Cross Country Competes at ACC Championships; Men Finish Third

Friday, October 30

Blacksburg, VA

10 AM

Syracuse University

ACC Championships

Results

10/30/2026 11:51:00 AM | Cross Country

Results

The Syracuse cross country programs raced at the ACC Championships on Friday morning in Blacksburg, Virginia. Syracuse logged a third-place finish on the men's side and a 12^th-place finish for the women.

The men's finish marks the sixth time in the last seven years the Orange have finished in 3rd-place or better.

The men were paced by Connell Alford's 11^th-place finish with a time of 23 minutes and 00.8 seconds. Connor Ackley was close behind in 17^th, crossing the finish line at 23:08.7. A trio of Orange runners finished within one second of one another as Louis Small finished 21^st (23:14.6), Benne Anderson in 22^nd (23:14.9) and Ben Gabelman in 23^rd (23:15.6).

Julian Franjieh (23:32.7), Edward Blaha (23:44.6), Sam Ricchiuti (23:56.9), Drew Zundell (24:07.8) and Asher Danielson (24:31.5) also raced for the men.

The Orange finished with a team score of 94 while Wake Forest took first with a score of 48.

The women were led by Keira Rogan, who finished 16^th among all runners with a time of 19:35.4. Jayden Harberts was the next Orange entry to cross the finish line in 40^th at 20:09.0. Gretta Johnson (20:41.1) and Carmen Luisi (20:44.4) finished 79^th and 82^nd, respectively. Maisie Burns finished 93^rd with a time of 20:54.5.

Mackenzie Cook (21:19.4) and Natalie Fouts (21:52.3) also raced for the women.

NC State took first at the meet with a team score of 65. Syracuse finished with a score of 290.

The Orange will now have a two week break before returning to action at the NCAA Regionals in Bethpage, New York.