Wake Forest University
NCAA Cross Country Championships
Deacons Capture Highest Finish Since 1996 at NCAA Cross Country Championship
3/15/2021 4:09:00 PM | Cross Country
Complete Results
STILLWATER, Okla. -- Wake Forest's nationally-ranked men's cross country team placed 15th at Monday's NCAA Cross Country Championship and junior Zach Facioni earned All-America honors with his 27th place finish in a time of 30:30.9.
This marked the Demon Deacons' best finish as a program since 1996 and Facioni is just the fourth student-athlete to capture All-America accolades. Wake Forest, who entered the meet ranked No. 2 in the southeast region and No. 21 in the national coaches' poll, qualified for the national meet for the first time since 2001.
The Deacons had the second-highest finish in the ACC behind Notre Dame, who was the runner-up to Northern Arizona. Overall, there were 250 runners who competed on Monday afternoon.
Last fall the men's program recorded a third-place finish at the 2020 ACC Championships. That was the Demon Deacons' best finish at the conference meet since 2001 and four Wake Forest student-athletes earned All-ACC honors with top-20 finishes.
Wake Forest's squad will now move its attention to outdoor track & field beginning with the Adidas Raleigh Relays March 25-27.
Director of Track & Field, John Hayes:
"All seven of our competitors fought the entire race. I am so proud of this team and our staff. This is a physically and psychologically tough meet. We started out last and we steadily moved up. This course is extremely hilly and we were in 15th place by the 5k. Specifically on Zach (Facioni), he had a solid race. He has shown enough in his workouts that this finish was expected. I am extremely excited about our potential as we move into the outdoor season."
Complete Results
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Demon Deacons Finishes:
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27) Zach Facioni, 30:30.9
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61) Aaron Las Heras, 31:07.4
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101) Jonathan Velasco, 31:33.8
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126) Carter Coughlin, 31:54.7
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180) Coen Roberts, 32:33.5
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210) Joaquín Martínez De Pinillos, 33:07.9
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224) Jack Tiernan, 33:42.7
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Team Results:
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1) Northern Arizona, 60
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2) Notre Dame, 87
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3) Oklahoma State, 142
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4) Arkansas, 181
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5) Stanford, 194
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6) Tulsa, 237
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7) BYU, 254
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8) Iowa State, 265
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9) Southern Utah, 270
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10) Iona, 311
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11) Utah State, 351
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12) Ole Miss, 373
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13) Butler, 379
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14) Colorado, 398
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15) Wake Forest, 425
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16) Duke, 462
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17) Michigan State, 463
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18) Wisconsin, 464
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19) Air Force, 464
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20) Villanova, 468
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21) Portland, 472
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22) Georgetown, 528
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23) NC State, 547
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24) Furman, 560
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25) Washington, 568
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26) Indiana, 572
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27) Gonzaga, 591
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28) Charlotte, 634
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29) Purdue, 741
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30) Syracuse, 761
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Wake Forest All-Americans:
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John Hume, 1989
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Ben Schoonover, 1989
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Jon Russell, 1996
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Nolan Swanson, 1997
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Zach Facioni, 2020-21
Wake Forest NCAA Championship Finishes:
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1988 -- 14th
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1989 -- 3rd
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1990 -- 18th
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1992 -- 9th
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1993 -- 20th
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1995 -- 20th
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1996 -- 11th
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2000 -- 18th
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2001 -- 19th
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2021 -- 15th
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