Florida State Welcomes ACC Cross Country Championships on Friday

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (theACC.com) – Florida State University will host the 2023 Atlantic Coast Conference Cross Country Championships on Friday, October 29, at the Apalachee Regional Park. The Men’s 8K Championship will begin at 8:40 a.m. ET, followed by the Women’s 6K Championship at 9:30 a.m. ACC Network will have live coverage of both races, beginning at 8:30 a.m.

• All things regarding the ACC Cross Country Championships can be found on the Championships page HERE.
• Flash Results will have live scoring during and at the conclusion of both races and may be accessed HERE.
• The defending back-to-back national champion NC State women, ranked No. 1 nationally throughout the majority of the season, are seeking their eighth straight ACC Championship. The Wolfpack owns 28 total ACC titles in women’s cross country, the most by any league school in any women’s sport.
• The Wake Forest men claimed the fifth ACC men’s title in program history last season and their first in nearly three decades. The Demon Deacons placed four runners among the top eight to finish 42 points ahead of second-place Syracuse.
• The U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Top 30 Poll features five ACC teams on both the men’s and women’s side.
• NC State women – who were chosen as the ACC preseason favorite – currently rank No. 2 and are followed by Notre Dame at No. 8, Virginia at No. 10, Syracuse at No. 28 and Duke at No. 30. Wake Forest and North Carolina are receiving votes. The five teams in the women’s poll are tied for the second-most of any conference.
• The ACC continues to lead all conferences with five teams ranked nationally in the men’s poll. Syracuse ranks No. 4, followed by North Carolina at No. 11, Notre Dame at No. 14, Virginia at No. 16 and Wake Forest at No. 20. Florida State is receiving votes.
• Defending ACC champion and the 2022-23 ACC Female Athlete of the Year Katelyn Tuohy is part of the Wolfpack lineup that became the first team to win back-to-back national titles since 2009-10. In 2022, Tuohy swept the postseason with titles at the ACC Championship, the NCAA Southeast Regional and the NCAA Championship. Senior Kelsey Chmiel, who placed second at the ACC…