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Pirates Set for 2024 American Athletic Conference Cross Country Championships
October 31, 2024 | Cross Country
GREENVILLE, N.C. – The East Carolina cross country team is set to compete at the 2024 American Athletic Conference Championships on Friday evening at L.W. Clapp Park in Wichita, Kan.
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The meet will be available for streaming on ESPN+ with the women's 6K race beginning at 5:05 p.m. and the men's 8K taking place at 5:50 p.m. Live results will be available from AthleticLIVE.
"I'm excited to see how we attack the course," said coach Jon Debogory. "Every competition we're competing stronger than the prior one."Â
The team will be looking to improve upon a seventh-place finish on the women's side and a men's ninth-place outing at the conference championships last season. Alyssa Zack and Colin McCauley were the Pirates top finishers in that meet with 25th- and 49th-place finishes, setting the team up for a new pair of top finishers in 2024.
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Last Time Out
Erin Pope ran to a top 25 finish and Alex Sawyer cracked the top 50 to lead the team at the Panorama Farms Invitational hosted by Virginia on Oct. 19. The Pirates women finished 12th as a team while the men took 13th overall.
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The men took the course first for their 8K race and it was Sawyer leading the charge with his 24:18.9 result to take 47th overall. Sawyer was joined in the scoring lineup by J Henry Lyon (65th), Ryan Tarapchak (144th), Nick Willer (148th) and Ashton Tolson (154th). Elliott Kleckner, Judah Lacroix and Cooper Kleckner also toed the line for the Pirate men, taking 169th, 170th and 173rd each.
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On the women's side, it was Pope leading the way again as her 21:29.5 time for 6K placed her 24th overall against a very competitive field. The freshman out Wilson was joined in the scoring lineup by Kaylee McCullough (42nd), Hayley Whoolery (58th), Navaya Zales (97th) and Lily Schlossberg (112th). Bella Wood, Ava Elliott and Katrina Ford also competed for the Pirate women, finishing 113th, 115th and 126th, respectively.
Follow ECU XC/TF on Social Media
For more information on the ECU cross country team follow @ECUTFXC on Twitter and Instagram.
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The meet will be available for streaming on ESPN+ with the women's 6K race beginning at 5:05 p.m. and the men's 8K taking place at 5:50 p.m. Live results will be available from AthleticLIVE.
"I'm excited to see how we attack the course," said coach Jon Debogory. "Every competition we're competing stronger than the prior one."Â
The team will be looking to improve upon a seventh-place finish on the women's side and a men's ninth-place outing at the conference championships last season. Alyssa Zack and Colin McCauley were the Pirates top finishers in that meet with 25th- and 49th-place finishes, setting the team up for a new pair of top finishers in 2024.
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Last Time Out
Erin Pope ran to a top 25 finish and Alex Sawyer cracked the top 50 to lead the team at the Panorama Farms Invitational hosted by Virginia on Oct. 19. The Pirates women finished 12th as a team while the men took 13th overall.
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The men took the course first for their 8K race and it was Sawyer leading the charge with his 24:18.9 result to take 47th overall. Sawyer was joined in the scoring lineup by J Henry Lyon (65th), Ryan Tarapchak (144th), Nick Willer (148th) and Ashton Tolson (154th). Elliott Kleckner, Judah Lacroix and Cooper Kleckner also toed the line for the Pirate men, taking 169th, 170th and 173rd each.
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On the women's side, it was Pope leading the way again as her 21:29.5 time for 6K placed her 24th overall against a very competitive field. The freshman out Wilson was joined in the scoring lineup by Kaylee McCullough (42nd), Hayley Whoolery (58th), Navaya Zales (97th) and Lily Schlossberg (112th). Bella Wood, Ava Elliott and Katrina Ford also competed for the Pirate women, finishing 113th, 115th and 126th, respectively.
Follow ECU XC/TF on Social Media
For more information on the ECU cross country team follow @ECUTFXC on Twitter and Instagram.
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