Addie Engel Named Big Ten Athlete of the Year

COLUMBUS, Ohio – All-American and Huge Ten Champion Addie Engel of the Ohio State girls’s cross nation workforce picked up one other honor Wednesday, as she was named Huge Ten Athlete of the Yr. She is the primary Buckeye to earn the award and was chosen unanimously in a vote by the league’s coaches.

Engel’s 2022 marketing campaign was the perfect in program historical past. After 4 High 2 finishes within the common season, she gained the Buckeyes’ first Huge Ten title, was the runner-up on the Nice Lakes Regional as Ohio State clinched a workforce automated bid to the NCAA Championships and positioned tenth on the nationwide meet to earn All-America honors.

On the Huge Ten Championships Oct. 28, Engel crossed the road in 20:00.0 to win the primary particular person title in program historical past. She earned her second First Group All-Huge Ten accolade, the primary Buckeye to earn two first-team nods. She improved on her fourth-place end on the 2021 convention meet.

On the Nice Lakes Regional Nov. 11, Engel completed because the runner-up, operating a then-personal-best time of 19:57.8 within the 6k to earn her second all-region honor. She is the sixth Buckeye to earn all-region honors not less than twice. The Buckeyes’ second-place end clinched this system’s fourth journey to the NCAA Championships and the second automated spot.

On the NCAA Championships Nov. 19, Engel crossed the road in tenth in a time of 19:50.4, capturing the fifth All-America laurel for a Buckeye. She is the second Ohio State runner to submit a High 10 end within the NCAA Championships and the primary since Kathy Monard was ninth in 1986. Ohio State positioned fifteenth as a workforce on the nationwide race, the perfect end for this system.

A Sprinfield, Ohio, native, Engel was first or second in all six meets heading into the NCAA Championships. Over the past two seasons, she has 10 High 4 finishes and has been within the High 16 in 13 of 14 races, with the lone exception the 2021 NCAA Championships, the place she completed 66th as a person qualifier.