Friday, November 15
Rock Hill, S.C.
Wake Forest University
vs
NCAA Southeast Regional
Wake Forest Men and Women Set to Compete in the 2024 NCAA Southeast Regional
11/14/2024 1:00:00 PM | Cross Country
The women’s squad is slated to begin at 10:30 a.m., with the men following at 11:30 a.m. Friday morning.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Wake Forest's men's and women's cross country teams travel to Rock Hill, S.C. to compete in the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships, this Friday. The 2024 men's ACC Cross Country Champions enter Southeast Regionals after a victorious showing in Cary, N.C. with the program's sixth title and 58th overall ACC Championship for Wake Forest. The women look to build on their notable ninth place finish at ACC Championships.
The women's 6k is scheduled to start at 10:30 a.m.. The men begin their 10k at 11:30 a.m. Live results can be found here.
Need to Know (Women)
NCAA Southeast Regional Championships
Friday, Nov. 15, 2024 - 10:30 a.m.
Rock Hill, S.C.
Need to Know (Men)
NCAA Southeast Regional Championships
Friday, Nov. 15, 2024 - 11:30 a.m.
Rock Hill, S.C.
The Field
35 Total Teams Men and Women
Racing for the Deacs
For the first time in 23 years, both programs earned fourth place finishes at the 2023 NCAA Southeast Regionals in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Luke Tewat (28:59.7) and Joe O'Brien (29:34.1) achieved All-Region Honors following fifth and 19th place finishes in the men's 10k. In her first season with the Deacs' Brooke Wilson (20:04.5) joined Tewalt and O'Brien earning All-Region honors following a stellar tenth place finish.
Gavin Ehlers (29:58.2), Charlie Sprott (30:06.9), and Hunter Jones (30:13.3) rounded out the top-5 spread finishing 31st, 38th, and 44th.
Deacs' Starting Line
After four Demon Deacon men placed in the top 15 and six finished in the top 50–surging ahead of No. 5 Stanford with a total of 60 points in the 8k–-the men's 2024 ACC Cross Country Champions jumped ahead to No. 5 in the USTFCCCA National Coaches' Poll with 280 points, ahead of five other ACC teams in week five.
Friday's lineup includes four of the five men's ACC Championships (11/1) top-five spread and All-ACC honors, Luke Tewalt, JoJo Jourdon, Charlie Sprott, and Joe O'Brien.
Two-time ACC Cross Country Champion, Tewalt became the fourth Wake Forest runner in program history to earn All-ACC honors on three separate occasions and first since his former teammate Zach Facioni. Standout performer crushed his personal best of 23:06.9, finishing seventh with a time of 22:39.0.
ACC Freshman of the Year JoJo Jourdon will step up to the line on Friday morning following a stellar showing at the 2024 ACC Championships (11/1). In his collegiate 8k debut, Jourdon not only secured the highest finish among freshmen but also became the fourth Demon Deacon in the past eight years to earn this honor, following Sprott who received the award in 2023.
2024 ACC Cross Country Champions Sprott (22:56.1) and two-time All-ACC Award winner O'Brien (22:59.4) earned personal-best times in back-to-back meets (Panorama Farms Invitational and ACC Championships), after finishing 14th and 15th.
For the women, New Jersey-native Angelina Perez looks to continue her extraordinary first season with the Deacs'. Perez is coming off of a 15th place finish in the 6k, clocking 20:00.7 at the ACC Championships. With this outstanding performance, Perez broke her previous personal best-time of 20:13.1 at Pre-Nationals (10/19) where she placed 49th out of 250 performers in Madison, Wisc.
Star performer Brooke Wilson looks to continue her strong form after finishing 19th at ACC Championships, leading to an All-ACC Award for the second-consecutive season, becoming the first back-to-back All-ACC honoree on the women's side for the Deacs since Sam Halvorsen (2017-2019).
Wilson is joined by Rylan Engels, Elizabeth Whaley, and Molly Dreher taking the course after finishing 53rd, 56th, and 57th to complete the Deacs' top-5 spread at the ACC Championships.
Essential NCAA Championships Qualifying and Individual All-Region Qualification Information
For the fifth consecutive season, the men look to advance to the NCAA Championships, while the women are seeking their first bid since 2006.
Men's NCAA Championship Appearances
Women's NCAA Championship Appearances
The top two teams from each of the nine regions earn automatic bids to the 2024 NCAA Championships in Madison, Wisc. Additionally, the first four individual finishers from each region, who are not part of an automatic qualifying or at-large-team, also receive an automatic bid to championships.
Teams that do not secure an automatic bid must await selection by the NCAA D1 Cross Country Subcommittee as one of the 13 at-large-teams. Only two individual at-large selections are made, emphasizing the importance of a strong regional performance for advancing toward a national title.
To achieve NCAA Southeast All-Region, the individual will need to place in the top-25 in Friday's race.
John Hayes Eyes Second ACC and Fourth USTFCCCA Southeast Region Coach of the Year Awards
Hayes is in contention for his second ACC Coach of the Year award and fourth USTFCCCA Southeast Region Cross Country Coach of the Year honor, after leading his team to an ACC Cross Country Championship title on November 1–their second in the past three years.
Up Next
The 2024 NCAA Cross Country Championships will take place on Saturday, Nov. 23rd in Madison Wisc.
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The women's 6k is scheduled to start at 10:30 a.m.. The men begin their 10k at 11:30 a.m. Live results can be found here.
