Pack men run to ACC title

Placing six runners in the top 23, N.C. State won the Atlantic Coast Conference cross country championship Saturday at Cary, edging two-time defending champion Virginia for the men's title.

Florida State placed seven runners in the top 20 and rolled to the women's championship over runner-up Duke.

Virginia's Emil Heineking won the individual championship in the men's race, running the 8K course at the Wake Med Soccer Park in a time of 23:15.49. Cavaliers teammate Ryan Collins was second at 23:17.74. Two-time defending women's champion Susan Kuijken was an easy repeat winner, running the 6K course in a time of 19:39.3.

N.C. State, which won its 14th men's championship and its 11th in the past 15 years, was paced by senior John Martinez and sophomore Ryan Hill, who ran third and fourth, respectively. Redshirt-freshman Patrick Campbell placed eighth for the Wolfpack, which totaled 56 points.

Virginia won a three-way battle for second place with 71 points. Florida State was third, one point behind the Cavaliers, and Duke was fourth with 74. Virginia Tech (122) finished fifth, followed by North Carolina (138). Wake Forest was ninth with 281 points.

In winning its third straight ACC championship, Florida State's women dominated.

In addition to Kuijken, junior Pilar McShine was third (20:06.4), junior Pasca Cheruiyot was sixth (20:16.6), sophomore Jennifer Dunn was 13th (20:37.8) and freshman Jessica Perry was 14th (20:40.7).

FSU won with a team score of 37 points, easily outdistancing runner-up Duke (71 points) and third-place Virginia (84).

N.C. State (109) finished fourth, followed by North Carolina (137).

The biggest suspense in the women's race turned out to be Kuijken's final margin of victory. She eased across the finish line a full 16 seconds ahead of runner-up Catherine White of Virginia, who ran the course in an impressive time of 19:55.9. FSU's McShine was third at 20:06.4, 11 seconds behind White. FSU's top seven runners all finished in the top 20.

Morgane Gay of Virginia took fourth at 20:06.6, followed by Duke's Carly Seymour (20:14.8), Florida State's Pasca Cheruiyot (20:18.6), NC State's Emily Pritt (20:22.9) and UNC's Ashley Verplank (20:23.4).

Also Saturday

Field Hockey

Virginia 2, Duke 1: Third-ranked Virginia (16-2, 3-2 ACC) scored a pair of second-half goals to rally past No. 13 Duke (9-9, 0-5) at Charlottesville, Va.

Lauren Miller scored for the Blue Devils in the 20th minute to give Duke a 1-0 halftime lead.

Virginia got goals from Paige Selenski and Michelle Vittese in the second half.

North Carolina 2, Old Dominion 0: Charlotte Verstraten and Elizabeth Stephens scored goals for the No. 2 Tar Heels (16-1) in a nonconference win over visiting ODU (8-11).

Jackie Kinzer made three saves as the Tar Heels notched 12th shutout of the season.

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