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2025 Women's Cross Country Roster

Samantha Zolnierek

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Sophomore
  • Highschool Alpena
  • Hometown Alpena, Mich.

Biography

2024
  • Ran in five events for the Wildcats
  • Earned a 9th place finish at the 5K Bay College Invitational with a time of 20:59.8
  • Placed 32nd at the Lewis Crossover (25:15.3) and 63rd at the Lucian Rosa Invitational (25:05.3)
Before NMU
    Cross Country
  • Four-time varsity athlete
  • Second Team All-Conference in 2023
  • Three-time Scholar Athlete
  • Most Valuable Athlete in 2023
  • Team captain in 2022 and 2023
  • Elite 8 (2021)
  • Coaches Award (2022)
  • Fab 5 (2023)
    Track & Field
  • Three-time varsity athlete
  • Three-time Scholar Athlete
  • Distance Most Valuable Athlete in 2024
  • Team captain in 2023 and 2024
  • Elite 8 (2022 and 2024)
Personal
  • Daughter of Joe and Traci Zolnierek
  • From Alpena, Michigan
  • Hobbies include baking, writing, biking, hiking, and going to the beach

Historical Player Information

  • 2024Freshman

    5'5"
  • 2025Sophomore

    5'5"