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Friday, September 24
Boston, Mass.
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Duke University
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Battle in Beantown
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Blue Devils Hit the Road for Battle in Beantown
9/23/2021 4:48:00 PM | Cross Country
DURHAM – Duke men's and women's cross country are back in action Friday, as the Blue Devils travel north for a key out-of-region meet at the Battle in Beantown, in Boston, Mass.
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The races will be begin at 12Â p.m. in Franklin Park.
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The Blue Devils have not competed in Boston since the 2018 ACC Championship and will return to the Battle in Beantown for the first time since 2014, when the women's squad finished 10th out of 21 teams.
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Duke will be a part of a large field that includes host Boston College, Albany, Arkansas (men only), Army West Point, Boston University, Brown, Buffalo (men only), Columbia, Connecticut, Delaware (women only), Dartmouth, Harvard, Maine, UMass, UMass Lowell, New Hampshire, North Carolina (women only), Northeastern, Providence, Rhode Island, Santa Clara, Syracuse, and Yale.
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Who's Competing
To stay up to date with Blue Devils cross country and track & field, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching "DukeTFXC."
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The races will be begin at 12Â p.m. in Franklin Park.
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The Blue Devils have not competed in Boston since the 2018 ACC Championship and will return to the Battle in Beantown for the first time since 2014, when the women's squad finished 10th out of 21 teams.
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Duke will be a part of a large field that includes host Boston College, Albany, Arkansas (men only), Army West Point, Boston University, Brown, Buffalo (men only), Columbia, Connecticut, Delaware (women only), Dartmouth, Harvard, Maine, UMass, UMass Lowell, New Hampshire, North Carolina (women only), Northeastern, Providence, Rhode Island, Santa Clara, Syracuse, and Yale.
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Who's Competing
- The men will be represented by 10 runners: graduate students CJ Ambrosio, Nick Dahl, Josh Romine and Michael Ungvarsky, senior Chris Theodore, juniors Rory Cavan, Zach Kinne, Owen MacKenzie and Sam Rivera and sophomore Jared Kreis. Ambrosio will make his season debut, while Kinne, Dahl, Rivera and Cavan will all go for their second straight top-five finish after earning second through fifth place at the Elon Opener.
- The women's team will send eight runners to Boston: graduate student Michaela Reinhart, seniors Elizabeth Reneau and Clara Savchik, juniors Emily Cole and Caroline Howley, sophomores Charlotte Tomkinson and Kelli Wilson and freshman Katie Hamilton. Tomkinson is coming off a win at the Elon Opener, while Savchik and Reinhart were right behind her in second and third, respectively.
- Friday's meet will serve as a critical tune-up for the Pre-Nationals in Tallahassee, Fla., on Oct. 15. The field will feature several out-of-region opponents and give the Blue Devils a fresh perspective before upcoming national events.
- The Blue Devil men took 11 of the top-13 spots at the Elon Opener and will look to duplicate that success with a similar lineup in Boston.
- Ambrosio, a native of Avon, Ohio, was one of the best in the conference last season, earning All-ACC honors and helping the Blue Devils finish 16th at the NCAA Championship.
- The men are checking in at No. 5 in the southeast region, while the women remained at No. 5 in the region for the second straight week.
- The men will face a competitive field, headlined by No. 6 Arkansas. The Blue Devils are the first team out of the top-30, checking in with 32 votes, just four behind No. 30 Weber State.
- On the women's side, the Blue Devils will see No. 13 North Carolina, No. 22 Connecticut, and No. 26 Providence. The Blue Devils continue to receive votes in the USTFCCCA rankings, checking in with three in the latest poll.
- The last time the Blue Devils competed in Boston, Reinhart earned All-ACC honors at the 2018 ACC Championship, finishing 20th. Reinhart has finished in the top-20 in four straight regular season cross country meets and is poised to be one of the top Blue Devils in the race.
- Hamilton will be back in action for the first time since winning ACC Co-Freshman of the Week honors on Sept. 7. Hamilton ultimately finished 10th at Elon with a time of 14:09.6.
To stay up to date with Blue Devils cross country and track & field, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching "DukeTFXC."
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