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Justyn Knight continues cross-country tear with Northeast Regional win

Canadian Justyn Knight continued his stellar cross-country season with a victory at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championships on Friday.

Justyn Knight
November 11, 2016
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Justyn Knight won his fourth consecutive cross-country race on Friday at the Northeast Regional Championships, the last meet before the United States Division One (NCAA) Championships. The Canadian attends Syracuse University in New York.

Knight, 20, ran 30:30.52 to win the men’s 10K championships. The Toronto native led Syracuse to the team title, which secures their spot for the NCAA Division One Cross-Country Championships in Terre Haute, Ind. on Nov. 19.

Knight has not lost a race in September, October or November of this year.

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Friday’s Northeast Regional Championship was held in Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, N.Y. Knight is one of the favourites to win the national championships though he will be in tough with the likes of Oregon’s Edward Cheserek. Simon Bairu is the last Canadian to have won the NCAA Division One Championships on the men’s side.

“Trust the process,” Knight tweeted accompanied by a photo of him and his team.

According to a team source, the Syracuse Orange will leave for Indiana on Wednesday. Syracuse, who was led by Knight in 2015, are the defending national cross-country champions for the top-tier of American universities.

It’s the fourth consecutive year that Syracuse has won the Northeast Regional Championships and sixth time since 2009.

A number of top developing athletes from Canada attend American-based universities. Other notables who placed well at regional meets include London, Ont.’s Charlotte Prouse of Washington finishing tenth in the West Regional Championships.

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