MADISON, Wis. (theACC.com) – Fifteen teams and seven individuals from the Atlantic Coast Conference competed in the 2024 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Championships on Saturday, November 23, at the Thomas Zimmer Championship Course in Verona, Wisconsin.
Stanford sophomore Amy Bunnage was the first ACC runner to cross the line at the Women’s Cross Country Championship, finishing with a time of 19:31.1 and a fourth-place finish. NC State sophomore Grace Hartman was stride-for-stride with Bunnage throughout the entire 6k, finishing just four-tenths of a second behind and earning a fifth-place finish.
Bunnage pushed the Cardinal to a sixth-place finish as a team to lead all ACC squads. Much like the individual race, Hartman and NC State finished just behind Stanford in eighth place, snapping its streak of three consecutive national championships. North Carolina, led by All-American Brynn Brown, finished 11th as a team after entering the race ranked No. 21 in the USTFCCCA Coaches Poll. Virginia, Notre Dame and Syracuse each finished in the top 20 as a team, finishing 14th, 16th and 20th, respectively.
Eight ACC women earned USTFCCCA All-America honors after finishing in the top 40 of the 6k race. The eight All-Americans are tied for the most of any conference.
The ACC men’s teams were fiercely competitive on Saturday morning with five teams finishing in the top 12. North Carolina led the way with a sixth-place finish, inching past Wake Forest, who finished seventh, by 10 points. The trio of Notre Dame, Syracuse and Stanford finished 10th, 11th and 12th, respectively, with 19 points separating the three squads.
The Tar Heel duo of Parker Wolfe and Ethan Strand finished in seventh and eighth-place, respectively, to lead all ACC individuals. Virginia’s Gary Martin finished in 13th place, inching past Virginia Tech’s George Couttie, who finished 14th, by just over five seconds. The ACC’s seven individuals who earned men’s All-America honors were the second-most of any conference.
Women’s Team Results
6 – Stanford, 213
8 – NC State, 251
11 – North Carolina, 310
14 – Virginia, 388
16 – Notre Dame, 428
20 – Syracuse, 512
24 – Florida State, 572
29 – Boston College, 717
Women’s All-Americans
4 – Amy Bunnage, Stanford – 19:31.1
5 – Grace…
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