The Virginia men’s cross country team raced to its second consecutive ACC Championship Saturday, and sixth-year senior Ryan Foster claimed his first career individual conference title.
Racing at the Ranson-Hamrick Cross Country Course at North Carolina in Chapel Hill, the Cavaliers turned in the low card of the day, tallying just 40 points to comfortably outpace runner-up No. 29 N.C. State (56 points) and third-place Virginia Tech (75 points). The win marks No. 14 Virginia’s third ACC crown in its past four seasons.
Foster, with a winning time of 24:27.7 on the 8K course, became the program’s first-ever individual male champion. Joining him in earning All-ACC honors were sophomore Ryan Collins (sixth) , senior Andy Biladeau (eighth) and sophomore Emil Heineking (ninth). Junior Graham Tribble (16th) also scored for the Cavaliers.
On the women’s side, Virginia tied for fourth with No. 30 Duke (124 points), while No. 3 Florida State easily cruised to the women’s team title with just 27 points. Led by junior Stephanie Garcia (eighth), who is also a Cavalier Daily tableau editor, and senior Lauretta Dezubay (10th), the Cavaliers improved over last year’s eighth-place showing.
Both the men’s and women’s teams will return home to compete in the Cavalier Open at Panorama Farms Friday in a tune-up for the NCAA Regional Championships Nov. 15.
—compiled by Cayce Troxel
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