Saturday, 5:10 p.m.
Syracuse will race in section one of the 4x100-meter relay

Event Finals – 5:20-7:30 p.m.
Finals of all of the preliminary events will be raced in 10-minute increments beginning at 5:20 p.m. for members of the Orange who qualify in their respective events.

Women's 5000m Prelims – Saturday, 7:40 p.m.
Five women are entered in the women's 5k final, led by Roark and Vestri, who were third and fourth in this event at the conference indoor meet in February.

Abigail Spiers, Ivy Gonzales and Olivia Joly will also race in the event, which is a one-race final.

Men's 5000m Prelims – Saturday, 8:05 p.m.
Led by the conference indoor champion, Paul O'Donnell, five 'Cuse men will compete in the ACC 5k championship.

In addition to O'Donnell, Noah Carey, Henderson, Karl Winter and Nathan Lawler are set to compete.

Men's 4x400-meter Relay – Saturday, 8:40 p.m.
The last event for 'Cuse at the ACC Championships will be the 4x4. 'Cuse is entered in section one.