Cross Country
The Cross Country teams at Syracuse University are currently coached by Head Coach Chris Fox, Assistant Coach Brien Bell, Assistant Coach Adam Smith and Director of Operations John Oliver. Syracuse Cross Country competes within the Big East Conference, but will move to the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2013.
The Syracuse Orange Men's Cross Country Team has a well rooted history, with an NCAA Championship victory dating back to 1951. The Orange recently won their first Big East Conference title in 2009 and then defended the title in 2010, in which they hosted the meet at Jamesville Beach County Park located in Jamesville, New York. The team also won the NCAA Northeast Regional Championships in 2009 and 2010. At NCAAs, the team finished 14th place in both 2009 and 2010 with Tito Medrano earning All American Status in 2009 and Pat Dupont earning All American Status in 2010. In 2011, the Orange won the Northeast Regional Meet for a third consecutive time and placed 15th at the NCAA Championships held in Terre Haute, Indiana.
The women's team has had great success in recent years as well. In 2008, the women's team made NCAA Nationals for the first time ever, and have made it every year since then. In 2010, the team finished an all time best of 10th place. They have been a consistent top 3 team in the Big East over the recent years as well. In 2009, Katie Hursey won the NCAA Northeast Regional Championships individually, the first Orange in school history to do so.
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