Senior Elly Henes was named the ACC Women’s Cross Country Performer of the Year yesterday, becoming the first person in NC State history to do so. Her mother, Laurie Henes, who happens to be the Wolfpack Women’s Cross Country head coach, was named the ACC Coach of the Year for the 5th time.

Our 5x ACC Women's XC Coach of the Year.

2006 : ✅
2016 : ✅
2017 : ✅
2018 : ✅
2019 : ✅

Congrats, Coach Henes!#GoPack pic.twitter.com/hM1wftpyKJ

— Wolfpack XC (@PackXC) December 10, 2019

Elly Henes, of Cary, North Carolina, entered the 2019 NCAA Cross Country Championships as the 13th multi-year cross country All-American in NC State program history and delivered a career-best 10^th-place finish of 20:20.7 on the 6K course.

Earlier, Henes had claimed 2019 ACC and Southeast Regional gold medals with respective winning times of 20:37.4 and 19:48.9. Henes is just the fifth runner in NC State women’s cross country history to earn All-America honors three or more times.

Laurie Henes, in her 14th year as the Wolfpack women’s cross country head coach, led NC State to its fourth consecutive ACC championship and 25th overall. Henes’ Wolfpack placed fifth at this year’s NCAA Championships, marking the program’s fifth consecutive top-15 finish and the highest since 2016. In addition to her daughter Elly, Henes coached freshman Kelsey Chmiel to an All-America finish at the NCAA finals (22nd place).

Henes, a former NC State All-American who ran on four ACC championship teams and was the conference’s gold medalist in 1991, was also recognized as the USTFCCCA Southeast Region Coach of the Year for the fourth consecutive season and the fifth time overall. (ACC)

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Yesterday, NC State’s Women’s Cross-Country team finished 5th in the NCAA Championships, and the Men’s team finished 26th.

Last year, the Women’s team finished 13th, but the Top-5 isn’t abnormal for the Pack, finishing there 3 out of the last 5 years.

This was a step back for the Men’s team, finishing 11th in 2018.

Senior Elly Henes finished 10th in the nation, and earned All-American honors for the third time in her career, making her only 1 of 5 women in school history to do so. The last time a member of NC State’s Women’s team earned 3 consecutive All-American honors was in 1982-84 (Connie Jo Robinson).

Freshman Kelsey Chmiel earned All-American honors, finishing 21st, which is the highest finish by a Wolfpack rookie since 2010.

Junior Ian Shanklin finished 39th, earning the first All-American honors for the Men’s team since 2013.

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This past weekend, NC State’s Men’s and Women’s Cross Country teams both advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the 5th consecutive year.

The Women’s team won the Southeast Regional Championships, earning an automatic bid.

Elly leads the way in a stacked attack by our women.

4. @kelseychmiel (20:02.6)
6. @julia_zachgo (20:12.5)
19. @HowlettMariah (20:46.9)
20. @savshaw19 (20:48.2)
24. @isabelzimm (20:56.2)
35. @Sambush01 (21:12.0)#GoPack pic.twitter.com/fgCwzwi27F

— Wolfpack XC (@PackXC) November 15, 2019

The Men’s team finished 3rd in the Southeast Regional Championship, and they locked up one of the 13 at-large bids.

PACKed it up.

6. Shanklin (29:50.3)
18. @GavinGaynor (30:32.1)
27. Burger (30:44.9)
31. Bason (30:49.4)
34. Kawalec (30:54.2)
65. Baldwin (31:39.7)
103. Epps (32:17.8)#GoPack pic.twitter.com/UuiKWTQYz1

— Wolfpack XC (@PackXC) November 15, 2019

After winning the ACC Championship, Senior Elly Henes won the Regional Championship.

8 runners earned All-Region honors.

Four more members of our Pack in the top 25 🔥@GavinGaynor @HowlettMariah @isabelzimm @savshaw19 #GoPack pic.twitter.com/MnwrVipoDm

— Wolfpack XC (@PackXC) November 15, 2019

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NC State fell to 4-6 tonight, losing to Louisville 34-20 at home. The Box Score is below.