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‘Cuse Travels to Penn State for Friday Meet

'Cuse Travels to Penn State for Friday Meet


The Syracuse cross country teams head to the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational on Friday, for their second meet of the year.

About the Meet:

Start time: 10 a.m. (women) | 10:45 a.m. (men)

Live Results: Here 

RANKING THE ORANGE

The ‘Cuse men are ranked No. 21 to start the season in the USTFCCCA Coaches Poll, while the women’s squad is also receiving votes.

Both teams finished in the top-four of last season’s ACC Championships, including a runner-up performance from the men. The next poll comes after this weekend’s meet on Sept. 12.

LAST TIME OUT

‘Cuse rolled at the Harry Lang Invitational, including a sweep of the scoring by the women’s team. Sage Brooks won the women’s 4.8k race, followed by Olivia Joly, Emma Eastman, Justus Holden-Betts and Reilly Zink in the top-five.

The men claimed the top-three spots in their race, led by Kevin Robertson, Sam Lawler and Nathan Lawler.

PREVIEWING PENN STATE

The Syracuse women’s race will begin at 10 a.m., traversing a 6,000-meter course. The men’s race begins 45 minutes later for a 5.2 mile race.

In addition to the Orange and Nittany Lions, West Virginia, American, Butler, Penn, Navy, Lehigh, St. Joseph’s and Youngstown State will also race.

ORANGE ENTRIES

Syracuse has deep fields listed in this week’s entries, including some people making their Orange or season debuts.

For the men: Noah Carey, Alex Comerford, Silas Derfel, Matthew Dragon, Joey Eovaldi, Assaf Harari, Nathan Henderson, Dominic Hockenbury, Nathan Lawler, Sam Lawler, Patrick Malone, Kamari Miller, Paul O’Donnell, Gabriel Planty, Kevin Robertson, Matthew Scrape, Teun ter Haar, Ethan Wechsler, and Karl Winter are entered.

For the women: Sage Brooks, Emma Eastman, Beatriz Fernandes, Ivy Gonzales, Justus Holden-Betts, Sophia Jacobs-Townsley, Olivia Joly, Juliette Keller, Shanley Koekemoer, Eleanor Lawler, Kensey May, Shona McCulloch, Sydney Nowicki, Emily Nugent, Pipher Reid, Savannah Roark, Olivia Shattuck, Abigail Spiers, Bethany Steiner, Emily Toth-Ratazzi, Reilly Zink and Lucy Zombek are entered.

 

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