Virginia Set for ACC Championships Friday
CARY, N.C. — The No.16/No.21 Virginia men’s and women’s cross country programs travel to Cary, N.C. for the 2024 ACC Cross Country Championships on Friday (Nov. 1) at the WakeMed Soccer Park. The men are set to kick things with an 8k race at 9:40 a.m. The women will follow with a 6k race set to begin at 10:30 a.m.
How to Follow
The 2024 ACC Cross Country Championships will be streamed on ACC Network which is available through the ESPN app and at WatchESPN.com for customers who have the ACC Network as part of their TV subscription. Links to both the broadcast and live results are available at VirginiaSports.com. Fans can also get updates by following the program’s official Twitter account (@UVATFCC).
Men’s 8k Course Map
Women’s 6k Course Map
Live Results
Live Stream
Rankings
The Cavalier men check in at No. 16 ahead of the ACC Championships while the Virginia women are ranked No. 21 in the latest USTFCCCA rankings. The ACC has boasted strong teams throughout the season as six men’s teams and eight women’s teams are ranked nationally:
| Men | Women |
| No. 5 Stanford | No. 5 Notre Dame |
| No. 7 Wake Forest | No. 10 NC State |
| No. 10 Notre Dame | No. 13 Florida State |
| No. 12 Syracuse | No. 15 Stanford |
| No. 13 North Carolina | No. 19 North Carolina |
| No. 16 Virginia | No. 21 Virginia |
| (RV) Florida State | No. 23 Syracuse |
| No. 30 Boston College |
ACC Championships Notes
- The UVA men have won the ACC title four times (1984, 2005, 2007, 2008)
- The Virginia women have been crowned champions on three occasions (1981, 1982, 2015)
- Virginia’s Margaret Groos won the first-ever ACC women’s cross country individual championship in 1978 – four Cavaliers have accomplished the feat since including Lesley Welch (1982), Patty Matava (1987) and Claire Forbes (1992)
- Two UVA men have been crowned ACC individual Champions including Ryan Foster (2008) and Emil Heineking (2009, 2010)
- Both Cavalier men and women are coming off a top-three finish from a season ago when the men finished third with 77 points while the women scored 82 points to finish third
- The last time both Virginia teams cracked the top-five in the same season was in 2015—the women were crowned champions while the men placed third
The Smithfield Commonwealth Clash
The Smithfield Commonwealth Clash, originally called the Commonwealth Challenge (2005-2007), has been a part of the UVA-Virginia Tech rivalry since 2014. It is an all-sports, points-based program with the Commonwealth Clash trophy presented to the winning school each year for its dominance in head-to-head competitions.
In men’s and women’s cross country, the commonwealth clash point is awarded to the team that finishes higher at the ACC Championships. Virginia currently leads the overall competition 1-0.