Men’s and Women’s Cross Country 2024 Runners to Watch Announced

ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference’s 2024 Runners to Watch Lists were announced on Thursday, featuring 15 student-athletes from men’s cross country and 18 student-athletes from women’s cross country. The watch lists were determined by the conference’s head coaches.

Three runners on the men’s side earned All-Big Ten honors last season, while a pair picked up All-Pac-12 laurels. For the women, five runners garnered all-conference recognition from the Big Ten and a duo from the Pac-12 notched all-conference awards.

The 2024 cross country season is set to begin on Friday, Aug. 30. Defending Big Ten Champion Michigan State is coming off its fourth women’s title in the last five years while Wisconsin’s men’s team has won six straight conference championships.

The complete 2024 Runners to Watch Lists can be found below:

2024 Big Ten Men's Cross Country Runners to Watch
Alex Partlow, Jr., Illinois
Skylar Stidam, Sr. Indiana
Will Ryan, Jr., Iowa
Luke Venhuizen, Jr., Michigan
Andrew Nolan, Gr., Michigan State
Emmet Anderson, Jr., Minnesota
Liem Chot, Sr., Nebraska
Zubin Jha, 5th-Yr., Ohio State
Elliott Cook, Sr., Oregon
Brian DiCola, So., Penn State
Nathan Walker, Sr., Purdue
Liam Tilton, Jr., Rutgers
Michael Mireles, Gr., UCLA
Nathan Green, Jr., Washington
Bob Liking, Sr., Wisconsin

2024 Big Ten Women's Cross Country Runners to Watch
Halle Hill, Sr., Illinois
Mariah Wehrle, Sr., Indiana
Miriam Sandeen, Jr., Iowa
Katie Altieri, Sr., Maryland
Kayla Windemuller, Gr., Michigan
Makenna Veen, Gr., Michigan State
Erin Reidy, Sr., Minnesota
Berlyn Schutz, So., Nebraska
Ava Earl, R-Jr., Northwestern
Daniella Santos, Gr., Ohio State
Maddy Elmore, Sr., Oregon
Florence Caron, Sr., Penn State
Payne Turney, Sr., Purdue
Sofia Condron, Jr., Rutgers
Mia Kane, Sr., UCLA
Gigi Maccagnini, Sr., USC
Chloe Foerster, Jr., Washington
Leané Willemse, Jr., Wisconsin