KANSAS CITY, Mo. - On Wednesday afternoon, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced that Ellen-Mary Kearney had been named the NAIA Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week on the final week of the 2025 season.

Kearney led the No. 2-ranked Milligan University women's squad to a win at the NAIA Appalachian Challenge in Knoxville, Tenn. on Friday morning, where she took home the individual title with a 16:58.3 mark that set a new Milligan program record. It was the first time that a Milligan women's runner had finished a 5k race in under 17 minutes, all-time.

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