Big Ten Cross Country Championships 2022 results and team scores; Wisconsin, Michigan State take titles

ANN ARBOR, Michigan —— No. 9 Wisconsin and No. 23 Michigan State have been crowned men’s and women’s championships at the Big Ten Cross Country Championships 2022 at the U-M Golf Course in Ann Arbor, on Friday, 28 October. The Big Ten Cross Country Championships 2022 results and recap from what was an exciting competition.

On the men’s side, Wisconsin scored 25 points –the lowest in the championships history since the Badgers scored 17 to win the 2011 title. Wisconsin was winning its fifth successive Big Ten Cross Country Championships team crown and for a 53rd time overall, while Michigan State captured the women’s title after tallying 78 points for a fourth team title in the last six seasons, despite just putting two runners in the top 10 finishers in the women’s 6,000m race.

No. 26 Michigan was second in the women’s contest with 86 points, followed by No. 17 Wisconsin with 94, No. 22 Ohio State with 104 and No. 29 Northwestern rounding out the top five in the team standings with 116 points.

Addie Engel of Ohio State won the women’s 6K individual title after clocking 20:00 to finish ahead of Michigan State’s Katie Osika who ran 20:04, while Ericka VanderLende of Michigan clocked 20:13 for third place. Daniella Santos from Ohio State was fourth with a time of 20:15 and Sarah Schmitt of Indiana fifth with 20:18.

Ohio State had three scorers in the top-6, but was unable to find the depth to challenge for the team title.

Bob Liking ran 23:48 to defend his title in the 8K race and led the way for Wisconsin. His teammate Jackson Sharp was second with 23:49, while Adam Spencer (23:59) was 6th, Rowen Ellenberg (24:03) and Charlie Wheeler (24:07) was ninth.

No. 29 Michigan was runner-up with 57 points, followed by Indiana ahead of Michigan State for third place with both teams tallying 89 points. Purdue completed the top-5 with 156 points.

Big Ten Cross Country Championships 2022 results and team scores

Men 8k Run CC Team Results (8k)
PL	Team	Total Time	Avg. Time	Score	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1	Wisconsin	1:59:47	23:57	25	1	2	6	7	9	10	11
2	Michigan	2:01:20	24:16:00	57	4	8	12	13	20	21	32
3	Indiana	2:02:45	24:33:00	89	3	15	19	22	30	44	51
4	Michigan State	2:02:36	24:31:00	89	5	14	16	23	31	33	35
5	Purdue	2:04:41	24:56:00	156	18	24	37	38	39	41	47
6	Illinois	2:04:50	24:58:00	161	17	27	29	42	46	52	58
7	Iowa	2:06:27	25:17:00	225	26	34	49	57	59	68	75
8	Ohio State	2:06:42	25:20:00	232	25	48	50	53	56	65	72
9	Penn State	2:07:10	25:26:00	262	36	40	54	63	69	70	71
10	Minnesota	2:08:05	25:37:00	295	45	55	60	62	73	76	82
11	Nebraska	2:08:17	25:39:00	296	28	61	66	67	74	77	80
12	Rutgers	2:09:45	25:57:00	345	43	64	78	79	81	83	84

Men 8k Run CC Individual Results (8k)
PL	NAME	YEAR	TEAM	Avg. Mile	TIME	SCORE
1	Bob Liking	SO-2	Wisconsin	04:47.4	23:48.9	1
2	Jackson Sharp	JR-3	Wisconsin	04:47.5	23:49.0	2
3	Gabriel Sanchez	SO-2	Indiana	04:47.7	23:50.4	3
4	Tom Brady	SR-4	Michigan	04:48.1	23:52.3	4
5	CarLee Stimpfel	SR-4	Michigan State	04:48.4	23:53.6	5
6	Adam Spencer	FR-1	Wisconsin	04:49.5	23:59.0	6
7	Rowen Ellenberg	SO-2	Wisconsin	04:50.3	24:03.1	7
8	Zach Stewart	JR-3	Michigan	04:50.9	24:06.3	8
9	Charlie Wheeler	SR-4	Wisconsin	04:51.2	24:07.6	9
10	Jack Meijer	SO-2	Wisconsin	04:51.4	24:08.4	10
11	Evan Bishop	SO-2	Wisconsin	04:52.1	24:12.2	11
12	Nick Foster	SR-4	Michigan	04:53.3	24:18.1	12
13	Arjun Jha	SR-4	Michigan	04:53.4	24:18.7	13
14	Riley Hough	FR-1	Michigan State	04:53.6	24:19.8	14
15	Shuaib Aljabaly	SR-4	Wisconsin	04:54.3	24:23.0
16	Jake Gebhardt	JR-3	Indiana	04:54.8	24:25.7	15
17	Andrew Nolan	SO-2	Michigan State	04:56.5	24:34.2	16
18	Colin Yandel	SR-4	Illinois	04:57.2	24:37.3	17
19	Nathan Walker	FR-1	Purdue	04:57.2	24:37.4	18
20	Jake Bourget	FR-1	Wisconsin	04:57.6	24:39.4

