Maryland, Iowa Earn Weekly Women’s Cross Country Awards

ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference has announced its Women’s Cross Country weekly award winner for the week of Oct. 1- Oct. 8, 2025.  

Athlete of the Week  
Rose Coats, Maryland 
Junior – Brooklyn, N.Y. – Brooklyn Prospect Charter – Major: Chemical Engineering 

• Coats had the fastest 6K time of any Big Ten runner over the weekend as she took fourth overall (among 335 runners) in 19:45.4 at the Paul Short Invitational on Friday 
• Holds the second fastest time in the Big Ten for a 6K course after she broke the Maryland program record for the third time in her career 
• Lowered her personal-best mark by nearly eight seconds as well 
• Last Maryland Athlete of the Week: Rose Coats (Sept. 15, 2024) 

Freshman of the Week  
Ella Magallan, Iowa 
Freshman – Burleson, Texas – Burleson Centennial High School – Major: Journalism and Mass Communication 

• Placed 114^th overall at the Joe Piane Invitational and top five for the Hawkeyes 
• Ran a time of 17:43.9 in her first collegiate 5k 
• This marks Magallan's second Freshman of the Week Award this season. Last: Sept. 10, 2025  

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 

Oct. 1  
Athlete: Juliet Cherubet, ORE 
Freshman: N/A 

Oct. 8 
Athlete: Rose Coats, MD 
Freshman: Ella Magallan, IOWA