<div class="payload-richtext">ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference has announced its Women’s Cross Country weekly award winners for the week of Sept. 17-24, 2025.  Athlete of the Week   Taylor Isabel, Minnesota  RS-Sophomore – Saint Paul, Minn. - Mounds View High School – Major: Biomedical Engineering <ul style="text-align: left;" class="list-bullet"><li
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 >Finished 6th at the 2025 Roy Griak Invitational with a time of 21:53.5 </li><li
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 >Her time was 60 seconds better than her 2024 time on the same course and improved from 51st to 6th overall </li><li
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 >Her efforts helped the Gophers to a second-place team finish </li><li
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 >Last Minnesota Athlete of the Week: Ali Weimer (Oct. 9, 2024) </li></ul>  Freshman of the Week  Norah Hushagen, Minnesota  Freshman – Forest Lake, Minn. – Forest Lake High School – Major: Undecided <ul style="text-align: left;" class="list-bullet"><li
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 >Was the top freshman finisher at the 2025 Roy Griak Invitational, placing 10th in a 6k time of 22:11.4 </li><li
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 >Hushagen was third among the Minnesota lineup that finished second as a team </li><li
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 >Marked the first time a Minnesota freshman finished top 10 at the Griak in at least 10 years </li><li
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 >Last Minnesota Freshman of the Week: Isabelle Schmitz (Oct. 9, 2024)   </li></ul>2025 Women’s Cross Country Athletes of the Week Sept. 3  Athlete: Ava Criniti, NW  Freshman: Katie Dutko, MD Sept. 10  Athlete: Elena Torres, IOWA  Freshman: Ella Magallan, IOWA Sept. 17  Athlete: Florence Caron, PSU  Freshman: Katie Dutko, MD Sept. 24  Athlete: Taylor Isabel, MINN  Freshman: Norah Hushagen, MINN </div>

WXC Awards Sept. 24

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