Badgers earn Eleventh-place end on the Nuttycombe Invitational

MADISON, Wis. – The No. 29 Wisconsin girls’s cross nation crew positioned Eleventh on the sixteenth Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational introduced by Under Armour on Friday on the Zimmer Championship Course.

Leane Willemse paced the Badgers with a robust Thirty fourth-place end, masking the difficult 6K course in 20 minutes, 29.9 seconds. Behind her, Kylie Finger completed 63rd in 20:48.6, adopted by Nora Gremban in seventieth with a time of 20:53.1. A pair of Badgers, Bella Jacobsen and Sara Mlodik, completed inside three spots of one another, putting 88th and ninetieth respectively with occasions of 21:02.9 and 21:03.6. These 5 rounded out Wisconsin’s scoring lineup because the Badgers tallied 345 factors in a extremely aggressive discipline.

Grace Hartman of North Carolina State captured the person title in 19:30.1, main the Wolfpack to the crew championship with simply 41 factors. NC State was adopted by Notre Dame in second with 125 factors and Iowa State in third with 176 factors.

In the “B” race, Maggie Munson led the Badgers with an Eleventh-place end, crossing the road in 21:38.7. She was adopted intently by Liv Philips in nineteenth with a time of 21:47.4 and Emma Kruse in twenty seventh with a time of 21:56.2. Zaira Malloy Salgado and Myra Stray rounded out the highest 5 for UW, putting thirty ninth and forty fifth respectively with occasions of twenty-two:10.9 and 22:18.4.

Straight from the Course:

UW Director of Track and Field and Cross Country Mick Byrne

“We’re proud of how the women came through the last 2K to 3K. We had our backs up against it in the middle of the race and we fought hard and at the end of the day we ended up in 11th place. We’ve got some points. You always want to come out of this meet with some points in your pocket and we were able to do that.”

Up Next: Wisconsin will flip its consideration to postseason competitors because the Badgers journey to East Lansing, Michigan, for the 2025 Big Ten Cross Country Championships on Friday, Oct. 31. The Women’s 6K race is ready to begin at 11:35 a.m  CT because the Badgers look to proceed their momentum into championship season.

Championship Race Team Results: 

1. NC State – 41

2. Notre Dame – 125

3. Iowa State – 176

4. West Virginia – 190

5. Northwestern – 225

6. Georgetown – 243

7. Penn State – 247 

8. Stanford – 250 

9. New Mexico – 312

10. Utah – 316

11. Wisconsin  – 345

12. Colorado – 355

13. Washington – 364

14. Washington St. – 365

15. Michigan State – 365

16. Gonzaga – 391

17. Duke – 413

18. Northern Arizona – 418

19. North Carolina – 419

20. CBU – 439

21. Toledo – 495

22. Louisville – 559

23. Syracuse – 564

24. Minnesota – 585

25. Michigan – 607

26. Furman – 642

27. Harvard – 689

28. Providence – 696

29. Lipscomb – 719

30. Indiana – 854

Wisconsin Individual Championship Results: 

34. Leané Willemse – 20:29.9

63. Kyle Finger – 20:48.6

70. Nora Gremban – 20:53.1

88. Bella Jacobsen – 21:02.9

90. Sara Mlodik – 21:03.6

103. Mya Bunke – 21:10.1

122. Mikaela Helling – 21:21.7

137. Annelies Quinton – 21:28.0

Wisconsin “B” Race Results: 

1. Michigan State – 29

2. Utah – 64 

3. Wisconsin – 66

4. Michigan – 68

5. Minnesota -124

 

Wisconsin Individual Results “B” Race: 

11. Maggie Munson – 21:38.7

19. Oliva Phillips – 21:47.4

27. Emma Kruse – 21:56.2

39. Zaira Malloy Salgado – 22:10.9

45. Myra Stray – 22:18.4

62. Eva Kuehn – 22:43.7