Badgers take third at Big Ten Championships

EAST LANSING, Mich. – The Wisconsin males’s cross nation workforce battled to a third-place end on the 2025 Big Ten Championships on Friday morning on the Forest Akers East Gold Course in East Lansing, Michigan. 

Sophomore Christian de Vaal set the tempo for the Badgers with an eighth-place end, crossing the road in 23 minutes, 36.2 seconds. A good Wisconsin pack noticed three runners place within the top-10, with Matan Ivri and Liam Newhart spherical out the ranks with occasions of 23:41.5 and 23:41.6 respectively, to assist safe UW’s podium spot. The trio earned first-team All-Big Ten honors for his or her efforts. 

Bryce Stachewicz and Micah Wilson have been the ultimate scorers for the Badgers, taking thirty first and thirty fourth place and ending inside lower than 5 seconds of one another, clocking occasions of 24:11.0 and 24:15.1.

Oregon’s Abdel Laadjel captured the person Big Ten title with a profitable time of 23:11.6, serving to the Ducks declare the workforce championship with 36 factors. Michigan State tallied 68 factors for second whereas the Badgers totaled 90 factors to return in third. 

Up Next: Wisconsin turns its focus to NCAA competitors, heading to Evansville, Indiana for the NCAA Great Lakes Regional on Friday, Nov. 14, because the Badgers look to punch their ticket to the NCAA Championships. The top-two groups from every of the 9 areas will routinely advance to the 2025 NCAA Cross Country Championships on Saturday, Nov. 22 in Columbia, Missouri. 

Big Ten Championships

Friday, Oct. 31, 2025

Forest Akers East Golf Course 

8K Course

Team Results

1. Oregon, 36

2. Michigan State, 68

3. Wisconsin, 90

4. Michigan, 100

5. Washington, 135

6. Purdue, 166

7. Minnesota, 187

8. Penn State, 213

9. UCLA, 217

10. Ohio State, 260

11. Rutgers, 309

12. Indiana, 346

13. Illinois, 367

14. Iowa, 415

15. Nebraska, 468

Badger Results

8. Christian de Vaal, 23:36.2

9. Matan Ivri, 23:41.5

10. Liam Newhart, 23:41.6

31. Bryce Stachewicz, 24:11.0

34. Micah Wilson, 24:15.1

95. Nick Gilles, 25:03.1

134. Pierce Seigne, 26:24.1

135. Josh Truchon, 26:34.9