Wolfe Named ACC Cross Country Runner Of The Year

GREENSBORO, N.C. – On the heels of the best cross country season in school history, University of North Carolina sophomore Parker Wolfe became the first Tar Heel to be named Atlantic Coast Conference Runner of the Year on Tuesday.

The Carolina women finished fifth at the NCAA Championships in November while the men finished 10th.

Wake Forest's John Hayes earned ACC Men's Coach of the Year accolades for the first time. NC State national gold medalist and ACC champion Katelyn Tuohy earned ACC Women's Runner of the Year honors in a vote of the league's 15 head coaches, while Laurie Henes was selected as the ACC Women's Coach of the Year for the seventh consecutive season.

North Carolina's Wolfe was named the USTFCCCA Men's Southeast Regional Athlete of the Year and is the the first UNC cross country athlete (male or female) to earn ACC Runner of the Year honors. The award has been given each year since 2012.

A native of Denver, Colorado, Wolfe finished as the Southeast Region and the ACC's top male athlete at the 2022 NCAA Championships on November 19 with a ninth-place 10K showing in 29:00.4.

Eight days earlier, Wolfe took runner-up honors at the Southeast Region Championships – the same place he finished at the ACC Cross Country Championships in October. Wolfe finished less than a half-second out of first place at the ACCs and less than two seconds behind in the Southeast Region.

During the regular season, Wolfe won the individual title at the Paul Short Run with one of the fastest times in meet history.

As announced in October, the ACC Men's and Women's Freshmen of the Year were determined by order of finish at the ACC Championships. with the first true freshman finisher in each race taking honors. Notre Dame's Izaiah Steury won 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.

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Parker Wolfe

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