Deacs Return to Panorama Farms for 2023 NCAA Championships

Saturday, November 18

Charlottesville, Va.

11:10 a.m.

Wake Forest University

NCAA Championships

Deacs Return to Panorama Farms for 2023 NCAA Championships

11/17/2023 8:21:00 PM | Cross Country

The men’s 10k will begin at 11:10 a.m. ET and can be viewed on ESPNU.

By: Isaiah Green

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Making a program record fourth-straight appearance, the Wake Forest men's cross country team will travel to Charlottesville, Va. for the 2023 NCAA Cross Country Championships Saturday at Panorama Farms.

The men's 10k will begin at approximately 11:10 a.m. ET, and the meet can be viewed on ESPNU. Additionally, live results can be found here.

Need to Know
NCAA Cross Country Championships
Sat., Nov. 18, 2023 - 11:10 a.m. ET
Charlottesville, Va. - Panorama Farms

Deacs in Charlottesville

Individual All-American Information
All-American accolades can be achieved by virtue of a top-40 individual finish in Saturday's race.

Wake Forest's Past All-Americans
John Hume, Ben Schoonover, Jon Russell, Nolan Swanson, Zach Facioni, Aaron Las Heras, Luke Tewalt

NCAA Championship Appearances
1988 (14th), 1989 (3rd), 1990 (18th), 1992 (9th), 1993 (20th), 1995 (20th), 1996 (11th), 2000 (18th), 2001 (19th), 2021 Spring (15th), 2021 Fall (10th), 2022 (5th), 2023

Saturday's Field

Automatic Bids
- Arkansas, Butler, BYU, Eastern Kentucky, Florida State, Gonzaga, Harvard, Iona, Iowa State, North Carolina, Northern Arizona, Oklahoma State, Princeton, Stanford, Tennessee, Texas, Villanova, Wisconsin
At-Large Bids
- Air Force, Cal Baptist, Colorado, Georgetown, Michigan, Montana State, NC State, New Mexico, Notre Dame, Portland, Syracuse, Virginia, Wake Forest

Last Time Out (2023 NCAA Southeast Regionals)
Wake Forest climbed back from seventh place at the 5k split to finish fourth overall at the NCAA Southeast Regional a week ago.

Individually, the Deacs were led by Luke Tewalt as he finished in 28:59.7 to secure a top-five result. Of note, the Demon Deacons' top-five spread consisted of Tewalt, Joe O'Brien, Charlie Sprott, Gavin Ehlers and Hunter Jones.

A Year Ago (2022 NCAA Championship)
Wake Forest placed fifth at the 2022 NCAA Cross Country Championships, marking the highest finish for the program since 1989.

The Demon Deacons were paced by Zach Facioni (20), Luke Tewalt (22) and Aaron Las Heras (26) as the dynamic trio earned All-American honors. With his nod, Facioni became the first three-time All-American in program history.

Tewalt and Las Heras became only the sixth and seventh Demon Deacons to earn All-American accolades. Additionally, last season marked the first time Wake Forest had multiple All-Americans (Facioni, Tewalt and Las Heras) in the same season in program history.

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