The 2025 Big Ten Cross-Country Championships took place Friday morning in East Lansing, Michigan. Both the Gopher men’s and women’s teams finished in 7th place in the overall standings.
The 8 K men’s race
was first up with the gun going off at 9:35 a.m. CT. Aiden Jones was the top men’s finisher coming in 26th place overall with a time of 24:02.2. He would finsh 53 seconds behind the individual winner Abdel Laadjel of Oregon. The Ducks would take home the team title as well with 36 points, while the Go[phers finished with 187 as a team in 7th. Another high for the Gopher men was Aloysius Franzen. He finished second among the Gophers and 29th overall in a lifetime-best time of 24:09.8. Franzen earned the All-Freshman Team distinction by being one of the top five freshmen, or redshirt freshmen, in East Lansing. Fellow redshirt freshman Sam Scott was just behind Franzen in a time of 24:14.0 to finish third among Minnesota’s lineup, seventh among all freshmen in the field and 32nd overall. Redshirt senior Leo Goodman finished in a lifetime best 8K time of 24:25.6 to come in personal best Big Ten finish of 51st overall. Emmett Gerres rounded out the Gopher lineup with a time of 24:33.6 to come in 59th.
The women hit the course next in their 6k race. Isabelle Schmitz improved 19 spots from her freshman season on the women’s side to pace the Maroon and Gold and finish 23rd overall in a time of 20:34.0. Behind Schmitz was Nadia Phillips’ 20:38.5 to place 27th overall, an incredible 59 spots better than a season ago at the same Big Ten competition. Izzy Roemer was 51st overall for the Golden Gophers in a time of 21:05.1, Zoie Dundon finished 57th in a time of 21:13.7. Taylor Isabel rounded out the Minnesota scoring lineup in 60th, clocking a 21:17.6. The Gopher women would finish in 7th place as a team with 215 points with Oregon winning the women’s side as well with just 18 points.
Both the men’s and women’s teams will head to Stillwater, Okla., on Fri., Nov. 14 for the NCAA Midwest Regional. Oklahoma State will play host to the Regional Championship, and will hold both races on the Greiner Family OSU Cross Country Course with races starting at 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. CT.
