WINTHROP, Minn.—The University of Northwestern won the 2025 UMAC Women’s Cross Country Championship Saturday with a team score of 30 points. This was the first title for the Eagles since 2000 and is their seventh championship in program history.
 
Ella Dufault of Crown repeated as the UMAC Individual Championship, leading the conference field with a time of 23:12.8. She is the first women’s runner with multiple titles since Casey Hovland won three titles from 2015-17. Dufault’s time marked the 12^th best in championship history.
 
Northwestern’s Emery Maki and Martin Luther’s Jemimah Habben added their name to the top 20 list as their times now stand 15^th and 19^th, respectively.
 
Team standings
1             Northwestern (Minn.)     30
2             Crown                                 45
3             Martin Luther                    74
4             Wis.-Superior                     115
5             Minnesota-Morris             144
6             Bethany Lutheran             146
  
Top 10 finishers

PL	NAME	TEAM	TIME
1	Ella Dufault	Crown	23:12.8
2	Emery Maki	Northwestern (Minn.)	23:17.1
3	Jemimah Habben	Martin Luther	23:33.2
4	Natalie Van De Riet	Northwestern (Minn.)	23:51.7
5	Lindsey Morrison	Crown	24:00.5
6	Isabelle Yuhanna	Northwestern (Minn.)	24:03.6
7	Caroline Ringsmuth	Northwestern (Minn.)	24:13.1
8	Campbell Amundson	Bethany Lutheran	24:16.4
9	Sylvia Pesch	Minnesota-Morris	24:19.6
10	Ruth Brueckner	Crown	24:23.0

The full season awards will be announced on Wednesday, Nov. 4.