cross country

2015 National Champions!
By Bryce Kerr
November 21, 2015 - 6:30pm
The first NCAA title for any Syracuse sport since the 2009 men's lacrosse team.

The Syracuse men’s cross country team took home the 2015 National Championship today in Louisville, Kentucky. This is the first NCAA title for SU since 1957.

The Orange entered the race ranked No. 2 in the nation behind only Colorado. The ‘Cuse win was somewhat of an upset, because Colorado was ranked No. 1 all year long and had won every race this season.

Clinton steps up to become leader on women's cross country team
By Ethan Joyce
October 29, 2013 - 4:49pm
With loss of one of the best runners in Big East history last season, senior Alexandra Clinton has become an leader on the team who guides by example.

Alexandra Clinton never thought about being a leader, not until this year started, at least. Clinton, who runs cross country for Syracuse University, is one of only three seniors on the women’s team this season.

The need for leadership of this young team was heightened after the graduation of Sarah Pagano — one of the most decorated female runners in Big East history.

Clinton is trying to pick up that slack, but she said it is all a bit weird.

Men's cross country takes first place, women place second at Dartmouth Invitational
By Ethan Joyce
September 15, 2013 - 11:00am
Syracuse cross country continues to succeed in their inaugural ACC season.

After both cross country teams took first place at the Harry Lang Invitational last weekend, the teams continued their strong starts at the Dartmouth Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 14.

The men took first place at the event, with redshirt freshman MJ Erb and redshirt senior Griff Graves finishing second and fourth in the 8k run, respectively. All seven of Syracuse’s point-scoring runners finished within the top 12. Dartmouth College’s Will Geoghegan finished first among the point-scoring runners with a time of 23:57.62.