North Carolina State University Athletics
Pritt, Hill to run NACAC Championships Saturday
3/5/2009 12:00:00 AM | Cross Country
MIAMI, Fla. NC State’s Emily Pritt and Ryan Hill will be in a field of more than 170 athletes representing 16 national federations who will compete Saturday, March 7, at the fifth annual North America, Central America and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC) Cross Country Championships at Chain of Lakes Park in Orlando, Florida.
The NACAC Championships will contest races for the open men’s 8 km, open women’s 6 km, junior men’s 6k and junior women’s 4k. The junior women’s 4k race will begin at 9:15 a.m., followed by the junior men’s 6k race at 9:45.
Hill and Pritt, both freshmen for the Wolfpack during the 2008 cross country season, earned spots on the USA Junior Cross Country team in February at the 2009 USA Cross Country Championships and World Cross Country Team Trials, held at at the Agricultural History Farm Park in Derwood, Maryland. Hill eanred a spot on the team with a fourth-place finish at the trials. Pritt originally was first alternate to the junior women’s team with her seventh-place finish, and later was added to the team.
Hill was an All-ACC performer and the 2008 ACC men’s rookie of the year after a 13th-place finish at the ACC Cross Country Championships on November 1. He was the Wolfpack’s No. 3 finisher at the NCAA Pre-Nationals, the NCAA Southeast Regional, and the NCAA Championships. Hill was a 2007 Foot Locker All-American out of Hickory (N.C.) High School.
Pritt was the top runner in four of five races for the NC State women’s team, which featured a freshman-dominated lineup throughout the 2008 campaign. Pritt was a three-time all-state runner at North Canton (Ohio) High School. She finished fifth in the 2007 Mid-East Cross Country Championships, which featured top high school runners from Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Kentucky.
The NACAC Championships will contest races for the open men’s 8 km, open women’s 6 km, junior men’s 6k and junior women’s 4k. The junior women’s 4k race will begin at 9:15 a.m., followed by the junior men’s 6k race at 9:45.
Hill and Pritt, both freshmen for the Wolfpack during the 2008 cross country season, earned spots on the USA Junior Cross Country team in February at the 2009 USA Cross Country Championships and World Cross Country Team Trials, held at at the Agricultural History Farm Park in Derwood, Maryland. Hill eanred a spot on the team with a fourth-place finish at the trials. Pritt originally was first alternate to the junior women’s team with her seventh-place finish, and later was added to the team.
Hill was an All-ACC performer and the 2008 ACC men’s rookie of the year after a 13th-place finish at the ACC Cross Country Championships on November 1. He was the Wolfpack’s No. 3 finisher at the NCAA Pre-Nationals, the NCAA Southeast Regional, and the NCAA Championships. Hill was a 2007 Foot Locker All-American out of Hickory (N.C.) High School.
Pritt was the top runner in four of five races for the NC State women’s team, which featured a freshman-dominated lineup throughout the 2008 campaign. Pritt was a three-time all-state runner at North Canton (Ohio) High School. She finished fifth in the 2007 Mid-East Cross Country Championships, which featured top high school runners from Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Kentucky.
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