Friday, October 28
Earlysville, Va.
10:40 AM (M)/11:30 AM (W)
North Carolina
at
ACC Championship
Parker Wolfe
Photo by: Keith Lucas
Men 3rd, Women 4th At ACC Cross Country Championship
October 28, 2022 | Cross Country
EARLYSVILLE, VA.—The University of North Carolina men's cross country team took third place and the UNC women finished fourth on Friday at the 2022 Atlantic Coast Conference Championship at the Panorama Farms Course.
The Carolina men posted their best ACC finish since 2014, when they also finished third. They were third on Friday with 87 points, trailing champion Wake Forest (44) and just a point behind second-place Syracuse (86). Notre Dame was fourth (92) and NC State was fifth (118).
In the women's race, NC State was first with 34 points, followed by Notre Dame (38), Virginia (98), UNC (109) and Florida State (148). Carolina posted its third consecutive top-five finish.
In a thrilling finish in the men's 8K race, Tar Heel sophomore Parker Wolfe took the silver medal in a time of 22:56.1. Wolfe's second-place finish is the highest individual finish by a Carolina men's runner since John Cline won the ACC individual title in 1997.
Patrick Anderson and John Tatter finished back-to-back in 15th and 16th place, respectively, less than a second apart in times of 23:20.8 and 23:21.4. Crawford Hope was 25th at a 23:28.0 clip and Ethan Strand was 29th in 23:36.0.
Kelsey Harrington led the women with an 11th-place finish in a time of 19:59.1, leading five top-30 finishers for UNC. Fatima Alanis was 20th in 20:16.6, Sasha Neglia was 21st in 20:17.9, Natalie Tyner was 27th in 20:23.2 and Taryn Parks was 30th in 20:27.5.
The top 21 finishers in each race captured All-ACC honors: Wolfe, Anderson, Tatter, Harrington, Alanis and Neglia.
Team scoring was as follows:
MEN
1. Wake Forest - 44
2. Syracuse - 86
3. North Carolina - 87
4. Notre Dame - 92
5. NC State - 118
6. Virginia - 125
7. Duke -181
8. Virginia Tech -251
9. Florida State - 255
10. Pitt - 292
11. Georgia Tech - 319
12. Louisville - 324
13. Clemson - 359
14. Boston College - 451
15. Miami - 455
WOMEN
1. NC State - 34
2. Notre Dame - 38
3. Virginia - 98
4. North Carolina - 109
5. Florida State -148
6. Syracuse - 191
7. Duke -195
8. Virginia Tech - 219
9. Wake Forest - 226
10. Georgia Tech - 240
11. Boston College - 339
12. Miami - 340
13. Pitt - 368
14. Clemson - 424
15. Louisville - 434
Finish Lines
- The top 21 individual finishers in each race (men's and women's) were honored as All-ACC.
- Friday's outcomes bore out the preseason ACC coaches' preseason poll of early September, which predicted a repeat championship for the NC State women and a first-place finish for Wake Forest.
- The Wake Forest men won on the same 8K course for the second time in two weeks after placing first in the Panorama Farms X23 Invitational with 47 team points on Oct. 15.
- The first true freshman finisher in each race was designated the ACC Men's and Women's Freshman of the Year. Notre Dame's Izaiah Steury took honors on the men's side with his ninth-place time of 23:17.9. Duke's Dalia Frias was the top women's freshman with a 31st-place time of 20:28.4.
- ACC teams and runners will now turn their attention to the NCAA Regionals, which are slated for Friday, November 11. The NCAA Championships will be run Saturday, Nov. 19 at Stillwater, Oklahoma.
- The University of Virginia played host to the ACC Championships for the 11th time and the fourth time at the Panorama Farms course. Panorama Farms is slated to play host to the 2023 NCAA Cross Country Championships.
