2016 ACC XC Predictions

By: Garrett Zatlin

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ACC's
Finish	Name	University
1	Justyn Knight	Syracuse
2	Edwin Kibichiy	Louisville
3	George Parsons	NC State
4	Harry Mulenga	Florida State
5	Calvin Chemoiywo	Louisville
6	Colin Bennie	Syracuse
7	Brent Demarest	Virginia
8	Philo Germano	Syracuse
9	Iliass Aouani	Syracuse
10	Zach Herriot	Virginia
11	Mark Derrick	UNC
12	Andrew Gaiser	Virginia Tech
13	Chase Weaverling	Virginia
14	Joel Hubbard	Syracuse
15	Lachlan Cook	Virginia
16	Peter Seufer	Virginia Tech
17	Harry Warnick	Wake Forest
18	Mike Marsella	Virginia
19	Daniel Jaskowak	Virginia Tech
20	Neil Gourley	Virginia Tech
Team Scores
Projected Finish	Team	Projected Score
1	Syracuse	38
2	Virginia	63
3	Virginia Tech	98
4	NC State	123
5	Florida State	140

Unsure if racing: Henry Wynne (Virginia)

Individual

With Thomas Curtin no longer around, Justyn Knight can pursue all of the ACC titles he wants. As if he wasn't good enough last year, Knight has become even stronger this year. He easily handled a fast pace at Panorama Farms and later threw down a kick at Wisconsin that made his competition look like child's play.

While Knight is the heavy favorite, he'll need to prepare for a very fast pace thanks to Kibichiy and Parsons. Both of these guys are known to take the pace out hard and not wait around for a kick. We saw a perfect instance of that at Wisconsin when Parsons made a hard move with 2k to go while the rest of the pack chased him.

Team

The ACC is admittedly in a down year (team wise) after so many top programs graduated key scorers of their squad. Syracuse is one of those programs who is missing one of their graduated seniors (Martin Hehir). Still, the Orangemen are one of the top teams in the nation and they should be able to secure another conference championship relatively easily.

UVA's Henry Wynne isn't set to return until regionals, but if he does run this weekend then the scoring could be closer than expected. The Cavaliers depth has developed quite well this season and the addition of their low-stick could really shake things up.