Brady Leads Group of Five Wolverines to Recieve All-Big Ten Recognition
11/2/2022 12:00:00 PM | Men's Cross Country
ROSEMONT, Ill. -- Senior Tom Brady, junior Zach Stewart, senior Nick Foster, graduate student Arjun Jha and junior Jack Spamer of the University of Michigan men's cross country team received All-Big Ten accolades, the conference announced Wednesday (Nov. 2).
Brady earned All-Big Ten first team honors, with Stewart, Foster and Jha earning second-team nods and Spamer earning Michigan's Big Ten Sportsmanship Award.
Brady finished the Big Ten Championships in fourth place with a time of 23:52.3, earing himself his first All-Big Ten first team honor. Prior to racing at Big Tens, he raced only one other time this year, finishing as the Wolverines second runner at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational.
Stewart earned his second-team conference honors for his eighth-place finish -- and was the Wolverines' second runner -- with a time of 24:06.3. it was Stewart's highest finish among the team this season, as he finished third and fourth in the other four races this season. This is Stewart's first Big Ten honor, after missing out by four places at last year's conference meet.
Foster ran his way to the All-Big Ten second team, his first conference honor, coming off a 12th-place showing (24:06.3) at the Big Ten Championships and bouncing back from a disappointing race at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational. He finished 12th and was the third Wolverine at that meet with a time of 24:18.1. Foster ran well at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational placing 15th and was the Wolverines top finisher.
Jha earned second-team distinction after his 13th place finish at the conference championships in a time of 24:18.7. Prior to the season, Jha transferred from Indiana and made an immediate impact, finishing as one of the Wolverines top two runners in the first four races -- including winning the first two outright. This is Jha's fourth All-Big Ten honor, as he earned second-team honors in 2019 and 2020, and first-team honors in 2021.
Spamer was the Wolverines fifth finisher at the Big Ten Championships and was chosen as Michigan's Sportsmanship Award winner. While he was not a top-five team finisher, he was a consistent member of the team who ran in all the Wolverinres' major races this year.
• Big Ten Release
