Justyn Knight

Junior Year (2016): NCAA Runner-Up ... USTFCCCA All-American ... NCAA Championship Medalist ... USTFCCCA All-Northeast Region ... NCAA Northeast Region Champion ... USTFCCCA Northeast Region Performer of the Year ... ACC Champion ... All-ACC ... First Syracuse harrier to win four individual races in a season since Jim O'Connell in 1982 ... Finished as the National Runner-Up at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, behind Villanova's Patrick Tiernan and ahead of three-time defending NCAA Champion Edward Cheserek. Knight crossed the line in 29:27.3 to lead the team to its second-straight podium finish and served as his second-straight top-four finish ... Won the NCAA Northeast Regional for the second-straight season, finishing in 30:30.5 ... Won the ACC Championship in a time of 22:50.7 ... Won the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational in 23:52.1 ... Took home first place at the Panorama Farms Invitational with a time of 23:13.9, creating a new Panorama Farms course record (9/23). Sophomore Year (2015): Ran to fourth place in the NCAA Championship with a time of 29:46.1 and earned All-America honors (11/21) ... Was one of the seven Syracuse Men's Runners to make All Region in the NCAA Northeast division (11/14) ... Ran to first place at the NCAA Northeast Regional with a time of 30:29 (11/13) ... Finished second for the second straight race at the ACC Championships, running a time of 23:24.4 (10/30) ... Placed second in the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational with a time of 23:35.8 (10/16) ... Won the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown with a time of 23:51.0 (9/25)...Syracuse Male Performance of the Year for NCAA 4th place showing. High School: Canadian Jr. Cross Country Champion… Earned a silver medal in the North American, Central American and Caribbean Cross Country Championships… Undefeated during his senior year cross country season… Took first at the Ontario Federation of School Athletics Association (OFSAA). At SU: Won 2015-16 Male Athlete of the Year and Male Performance of the Year at the 10th-annual 'Cuse Awards; Earned Male Rookie of the Year at the 9th-Annual 'Cuse Awards in 2015.