Gold Seal for the Orange!

The 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference champions earned a Gold Seal from the Onondaga County Legislature for winning the league title for the first time in program history. On Tuesday, June 4 Onondaga County Legislature Chairman Timoth Burtis led the Gold Seal ceremony for the Orange. Several student-athletes joined head coach Luke McGee and the Orange coaching staff for the honor.

Syracuse's varsity eight and second varsity eight won ACC championships, each setting championship records with their performance, and the varsity eight earned the ACC Crew of the Year Award. Head coach Luke McGee was named ACC Coach of the Year for the second year in a row. The conference title earned Syracuse an automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Championship, marking the seventh time in the last eight years, and fourth in a row, that the Orange has competed at the national championship regatta.

The Orange finished 11th at the NCAA Championship. The varsity eight's eighth-place finish tied for the second-best result in program history, and the highest finish in the current format of the national championship regatta. The 2001 varsity eight placed sixth as an at-large qualifier. The varsity four placed 12th and the second varsity eight was 13th. The 11th-place team finish is the second-best in program history. In 2021, the Orange placed 10th.

The Gold Seal:

LEGISLATURE CHAMBERS
ONONDAGA COUNTY, N.Y.

Presented By: Chairman Timothy T. Burtis

The above-named member of the County Legislature of Onondaga County, New York, on the 4th day of June 2024, wishes to:

RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY WOMEN'S ROWING TEAM FOR WINNING THE 2024 ACC CHAMPIONSHIP

                WHEREAS, the 2023-2024 Syracuse University Women's Rowing team won the 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Rowing Championship for the first time in program history; and

WHEREAS, SU was tied with Virginia after the final race and won the league title by virtue of having won the Varsity Eight race; and

                WHEREAS, SU's Varsity Eight also won ACC Crew of the Year after breaking the Championship record (6:09.814), while SU's Second Varsity Eight posted a Championship record, breaking the previous record set by the Orange in 2017; and

                WHEREAS, more than 50 women are part of SU's Women's Rowing team, including two from Onondaga County, one from Baldwinsville and one from Manlius; and

                WHEREAS, the team's Head Coach, Luke McGee, was named ACC Coach of the Year for the second year in a row; and

                WHERAS, the Coach credits the title on teamwork and says his student-athletes push each other every day toward their team goals and to test themselves against the best in the country; and

WHEREAS, by winning the ACC Championship, the SU team was automatically qualified to row at the 2024 NCAA Championship; and

WHEAREAS, the team represented Syracuse University well and ended their season on a high note; now therefore be it

                RESOLVED, that Chairman Timothy T. Burtis, and all members of the Onondaga County Legislature, do hereby recognize and honor the Syracuse University Women's Rowing team for winning the 2024 ACC Championship.

I hereby certify that the foregoing was duly noted by the County Legislature of Onondaga County, New York. Witness my hand and seal of said Legislature.

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Clerk, County Legislature
Onondaga County, N.Y.

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