Need to Know (Women)
NCAA Southeast Regional Championships
Friday, Nov. 15, 2024 - 10:30 a.m.
Rock Hill, S.C.
Need to Know (Men)
NCAA Southeast Regional Championships
Friday, Nov. 15, 2024 - 11:30 a.m.
Rock Hill, S.C.
The Field
35 Total Teams Men and Women
- Women (Top-10 Southeast)
- No. 1 North Carolina*
- No. 2 Virginia*
- No. 3 NC State*
- No. 4 Furman*
- No. 5 Liberty
- No. 6 Wake Forest
- No. 7 Louisville
- No. 8 Clemson
- No. 9 Virginia Tech
- No. 10 Charlotte
- Men (Top-10 Southeast)
- No. 1 Wake Forest*
- No. 2 North Carolina*
- No. 3 Virginia
- No. 4 Furman*
- No. 5 Eastern Kentucky*
- No. 6 NC State
- No. 7 Virginia Tech
- No. 8 Liberty
- No. 9 Duke
- No. 10 Kentucky
Racing for the Deacs
- Women
- Men
For the first time in 23 years, both programs earned fourth place finishes at the 2023 NCAA Southeast Regionals in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Luke Tewat (28:59.7) and Joe O'Brien (29:34.1) achieved All-Region Honors following fifth and 19th place finishes in the men's 10k. In her first season with the Deacs' Brooke Wilson (20:04.5) joined Tewalt and O'Brien earning All-Region honors following a stellar tenth place finish.
Gavin Ehlers (29:58.2), Charlie Sprott (30:06.9), and Hunter Jones (30:13.3) rounded out the top-5 spread finishing 31st, 38th, and 44th.
Deacs' Starting Line
After four Demon Deacon men placed in the top 15 and six finished in the top 50–surging ahead of No. 5 Stanford with a total of 60 points in the 8k–-the men's 2024 ACC Cross Country Champions jumped ahead to No. 5 in the USTFCCCA National Coaches' Poll with 280 points, ahead of five other ACC teams in week five.
Friday's lineup includes four of the five men's ACC Championships (11/1) top-five spread and All-ACC honors, Luke Tewalt, JoJo Jourdon, Charlie Sprott, and Joe O'Brien.
Two-time ACC Cross Country Champion, Tewalt became the fourth Wake Forest runner in program history to earn All-ACC honors on three separate occasions and first since his former teammate Zach Facioni. Standout performer crushed his personal best of 23:06.9, finishing seventh with a time of 22:39.0.
ACC Freshman of the Year JoJo Jourdon will step up to the line on Friday morning following a stellar showing at the 2024 ACC Championships (11/1). In his collegiate 8k debut, Jourdon not only secured the highest finish among freshmen but also became the fourth Demon Deacon in the past eight years to earn this honor, following Sprott who received the award in 2023.
2024 ACC Cross Country Champions Sprott (22:56.1) and two-time All-ACC Award winner O'Brien (22:59.4) earned personal-best times in back-to-back meets (Panorama Farms Invitational and ACC Championships), after finishing 14th and 15th.
For the women, New Jersey-native Angelina Perez looks to continue her extraordinary first season with the Deacs'. Perez is coming off of a 15th place finish in the 6k, clocking 20:00.7 at the ACC Championships. With this outstanding performance, Perez broke her previous personal best-time of 20:13.1 at Pre-Nationals (10/19) where she placed 49th out of 250 performers in Madison, Wisc.
Star performer Brooke Wilson looks to continue her strong form after finishing 19th at ACC Championships, leading to an All-ACC Award for the second-consecutive season, becoming the first back-to-back All-ACC honoree on the women's side for the Deacs since Sam Halvorsen (2017-2019).
Wilson is joined by Rylan Engels, Elizabeth Whaley, and Molly Dreher taking the course after finishing 53rd, 56th, and 57th to complete the Deacs' top-5 spread at the ACC Championships.
Essential NCAA Championships Qualifying and Individual All-Region Qualification Information
For the fifth consecutive season, the men look to advance to the NCAA Championships, while the women are seeking their first bid since 2006.
Men's 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 (24th)
Women's NCAA Championship Appearances
- 1987 (10th), 1992 (19th), 1994 (12th), 1997 (17th), 1998 (15th), 2000 (29th), 2002 (9th), 2003 (21st), 2004 (19th), 2005 (17th), 2006 (27th)
The top two teams from each of the nine regions earn automatic bids to the 2024 NCAA Championships in Madison, Wisc. Additionally, the first four individual finishers from each region, who are not part of an automatic qualifying or at-large-team, also receive an automatic bid to championships.
Teams that do not secure an automatic bid must await selection by the NCAA D1 Cross Country Subcommittee as one of the 13 at-large-teams. Only two individual at-large selections are made, emphasizing the importance of a strong regional performance for advancing toward a national title.
To achieve NCAA Southeast All-Region, the individual will need to place in the top-25 in Friday's race.
John Hayes Eyes Second ACC and Fourth USTFCCCA Southeast Region Coach of the Year Awards
Hayes is in contention for his second ACC Coach of the Year award and fourth USTFCCCA Southeast Region Cross Country Coach of the Year honor, after leading his team to an ACC Cross Country Championship title on November 1–their second in the past three years.
Up Next
The 2024 NCAA Cross Country Championships will take place on Saturday, Nov. 23rd in Madison Wisc.
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