Cross Country

NC State Women, Virginia Men Win 2025 ACC Cross Country Championships

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (theACC.com) – For the first time since 2008, the Virginia Cavaliers are ACC Men’s Cross Country Champions, while NC State won its ninth ACC Women’s Cross Country Championship in 10 years Friday morning at E.P. “Tom” Sawyer State Park.  
 
The Wolfpack, who earned their 29th team title in program history, were led by the women’s individual cross country champion, sophomore Angelina Napoleon. With a time of 19:13.9, Napoleon broke the E.P. “Tom” Sawyer course record by more than five seconds. Napoleon is the Wolfpack’s seventh consecutive ACC women’s individual champion. Following Napoleon for the Wolfpack were Grace Hartman (4th, 19:16.9), Hannah Gapes (5th, 19:24.4), Bethany Michalak (8th, 19:35.4) and the top freshman finisher, Sadie Engelhardt (10th, 19:45.5). Finishing with a margin of victory of 61 points, the NC State women pushed past the 2024 ACC Women’s Cross Country Champion, Notre Dame, which finished as the 2025 runner-up.
 
NC State led all teams with six All-ACC honorees, followed by Notre Dame with three and North Carolina and Virginia with two apiece. Notre Dame’s Mary Bonner Dalton finished as the runner-up (19:14.9), while Clemson’s Silvia Jelego (19:15.2) placed third.
 
Virginia stood atop the ACC Men’s Cross Country Championship podium for the first time since 2008 after Gary Martin turned in a time of 22:39.4 to finish as the runner-up. Four of Virginia’s five scoring runners – Martin, Justin Wachtel (10th, 22:59.7), Nathan Mountain (12th, 23:00.5) and Brett Gardner (13th, 23:01.5) - earned All-ACC honors after finishing in the top 21 of the championship meet.
 
The Cavaliers finished with 61 total points to claim the team title by just four points. Syracuse finished as the men’s team runner-up, totaling 65 points. The Orange were followed by Wake Forest (111 points), Notre Dame (114) and Virginia Tech (152) to round out the top-five of the team performances. Each of Syracuse’s scoring runners earned All-ACC honors to lead the way with five honorees.
 
Individually, Wake Forest’s Rocky Hansen shattered the course record by 40 seconds to claim the Demon Deacons’ first individual title since 2001. Hansen paced the way throughout the race, leading at every split. The star-studded field at the ACC Championships lived up to expectations with each of the top-nine finishers breaking the course record.
 
The first true freshman to finish each race was designated as the ACC Men’s and Women’s Freshman of the Year. Louisville’s Elsingi Kipruto crossed the line with a time of 22:53.8, earning the bronze medal and becoming the first Louisville student-athlete to receive the ACC Cross Country Men’s Freshman of the Year honor. On the women’s side, NC State’s Sadie Engelhardt finished 10th overall with a time of 19:45.5, earning NC State’s first ACC Freshman of the Year honor in over a decade.
 
Team Scores
Men
  1. Virginia, 61
  2. Syracuse, 65
  3. Wake Forest, 111
  4. Notre Dame, 114
  5. Virginia Tech, 152
  6. North Carolina, 154
  7. Stanford, 164
  8. Louisville, 176
  9. Duke, 298
  10. NC State, 315
  11. Pitt, 343
  12. Florida State, 360
  13. Georgia Tech, 381
  14. Clemson, 391
  15. Boston College, 403
  16. California, 436
  17. Miami, 539
     
Women
  1. NC State, 28
  2. Notre Dame, 89
  3. North Carolina, 127
  4. Stanford, 150
  5. Virginia, 170
  6. Duke, 198
  7. Boston College, 207
  8. Virginia Tech, 214
  9. Wake Forest, 227
  10. Clemson, 242
  11. Louisville, 265
  12. Florida State, 281
  13. Syracuse, 303
  14. SMU, 325
  15. California, 424
  16. Pitt, 449
  17. Georgia Tech, 496
  18. Miami, 570
 
Men’s All-ACC
  1. Rocky Hansen, Wake Forest
  2. Gary Martin, Virginia
  3. Elsingi Kipruto, Louisville
  4. George Couttie, Virginia Tech
  5. Leo Young, Stanford
  6. Colton Sands, North Carolina
  7. Ethan Coleman, Notre Dame
  8. Sam Lawler, Syracuse
  9. Tomer Tarragano, North Carolina
  10. Justin Wachtel, Virginia
  11. Assaf Harari, Syracuse
  12. Nathan Mountain, Virginia
  13. Brett Gardner, Virginia
  14. Peter Walsdorf, Syracuse
  15. Benne Anderson, Syracuse
  16. Jojo Jourdon, Wake Forest
  17. Matthew Neill, Syracuse
  18. Ian Kibiwot, Louisville
  19. James Dargan, Stanford
  20. Nicholas Kipchirchir, Virginia Tech
  21. Geoffrey Kirwa, Louisville

Women’s All-ACC
  1. Angelina Napoleon, NC State
  2. Mary Bonner Dalton, Notre Dame
  3. Silvia Jelego, Clemson
  4. Grace Hartman, NC State
  5. Hannah Gapes, NC State
  6. Vera Sjoberg, North Carolina
  7. Sophia Kennedy, Stanford
  8. Bethany Michalak, NC State
  9. Angelina Perez, Wake Forest
  10. Sadie Engelhardt, NC State
  11. Stephanie Moss, Duke
  12. Brooke Rauber, NC State
  13. Gladys Chepngetich, Clemson
  14. Brynn Brown, North Carolina
  15. Bieke Schipperen, Florida State
  16. Amaya Aramani, Notre Dame
  17. Tatum David, Virginia
  18. Gillian Bushee, Virginia
  19. Siona Chisholm, Notre Dame
  20. Selma Anderson, Syracuse
  21. Katie Bohike, Virginia Tech