ACC Championships Begin Thursday

Thursday, February 22

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Syracuse University

ACC Indoor Championships

2/22/2024 9:39:00 AM | Track and Field

Championships are on the line this weekend as the Syracuse track and field teams head to the ACC Indoor Championships in Boston, Massachusetts for racing Thursday-Saturday.

ACC Championships:
Dates: Thurs. – Sat.
Watch: ACCNX
Live Results: Here
Location: Boston, Mass.

ORANGE ENTRIES

Men's 5k Final – 4:05 p.m. / 6 p.m. – Thursday
The 5,000-meter run will be split in two sections, with the first group going off at 4:05 on Thursday, and the faster-seeded heat beginning at 6 p.m. Although the league's fastest 16 entries are racing in the second heat, Paul O'Donnell claimed the conference title out of heat one just one year ago.

Syracuse runners in the first heat looking to duplicate that effort are Alex Comerford, Connor Ackley, Assaf Harari and Ethan Wechsler. Heat two features O'Donnell looking to defend his title, plus Sam Lawler and Perry Mackinnon. North Carolina's Alex Phillip enters the meet with the fastest seed time in the league at 13:27.83. Mackinnon's time is the best for the Orange this season at 13:34.49.

Women's 5k Final – 4:30 p.m. / 6:30 p.m. – Thursday
The women's races will feature the same format as the men. Rylie Lusk and Olivia Joly are entered in heat one – with Lusk possessing the conference's best time this season from that heat – followed by Savannah Roark, Ellie Lawler and Sophia Jacobs-Townsley in heat two.

Roark (15:45.24) is the on-paper favorite in the meet, with the best seed time in the conference to date this year.

Men's 200-meter prelims – 5 p.m. – Thursday
The 200-meter dash prelims will feature six heats, with the top-eight runners based on time advancing to Saturday's finals.

Trei Thorogood will open the event in heat two, with the best time in the heat. He has the second-fastest time in the event this season at 20.86, behind only Clemson's Cameron Rose (20.76). James Nmah, Syracuse's other entry in the field, is in heat six with Rose.

Women's 200-meter prelims – 5:30 p.m. – Thursday
The women's field will also feature six heats and eight runners advancing based on time. Kahniya James is the Orange's lone entry in the event. Her season-best time of 24.33 ranks 15th in the field. Florida State's Dajaz Defrand is the league favorite in 22.91 seconds.

Men's mile prelims – 3:15 p.m. – Friday
Eamon Burke, Ruben Rojas Betanzos and Benne Anderson are set to race in the men's mile prelims. The event features four heats, with the top-two finishers in each heat, plus the next-two fastest times making up Saturday's 10-man final. Anderson has the best time this season for the Orange, after becoming the first true freshman in program history to record a sub-four minute mile (3:58.78). North Carolina's Ethan Strand (3:54.62) has the 15th-best time in the country this season and is the pre-meet favorite.

Women's mile prelims – 3:45 p.m. – Friday
The women's event features only three heats, so the top-two from each heat, plus next-four fastest times will advance to Saturday. Justus Holden-Betts and Caroline Kirby are entered for the Orange in heats one and three. Duke's Amina Maatoug has the best time in the conference this season at 4:29.22.

Men's 60-meter hurdles prelims – 4:35 p.m. – Friday
Syracuse has seven men entered across the three heats of the 60-meter hurdles, the most of any school. The winner of each heat, plus the next-five fastest times advance to Saturday's final.

Heat one features Naseem Smith and David Peters, heat two will have Jaheem Hayles, Emanuel Joseph and Xayvion Perkins and the final heat will see Iasiah Lewis and Anthony Vazquez race.

Hayles has the second-fastest seed time in the event. Florida State's Andre Korbmacher (7.67) has the best mark this season, followed by Hayles 0.05 seconds behind. Joseph (7.89) and Vazquez (7.91) are eighth and ninth in the league this season.

Women's 60-meter hurdles prelims – 5:10 p.m. – Friday
The women's races will follow the same format as the men. Taleea Buxton, Shaleah Colaire and Peyton Rollins will race for the Orange.

Colaire's seed time ranks sixth in the ACC this season (8.37 seconds). She'll be in the same heat as pre-meet favorite Oneka Wilson (8.03 seconds) of Clemson.

Men's 400-meter prelims – 5:35 p.m. – Friday
Elijah Mallard and Perkins will race in the 400-meter dash. There will be eight heats and the top-eight runners based on time will advance to Saturday.

Virginia Tech's Judson Lincoln has the best time in the conference this season at 45.53 seconds. Mallard will race in heat five, where he has the second-best time in the heat, followed by Perkins in heat eight.

Men's 60-meter prelims – 6:40 p.m. – Friday
The 60-meter dash will have three heats, with each heat winner plus the next-five fastest times moving on. Thorogood, Nmah and Daijon Richards are set to compete for SU. Thorogood will race in heat one, where he has the third-best time of 6.67 seconds this year. Nmah and Richards are in heat two. Ismael Kone (6.62 seconds) of Florida State has the conference's best time this season.

Women's 60-meter prelims – 6:55 p.m. – Friday
James and Olivia Garner will race in the 60-meter dash prelims. There will be three heats, with the winner of each heat, plus next-five fastest times advancing. Both will race in heat one. Florida State's Defrand (7.18 seconds) has the league's best time to date. James is fifth in her heat with a mark of 7.52 seconds.

Men's 800-meter prelims – 7:15 p.m. – Friday
Alexander Segarra is the lone Orange entry in the 800. He'll run in the sixth of six heats, where the winner of each heat plus two runners on time will advance. Virginia's Conor Murphy (1:46.95) is the meet favorite. Segarra (1:53.82) will race in a heat with only two runners who have broken 1:50 this season.

Men's 3,000-meter final – 2:30 p.m. – Saturday
The 3,000-meter run will also feature two sections. Lawler, Comerford, Anderson and Silas Derfel will run in section one, followed by O'Donnell and Mackinnon. North Carolina's Parker Wolfe has the nation's third-best time this season at 7:37.41. Mackinnon has the ninth-best seed time to lead the Orange in 7:54.75.

Women's 3,000-meter final – 3:05 p.m. – Saturday
Lusk, Baneet Baines and Beatriz Fernandes are entered in the first section for the SU women, while Roark will run in the second section.

Notre Dame's Olivia Markezich has the best time in the nation this season (8:40.42). Roark is the Orange's best seed time, ranking 10th in the conference.

Men's 4x400-meter relay final – 3:55 p.m. – Saturday
The meet will conclude with the 4x400-meter relay. Syracuse is entered in the first heat.