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2025 Women's Cross Country Roster

Madi Szymanski

  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Alpena
  • Hometown Alpena, Mich.

Biography

2024
  • Placed 20th at the Roy Griak Invite before suffering a season-ending injury
2023
  • Was the first Wildcat to compete at the NCAA Championships
  • Finished in 65th of 260 racers on the national stage with a time of 21:06.2
  • Earned All-Region honors, finishing 12th in the Midwest with a personal best time of 20:55.83
  • Named to the USTFCCCA Cross Country All-Academic Team
  • Named All-GLIAC First Team after an 8th place finish at the GLIAC Championships, finishing in a time of 21:38.0
  • Won her first meet of the season, finishing the 5K Northwood Invite with a time of 18:20.8
  • Finished in 13th of 317 runners with a time of 21:36.3 at the Lewis Crossover
  • Took 28th place at the Spartan Invite, ending the 6K run at 22.23.2
2022 
  • Second Team All-GLIAC 
  • USTFCCCA NCAA DII All-Academic Athlete
  • Ran a 18:44.56 5K in the Ray Helsing Invitational, placed 1 of 58
  • Ran a 24:21.3 6K at the Roy Griak Invitational, placed 68 of 832
  • Ran a 22:57.09 6K at the Lucian Rosa Invitational, placed 33 of 135
  • Ran a 22:54.2 6K at the WSU Warror Challenge, placed 17 of 158
  • Ran a 22:46.06 6K at the GLIAC Championships, placed 24 of 103
  • Ran a 23:01.02 6K at the NCAA DII Midwest Regional Championships, placed 55 of 214
Before NMU
  • Female Athlete of the Year 2022
Cross Country: 
  • Second Team All-Conference 2018, 2020
  • First Team All-Conference 2021
  • First Team All-Region 2018, 2020, 2021
  • All-State 2021
  • USA Today Cross Country Honoree 2021
  • Team Michigan team champions 2021
  • School record holder 5k
  • Rookie of the Year 2018
  • Most valuable athlete 2020, 2021
  • Team captain 2020, 2021
  • Elite eight 2021
  • Scholar-Athlete 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
  • Academic All-State 2018, 2020, 2021
  • Four year varsity athlete
Track and Field:
  • First Team All-Conference 2021, 2022
  • First team All-Region 2021, 2022
  • All-Area 2021, 2022
  • All-State 2022 (3200m)
  • School record holder 3200m and 1600m
  • Most valuable athlete 2021, 2022
  • Team captain 2021, 2022
  • Elite eight 2022
  • National championship qualifier 3200m and 5k
  • Scholar-Athlete 2019, 2021, 2022
  • Academic All-State 2021, 2022
  • Four year varsity athlete
Personal
  • Daughter of Emily and Rodney Szymanski
  • From Alpena, Michigan
  • Hobbies include hiking, going to the beach, swimming, cycling, and drawing

Historical Player Information

  • 2022Freshman

  • 2023Sophomore

    5'11"
  • 2024Junior

    5'11"
  • 2025Senior

    5'11"