Michigan State, Wisconsin Win 2022 Big Ten Cross Country Championships
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ROSEMONT, ILL. – Michigan State claimed its third women’s title in the last four years, while Wisconsin earned it’s fifth straight men’s title at the 2022 Big Ten Conference Cross Country Championships on Oct. 28 at the University of Michigan Golf Course in Ann Arbor, Mich.
The Michigan State Spartans women’s program earned its third title under former Spartan standout and current Director of Cross Country and Track & Field, Lisa Breznau. The Spartans registered 78 points, beating runner-up Michigan by eight points. MSU was led by Katie Osika who placed second overall and covered the 6k course at 20:04.6.
For the fifth consecutive year, the Wisconsin men’s cross country program takes home the Big Ten Championship. The Badgers totaled 25 points, beating out runner-up Michigan by a total of 32 points and placed six runners in the top 10. Head coach Mick Byrne also tied another former Wisconsin coach, Martin Smith, for the conference record with 12 championships to their names.
Wisconsin’s Bob Liking earned the men’s individual title, finishing the 8k in 23:48.9, beating his teammate Jackson Sharp by .06 seconds. Liking earned his second consecutive Big Ten individual cross country championship.
The All-Big Ten first and second teams are listed below- the top seven finishers at the Big Ten Championships earn first-team all-conference honors, while the runners ending up in places 8-14 are awarded second-team All-Big ten accolades.
For more information on this year’s Big Ten Cross Country Championships, please visit the official Championships Central page at bigten.org/xcchamps.
Women’s Honorees:
First-Team All-Big Ten
Addie Engel, Ohio State
Katie Osika, Michigan State
Ericka VanderLende, Michigan
Daniella Santos, Ohio State
Sarah Schmitt, Indiana
Andrea Kuhn, Ohio State
Rachel McCardell, Northwestern
Second-Team All-Big Ten
Shea Ruhly, Wisconsin
Makenna Veen, Michigan State
Samantha Tran, Michigan
Kalea Bartolotto, Northwestern
Emma Milburn, Illinois
Samantha Stieve, Wisconsin
Lucinda Crouch, Wisconsin
Men’s Honorees:
First-Team All-Big Ten
Bob Liking, Wisconsin
Jackson Sharp, Wisconsin
Gabriel Sanchez, Indiana
Tom Brady, Michigan
CarLee Stimpfel, Michigan State
Adam Spencer, Wisconsin
Rowen Ellenberg, Wisconsin
Second-Team All-Big Ten
Zach Stewart, Michigan
Charlie Wheeler, Wisconsin
Jack Meijer, Wisconsin
Evan Bishop, Wisconsin
Nick Foster, Michigan
Arjun Jha, Michigan
Riley Hough, Michigan State