Forsyth and Osterink Named B1G Cross Country Runners to Watch

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State athletes Rachel Forsyth and Moses Osterink have been named Big Ten Cross Country Runners to Watch. The watch lists have been decided by the league’s head coaches.

Forsyth, a sophomore from Ann Arbor, Michigan, earned Great Lakes Region Cross Country Runner of the Year final season after ending sixteenth within the NCAA Championships. She captured first-team All-American honors and was the primary Spartan to try this since Jenna Magness in 2021. She was additionally the Big Ten Freshman of the Year after a strong rookie marketing campaign.

Osterink, a junior from Wyoming, Michigan, was the Spartans’ third-best finisher on the Big Ten Championship final season. He completed twenty fourth with a time of 23:14.2 within the 8k race, which was a private greatest time. He additionally captured All-Region honors by ending nineteenth with a time of 29:36.3 in his first collegiate 10k.

The Spartans open the season on Friday, Aug. 29 on the Jeff Drenth Memorial in Shepherd, Michigan. 

2025 Big Ten Men’s Cross Country Runners to Watch

Joshua Daggett, Gr., Illinois 

Abe Eckman, Sr., Indiana 

Miles Wilson, Jr., Iowa 

Luke Venhuizen, Sr., Michigan 

Moses Osterink, Jr., Michigan State 

Aidan Jones, R-So., Minnesota 

Rico Leijenaar, So., Nebraska 

Weston Day, So., Ohio State 

Aiden Smith, Jr., Oregon 

Brian DiCola, Jr., Penn State 

Douglas Buckeridge, Sr., Purdue 

Jack Tavaglione, Sr., Rutgers 

Henry Coughlan, R-So., UCLA 

Evan Jenkins, Sr., Washington 

Matan Ivri, R-So., Wisconsin 

 

2025 Big Ten Women’s Cross Country Runners to Watch

Avril Andre, Jr., Illinois 

Katelyn Winton, R-Jr., Indiana 

Elena Torres, So., Iowa 

Rose Coats, Jr., Maryland 

Penelopea Gordon, Sr., Michigan 

Rachel Forsyth, So., Michigan State 

Izzy Roemer, R-Jr., Minnesota 

Ali Bainbridge, Jr., Nebraska 

Ava Earl, Gr., Northwestern 

Aniya Mosley, Sr., Ohio State 

Şilan Ayyildiz, Gr., Oregon 

Florence Caron, Gr., Penn State 

Lauren Pegher, So., Purdue 

Kelseigh O’Neil, So., Rutgers 

Olivia Foody, So., UCLA 

Jacqueline Duarte, R-Sr., USC 

Julia David-Smith, Sr., Washington 

Leané Willemse, Gr., Wisconsin