Saturday, November 20
Tallahassee, FL
Wake Forest University
vs
NCAA Championships
Wake Forest Men’s Cross Country Primed for NCAA Championships
11/19/2021 1:30:00 PM | Cross Country
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The No. 17-ranked Wake Forest men's cross country team will put its national-caliber depth to the final test this Saturday (Nov. 20) as it battles the country's best teams and runners at the NCAA Cross Country Championships hosted by Florida State.
The Wake Forest men will race 10 kilometers (6.21 miles) over multiple loops of the Apalachee Regional Park Cross Country Course in Tallahassee, Fla., starting at 11:10 a.m., with both national team and individual honors on the line.
The Demon Deacons will run in front of a national television audience as part of the ESPNU broadcast of the meet.
Conditions are expected to be dry with moderate winds between 5-10 mph. The projected high temperature for the day is 67 degrees, with the thermometer likely reading in the high 50s at race time.
Live results will be available through Primetime Timing. Comprehensive in-race updates will be provided at each kilometer split checkpoint on both the team's official Twitter and its official Instagram Stories.
LAST TIME OUT
Wake Forest took the team title at the NCAA Southeast Region Championships, marking the best regional finish for the program since 1993.
Aaron Las Heras, Zach Facioni, Luke Tewalt, Joaquin Martinez de Pinillos, Thomas Vanoppen, Justin Robison and Coen Roberts each placed inside the top-25 for the Demon Deacons to earn All-Region honors.
With taking the top spot in the regional, the Demon Deacons punched their ticket into the NCAA Cross Country Championships for the second time since 2001.
THINGS TO KNOW: NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
The NCAA Championships are scored by standard NCAA rules, with the top five runners for each team accumulating points that correspond to their finishing place relative to other full teams in the field (there are also teams that have fewer than five runners at the NCAA Championships; their runners do not factor into the team scoring). The lower the team score, the better. Sixth and seventh runners' points do not directly factor into a team's score, but they serve as point displacers to runners who finish behind them.
The top four teams in the standings make the NCAA podium and receive team trophies. The top 15 finishers are recognized by the NCAA with individual trophies.
The top 40 finishers are recognized by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association as All-Americans, and receive medals for their efforts.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Apalachee Regional Park - Course Maps
Distance: 10 kilometers (6.21 miles)
Max Elevation: 96 feet above sea level
Low Elevation: 44 feet above sea level
With only four major hills on the course and plenty of rolling downhill afterward -- to go along with firm grass and crushed gravel trails -- the Apalachee Regional Park Cross Country Course will be one of the fastest courses the Deacs will have run this fall.
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP (all times Eastern)
Venue: Apalachee Regional Park
Date: November 19
Time: 11:10 a.m.
Live Stats
Saturday, November 19th:
The Wake Forest men will race 10 kilometers (6.21 miles) over multiple loops of the Apalachee Regional Park Cross Country Course in Tallahassee, Fla., starting at 11:10 a.m., with both national team and individual honors on the line.
The Demon Deacons will run in front of a national television audience as part of the ESPNU broadcast of the meet.
Conditions are expected to be dry with moderate winds between 5-10 mph. The projected high temperature for the day is 67 degrees, with the thermometer likely reading in the high 50s at race time.
Live results will be available through Primetime Timing. Comprehensive in-race updates will be provided at each kilometer split checkpoint on both the team's official Twitter and its official Instagram Stories.
LAST TIME OUT
Wake Forest took the team title at the NCAA Southeast Region Championships, marking the best regional finish for the program since 1993.
Aaron Las Heras, Zach Facioni, Luke Tewalt, Joaquin Martinez de Pinillos, Thomas Vanoppen, Justin Robison and Coen Roberts each placed inside the top-25 for the Demon Deacons to earn All-Region honors.
With taking the top spot in the regional, the Demon Deacons punched their ticket into the NCAA Cross Country Championships for the second time since 2001.
THINGS TO KNOW: NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
The NCAA Championships are scored by standard NCAA rules, with the top five runners for each team accumulating points that correspond to their finishing place relative to other full teams in the field (there are also teams that have fewer than five runners at the NCAA Championships; their runners do not factor into the team scoring). The lower the team score, the better. Sixth and seventh runners' points do not directly factor into a team's score, but they serve as point displacers to runners who finish behind them.
The top four teams in the standings make the NCAA podium and receive team trophies. The top 15 finishers are recognized by the NCAA with individual trophies.
The top 40 finishers are recognized by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association as All-Americans, and receive medals for their efforts.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Apalachee Regional Park - Course Maps
Distance: 10 kilometers (6.21 miles)
Max Elevation: 96 feet above sea level
Low Elevation: 44 feet above sea level
With only four major hills on the course and plenty of rolling downhill afterward -- to go along with firm grass and crushed gravel trails -- the Apalachee Regional Park Cross Country Course will be one of the fastest courses the Deacs will have run this fall.
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP (all times Eastern)
Venue: Apalachee Regional Park
Date: November 19
Time: 11:10 a.m.
Live Stats
Saturday, November 19th:
- Men's 10k (11:10 a.m.)
- Zach Facioni [JR]
- Aaron Las Heras [JR]
- John LePino [SR]
- Joaquin Martinez De Pinillos [JR]
- Coen Roberts [FR]
- Justin Robison [SR]
- Luke Tewalt [FR]
- Thomas Vanoppen [JR]
Players Mentioned
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