Women 6k Run CC Team Results (6k)
PL	Team	Total Time	Avg. Time	Score	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1	Michigan State	1:42:58	20:35	78	2	9	15	24	28	33	41
2	Michigan	1:43:24	20:40	86	3	10	22	25	26	31	37
3	Wisconsin	1:43:38	20:43	94	8	13	14	29	30	38	44
4	Ohio State	1:43:21	20:40	104	1	4	6	32	61	69	77
5	Northwestern	1:43:59	20:47	116	7	11	16	40	42	54	71
6	Penn State	1:45:11	21:02	159	20	21	34	35	49	59	63
7	Indiana	1:45:02	21:00	162	5	19	27	46	65	75	76
8	Minnesota	1:46:03	21:12	202	18	36	43	50	55	67	73
9	Illinois	1:46:10	21:14	210	12	23	51	56	68	79	85
10	Nebraska	1:47:40	21:32	273	39	45	57	58	74	80	81
11	Purdue	1:48:09	21:37	295	48	52	53	70	72	84	86
12	Rutgers	1:48:29	21:41	301	17	47	64	83	90	93	98
13	Maryland	1:51:55	22:23	399	62	66	82	94	95	96	97
14	Iowa	1:50:41	22:08	402	60	78	87	88	89	91	92

Women 6k Run CC Individual Results (6k)
PL	NAME	YEAR	TEAM	Avg. Mile	TIME	SCORE
1	Addie Engel	SO-2	Ohio State	05:21.8	20:00.0	1
2	Katie Osika	JR-3	Michigan State	05:23.1	20:04.6	2
3	Ericka VanderLende	SR-4	Michigan	05:25.5	20:13.6	3
4	Daniella Santos	SO-2	Ohio State	05:26.1	20:15.8	4
5	Sarah Schmitt	JR-3	Indiana	05:26.7	20:18.2	5
6	Andrea Kuhn	JR-3	Ohio State	05:26.9	20:18.7	6
7	Rachel McCardell	SR-4	Northwestern	05:28.3	20:23.9	7
8	Shea Ruhly	JR-3	Wisconsin	05:28.9	20:26.3	8
9	Makenna Veen	SO-2	Michigan State	05:29.1	20:27.1	9
10	Samantha Tran	JR-3	Michigan	05:29.6	20:29.1	10
11	Kalea Bartolotto	JR-3	Northwestern	05:29.7	20:29.3	11
12	Emma Milburn	SR-4	Illinois	05:30.0	20:30.5	12
13	Samantha Stieve	JR-3	Wisconsin	05:30.5	20:32.4	13
14	Lucinda Crouch	SR-4	Wisconsin	05:31.6	20:36.5	14
15	Kaitlyn Hynes	SO-2	Michigan State	05:32.0	20:38.0	15
16	Ari Marks	JR-3	Northwestern	05:32.4	20:39.4	16
17	Alexandra Carlson	SO-2	Rutgers	05:32.6	20:40.1	17
18	Ali Weimer	FR-1	Minnesota	05:32.8	20:41.0	18
19	Mariah Wehrle	SO-2	Indiana	05:32.9	20:41.4	19
20	Kileigh Kane	JR-3	Penn State	05:34.2	20:46.0	20