Cross Country

ACC Set for Friday's NCAA Cross Country Regionals

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – All 15 programs around the Atlantic Coast Conference are set to compete in NCAA Cross Country Regionals on Friday, Nov. 10. In 2022, 12 ACC cross country teams earned their place in the NCAA Championships, including nine teams – five women’s and four men’s -that earned automatic qualifier bids.

Upcoming Schedule for ACC Teams (All Times Eastern)

Friday, Nov. 10 | NCAA Regional Championships
NCAA Great Lake Regional hosted by Wisconsin
Women’s 6K – 12:30 p.m.; Men’s 10K – 1:30 p.m.
Notre Dame
 
NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional hosted by Lehigh
Women’s 6K – 12:00 p.m.; Men’s 10K – 1:00 p.m.
Pitt
 
NCAA Northeast Regional hosted by Columbia
Women’s 6K – 11:00 a.m.; Men’s 10K – 12:00 p.m.
Boston College, Syracuse
 
NCAA South Regional hosted by Florida
Women’s 6K – 8:30 a.m.; Men’s 10K – 9:30 a.m.
Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami
 
NCAA Southeast Regional hosted by South Carolina Upstate
Women’s 6K – 11:00 a.m.; Men’s 10K – 12:00 p.m.
Clemson, Duke, Louisville, North Carolina, NC State, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest
 
Saturday, Nov. 18
NCAA Division I Championships at Charlottesville, Va.
Women’s 6K followed by men’s 10K
Qualifying teams and individuals from NCAA Regionals
 
How it Works
  • A total of 31 teams will earn bids to the upcoming NCAA Division I Championships via Friday’s competition. Eighteen (18) bids are automatic (the top two teams in each of nine regions), and 13 at-large team selections will be announced on Saturday.
  • After teams have been determined, 38 additional individuals per gender are selected to compete at the NCAA Championships. Among individuals NOT selected as members of qualifying teams in the above process, the top four finishers at each regional meet are automatically selected (each must have finished within the top 25 of the region).
 
Finish Lines
  • All 15 ACC programs are set for Friday’s NCAA Cross Country regionals, with teams and student-athletes seeking to advance to the NCAA Championships on Saturday, Nov. 19, in Charlottesville, Virginia.
  • When Virginia hosts the NCAA Championships, it will mark the second time since 2018 in which an ACC school is the host site, joining Florida State in 2021.
  • The NC State women will look to defend their back-to-back national championships when they hit the course in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The Wolfpack claimed their eighth consecutive ACC Cross Country title – an ACC record – on Saturday, Oct. 27.
  • For the third consecutive week, the Wolfpack remain in the second spot of the USTFCCCA weekly poll. NC State leads a group of four conference programs in the polls, followed by No. 9 Notre Dame, No. 10 Virginia, and No. 28 Syracuse.
  • Defending national champion Katelyn Tuohy reclaimed her spot atop the ACC when she took home the 6K gold medal with a time of 19:22.8. Tuohy became the first back-to-back Women’s ACC Cross Country Individual Champion since Florida State’s Susan Kuijken won three consecutive years between 2007-09.
  • Duke’s Amine Maatoug claimed silver medal honors, crossing the line in 19”29.9, while Tuohy’s NC State teammate Kelsey Chmiel finished third at the conference championships (19:36.5)
  • On the men’s side, North Carolina claimed its ninth ACC men’s title in program history and the first since 1985. The Tar Heels’ Parker Wolfe won the individual championship when he crossed the finish line in 23:03.1.
  • Spartanburg, South Carolina and the NCAA Southeast Regional will host a flurry of ACC programs in Friday’s action. Eight schools - Clemson, Duke, Louisville, North Carolina, NC State, Virginia, Virginia Tech, and Wake Forest – all look to punch their tickets to the NCAA Championships via Spartanburg,
  • The North Carolina men’s team jumped six spots in the USTFCCCA Poll where they are now tied for fifth place with Wisconsin. Entering the ACC Championships, the Tar Heels were ranked 11th nationally. North Carolina leads six ACC schools in the national rankings and is followed by No. 8 Syracuse, No. 13 Virginia, No. 17 Notre Dame, No. 29 Florida State and No. 29 Wake Forest.