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 2025 Big Ten Cross Country Champions Merch
 </a>EAST LANSING, Mich. – The Oregon men’s cross country team claimed its first team title after winning the 2025 Big Ten Cross Country Championship, hosted by Michigan State University at Forest Akers East Golf Course. The Ducks totaled 36 points, which included five runners placing in the top 15. Michigan State tallied 68 points, and Wisconsin recorded 90 points to round out the podium finishers. Oregon’s Abdel Laadjel claimed the individual title, finishing the 8K course in a time of 23:11.6. Michigan State’s Riley Hough and Thomas Westphal, three-time Big Ten Athlete and Freshman of the Week award winners respectively this season, finished second and third.  This marks the first time a team other than Wisconsin has won the men’s team title since 2017, and the first time a runner other than the Badgers’ Bob Liking, who graduated last year, has won the individual title since 2020. Oregon coach Jerry Schumacher also became the first coach to win a cross country title for multiple teams in the Big Ten. He previously won 11 titles with Wisconsin and now earned his first with the Ducks. The top 10 finishers at the Big Ten Championships garnered first team All-Big Ten honors, while competitors in places 11-20 received second team laurels. The five highest-finishing freshmen earned a spot on the all-freshman team.  2025 Men’s Cross Country All-Big Ten Honors  First Team  Abdel Laadjel, Oregon  Riley Hough, Michigan State  Thomas Westphal, Michigan State  Evan Bishop, Oregon  Jamar Distel, Washington  Aiden Smith, Oregon  Douglas Buckeridge, Purdue  Christian de Vaal, Wisconsin  Matan Ivri, Wisconsin  Liam Newhart, Wisconsin  Second Team   Nathan Lopez, Michigan  Benjamin Balazs, Oregon  Connor Burns, Oregon  Trent McFarland, Michigan  Luke Venhuizen, Michigan   Michael Hegarty, Michigan State  Simeon Birnbaum, Oregon  Nathan Walker, Purdue  Tayson Echohawk, Oregon  Jack Meier, Oregon  All-Freshman Team   Thomas Westphal, Michigan State  Jack Meier, Oregon  Andreas Dybdahl, UCLA  Everett Capelle, UCLA  Aloysius Franzen, Minnesota </div>

2025 Big Ten Men's Cross Country Championship

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