Jenny Ryan Head Coach | Northern Michigan University Athletics Website
Jenny Ryan Head Coach | Northern Michigan University Athletics Website
The Northern Michigan University (NMU) cross country team competed at the Spartan Invite in East Lansing, Michigan, on Friday. The event, hosted by Michigan State University, featured both Division I and Division II competitors.
Sophomore Madi Szymanski delivered a strong performance for NMU, finishing 28th with a time of 22:23.2. This result improved her personal best by nearly 19 seconds and was one of the top finishes among Division II athletes.
Freshman Ava Maginity also secured a top-50 finish, completing the 6K course in 23:18.0. Her time ranked as the 13th-best among Division II participants.
Additional notable performances from NMU included Emma Moore and Dani VanLente, who finished consecutively in 75th and 76th places with times of 23:55.3 and 23:56.1, respectively. Other Wildcats finishing in the top-100 were Lamar Gordon (24:03.1), Emma Sweeney (24:05.1), Talon Prusi (24:07.5), Hillary Way (24:10.9), Skylar Grubb (24:18.8), and Paige Anderson (24:46.3).
The overall winner of the race was Katie Osika from Michigan State, who completed the course in 20:54.2. Lauren Kiley of Grand Valley State came second with a time of 21:02.0, while Makenna Veen from Michigan State took third place at 21:04.4.
The NMU team is scheduled to compete next at the Roy Griak Invite on September 22nd at the University of Minnesota.
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