Cross Country Announces 2026 Schedule
7/30/2026 2:43:00 PM | Cross Country
The Syracuse cross country schedule is here!
The Orange, which are coming off a podium finish at last year's NCAA Championships in the men's event and boast the nation's fourth-longest NCAA Championships appearance streak (17 years), which includes an NCAA Championship (2015), four top-five finishes and six top-10 finishes. Syracuse will race six times in the regular season, before postseason gets underway at the end of October.
'Cuse will begin their season on Saturday, Sept. 5 at the Harry Lang Invitational, hosted by Colgate. One week later, the Orange will race at Penn State for the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational.
September concludes with the Princeton Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 26.
Friday, Oct. 16 will be a busy day for the Orange, as the team will split for two different meets. One group will head to Terre Haute, Indiana for a preview of the NCAA Championship course, racing in the NCAA Pre-Nationals Invite. Another group will return to Princeton for the Princeton Fall Classic.
The regular season concludes on Friday, Oct. 23 with the John Reif Memorial.
The ACC Championships will be hosted by Virginia Tech on Friday, Oct. 30. The rotating meet returns to Blacksburg for the first time since 2019, a meet which the Orange men won the conference title.
The NCAA Northeast Regional will be Friday, Nov. 13, hosted in Bethpage, N.Y.
'Cuse will then return to Terre Haute, Indiana for the NCAA Championships on Saturday, Nov. 21.
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The Orange, which are coming off a podium finish at last year's NCAA Championships in the men's event and boast the nation's fourth-longest NCAA Championships appearance streak (17 years), which includes an NCAA Championship (2015), four top-five finishes and six top-10 finishes. Syracuse will race six times in the regular season, before postseason gets underway at the end of October.
'Cuse will begin their season on Saturday, Sept. 5 at the Harry Lang Invitational, hosted by Colgate. One week later, the Orange will race at Penn State for the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational.
September concludes with the Princeton Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 26.
Friday, Oct. 16 will be a busy day for the Orange, as the team will split for two different meets. One group will head to Terre Haute, Indiana for a preview of the NCAA Championship course, racing in the NCAA Pre-Nationals Invite. Another group will return to Princeton for the Princeton Fall Classic.
The regular season concludes on Friday, Oct. 23 with the John Reif Memorial.
The ACC Championships will be hosted by Virginia Tech on Friday, Oct. 30. The rotating meet returns to Blacksburg for the first time since 2019, a meet which the Orange men won the conference title.
The NCAA Northeast Regional will be Friday, Nov. 13, hosted in Bethpage, N.Y.
'Cuse will then return to Terre Haute, Indiana for the NCAA Championships on Saturday, Nov. 21.
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