TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (theACC.com) – The NC State women own yet another Atlantic Coast Conference Cross Country title, and the North Carolina men are league champions for the first time since 1985.

A beautiful morning at the Apalachee Regional Park along with live ACC Network television coverage provided for the first ACC Championship of the 2023-24 year as the Wolfpack women claimed their eighth consecutive ACC Cross Country title – an ACC record – and their ninth overall under current head coach Laurie Henes. NC State’s 29 total team cross country championships are the most by an ACC women’s program in any sport.

NC State ran away with the team title, finishing with 37 points, earning a commanding victory over Notre Dame, who finished second overall with 80 points. The Wolfpack placed three in the top 10 behind Katelyn Tuohy’s first-place finish in 19:22.8 and Kelsey Chmiel’s third-place finish in 19:36.5. Duke’s Amina Maatoug finished in 19:29.9 for second place.

Tuohy is the first back-to-back Women’s ACC Cross Country Individual Champion since Florida State’s Susan Kuijken won three consecutive years from 2007-2009. Her time of 19:22.8 also ties the second-fastest ACC Championship 6K record set by North Carolina’s Shalane Flanagan in 2003.

The North Carolina men, under the direction of head coach Chris Metlinger, claimed the ninth ACC men’s title in program history and the first in nearly four decades. The Tar Heels placed four runners among the top eight to finish with 49 points ahead of second-place Syracuse (65).

North Carolina’s Parker Wolfe took the gold medal with a time of 23:03.1, avenging his runner-up finish in 2022, with the second-fastest 8K time in ACC Championship history. Syracuse’s Paul O’Donnell took silver, finishing in 23:08.2, and Florida State’s David Mullarkey took the bronze, crossing the finish line in 23:11.5.

Wolfe was followed by teammates Alex Phillip in fourth (23:14.2), Ethan Strand in sixth (23:20.4) and Jake Gebhardt in ninth (23:26.6) as the Tar Heels filled the top 10 finishers.

The first true freshman finisher in each race was designated the ACC Men’s and Women’s Freshman of the Year. Wake Forest’s Charlie Sprott took honors on the men’s side with his 23rd-place time of 23:53.7. Clemson’s Gladys Chepngetich was the top women’s freshman with a seventh-place finish at 19:58.4

TEAM SCORES
MEN

1. North Carolina – 49
2. Syracuse – 65
3. Virginia – 77
4. Notre Dame – 86
5. Florida State – 117
6. Wake Forest – 131
7. Duke – 205
8. NC State – 207
9. Pittsburgh – 277
10. Georgia Tech – 280
11. Virginia Tech – 312
12. Clemson – 332
13. Boston College – 394
14. Louisville – 429
15. Miami – 470

WOMEN

1. NC State – 37
2. Notre Dame – 80
3. Virginia – 82
4. Syracuse – 167
5. North Carolina – 172
6. Boston College – 183
7. Duke – 186
8. Wake Forest – 200
9. Georgia Tech – 264
10. Virginia Tech – 267
11. Florida State – 275
12. Pitt – 330
13. Louisville – 333
14. Clemson – 398
15. Miami – 412

FINISH LINES

• Friday’s outcomes bore out the preseason ACC coaches’ preseason poll for the second year in a row, which predicted a repeat championship for the NC State women and a first-place finish for the North Carolina men.
• ACC teams and runners will now turn their attention to the NCAA Regionals, which are slated for Friday, November 10. The NCAA Championships will be held Saturday, November 18, at the Panorama Farms Course in Charlottesville, Virginia, - the site of the 2022 ACC Championships.
• This marked the fourth time Florida State has played host to the ACC Cross Country Championships and the first since 2015. This year’s Championships marked the second time Apalachee Regional Park has been the host course.
• ACC Runners of the Year and Coaches of the Year will be determined by a vote of the league’s head coaches next month following the completion of the NCAA Championships.
• The top 21 individual finishers in each race (men’s and women’s) were honored as All-ACC, listed below:
  • Men:
    • Sawyer Dagan, Jr., Clemson
    • Abdirizak Ibrahim, Sr., Florida State
    • David Mullarkey, Jr., Florida State
    • Jake Gebhardt, Sr., North Carolina
    • Alex Phillip, Sr., North Carolina
    • Ethan Strand, Jr., North Carolina
    • Parker Wolfe, Jr., North Carolina
    • Tyler Berg, Sr., Notre Dame
    • Ethan Coleman, Fr., Notre Dame
    • Vincent Mauri, Sr., Notre Dame
    • Joshua Methner, Jr., Notre Dame
    • CJ Singleton, Fr., Notre Dame
    • Paul O’Donnell, Sr., Syracuse
    • Sam Lawler, So., Syracuse
    • Perry MacKinnon, Sr., Syracuse
    • Will Anthony, So., Virginia
    • Gary Martin, So., Virginia
    • Nathan Mountain, So., Virginia
    • Yasin Sado, Jr., Virginia
    • Joseph O’Brien, Fr., Wake Forest
    • Luke Tewalt, Jr., Wake Forest
  • Women:
    • Emma Tavella, Sr., Boston College
    • Gladys Chepngetich, Fr., Clemson
    • Amina Maatoug, Jr., Duke
    • Alyson Churchill, Sr., Florida State
    • Fatima Alanis, Jr., North Carolina
    • Samantha Bush, Sr., NC State
    • Kelsey Chmiel, Sr., NC State
    • Grace Hartman, Fr., NC State
    • Gionna Quarzo, Jr., NC State
    • Leah Stephens, Fr., NC State
    • Katelyn Tuohy, Jr., NC State
    • Siona Chisholm, Jr., Notre Dame
    • Olivia Markezich, Sr., Notre Dame
    • Erin Strzelecki, Jr., Notre Dame
    • Sadie Carey-Tharp, Sr., Pitt
    • Savannah Roark, Jr., Syracuse
    • Margot Appleton, Jr., Virginia
    • Jenny Schilling, So., Virginia
    • Caroline Timm, Sr., Virginia
    • Brooke Wilson, Fr., Wake Forest