The Carolina men posted their best ACC finish since 2014, when they also finished third. They were third on Friday with 87 points, trailing champion Wake Forest (44) and just a point behind second-place Syracuse (86). Notre Dame was fourth (92) and NC State was fifth (118).
In the women's race, NC State was first with 34 points, followed by Notre Dame (38), Virginia (98), UNC (109) and Florida State (148). Carolina posted its third consecutive top-five finish.
In a thrilling finish in the men's 8K race, Tar Heel sophomore Parker Wolfe took the silver medal in a time of 22:56.1. Wolfe's second-place finish is the highest individual finish by a Carolina men's runner since John Cline won the ACC individual title in 1997.
Patrick Anderson and John Tatter finished back-to-back in 15th and 16th place, respectively, less than a second apart in times of 23:20.8 and 23:21.4. Crawford Hope was 25th at a 23:28.0 clip and Ethan Strand was 29th in 23:36.0.
Kelsey Harrington led the women with an 11th-place finish in a time of 19:59.1, leading five top-30 finishers for UNC. Fatima Alanis was 20th in 20:16.6, Sasha Neglia was 21st in 20:17.9, Natalie Tyner was 27th in 20:23.2 and Taryn Parks was 30th in 20:27.5.
The top 21 finishers in each race captured All-ACC honors: Wolfe, Anderson, Tatter, Harrington, Alanis and Neglia.
Team scoring was as follows:
MEN
1. Wake Forest - 44
2. Syracuse - 86
3. North Carolina - 87
4. Notre Dame - 92
5. NC State - 118
6. Virginia - 125
7. Duke -181
8. Virginia Tech -251
9. Florida State - 255
10. Pitt - 292
11. Georgia Tech - 319
12. Louisville - 324
13. Clemson - 359
14. Boston College - 451
15. Miami - 455
WOMEN
1. NC State - 34
2. Notre Dame - 38
3. Virginia - 98
4. North Carolina - 109
5. Florida State -148
6. Syracuse - 191
7. Duke -195
8. Virginia Tech - 219
9. Wake Forest - 226
10. Georgia Tech - 240
11. Boston College - 339
12. Miami - 340
13. Pitt - 368
14. Clemson - 424
15. Louisville - 434
Finish Lines
- The top 21 individual finishers in each race (men's and women's) were honored as All-ACC.
- Friday's outcomes bore out the preseason ACC coaches' preseason poll of early September, which predicted a repeat championship for the NC State women and a first-place finish for Wake Forest.
- The Wake Forest men won on the same 8K course for the second time in two weeks after placing first in the Panorama Farms X23 Invitational with 47 team points on Oct. 15.
- The first true freshman finisher in each race was designated the ACC Men's and Women's Freshman of the Year. Notre Dame's Izaiah Steury took honors on the men's side with his ninth-place time of 23:17.9. Duke's Dalia Frias was the top women's freshman with a 31st-place time of 20:28.4.
- ACC teams and runners will now turn their attention to the NCAA Regionals, which are slated for Friday, November 11. The NCAA Championships will be run Saturday, Nov. 19 at Stillwater, Oklahoma.
- The University of Virginia played host to the ACC Championships for the 11th time and the fourth time at the Panorama Farms course. Panorama Farms is slated to play host to the 2023 NCAA Cross Country Championships.
Parker Wolfe leads the Tar Heel men at the ACC Championships with a 🥈, posting the highest finish by a Tar Heel since John Cline won individually in 1997!
— UNC Track & Field • XC (@UNCTrack_Field) October 28, 2022
UNC finishes third in the team standings with 87 pts - the highest placing by the men's team since 2014.#GoHeels 🐏 pic.twitter.com/3id2g0hqS0
Kelsey Harrington headlines a trio of Heels in All-Conference status as the UNC women post a fourth-place finish overall - the program's third-consecutive Top 5 showing at the ACC Championships …#GoHeels 🐏 pic.twitter.com/TVqgit36cR
— UNC Track & Field • XC (@UNCTrack_Field) October 28, 2022
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