GREENWOOD, Ind.- When College Sports Communicators (CSC) announced its 2025 Academic All-District® Track & Field/Cross Country Teams on Tuesday (June 24), seven members of the men's and women's cross country and track & field programs were honored.
Cameron Cullen (Kewaunee/Kewaunee),
Joey Kean (Middleton/Middleton), and
Zach Zirgibel (Merton/Arrowhead Union) represented the men's teams while
Bobbi Blahnik (Algoma/Algoma),
Megan Hunt (Lemont, Ill./Lemont),
Cyna Madigan (Rosendale/Laconia), and
Brenna Masloroff (Franklin/Franklin) represented the women's. Zirgibel, Madigan, and Masloroff each collected the third academic all-district honor of their careers. Hunt, Madigan, and Masloroff all moved on to academic All-America voting.
Cullen is a rehabilitation science major with a 3.67 cumulative grade-point average. A three-season student-athlete, he finished 36th at the NCAA Division III North Region cross country championship in November before ranking top-50 in the region in both the indoor 3,000-meter steeplechase and the outdoor 5,000-meter run.
Kean owns a 3.96 cumulative GPA as a supply chain management and economics major. He was the 11th-ranked runner in the indoor 60-meter dash in the region and the 22nd-fastest in the nation this season.
A biomedical science major, Zirgibel also has a cumulative GPA of 3.96. The pole vaulter was ninth in the region during the indoor season and third during the outdoor season while sitting 31st and 17th nationally during the respective seasons. He earned All-America Second Team honors from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Association (USTFCCCA) with a 14th place height of 4.85 meters at the outdoor championship.
Blahnik is an environmental studies major with a 3.71 cumulative GPA. She posted top-50 regional rankings during the indoor season in the weight throw (13th) and shot put (46th). Outdoors, she was 10th in the region and 31st in Division III in the hammer throw.
Hunt has a 3.74 cumulative GPA as a kinesiology major. A multi-event student-athlete, she recorded top regional rankings in the indoor long jump, pentathlon, and outdoor long jump. Her indoor long jump and pentathlon marks of 5.92 meters and 3,596 points were second and fifth in the nation respectively. Hunt earned three All-America First Team honors and an All-America Second Team medal across the pair of national championship events this season: indoor long jump (third place, 5.92 meters), pentathlon (sixth, 3,649 points), outdoor long jump (sixth, 5.81 meters), heptathlon (15th, 4,491 points). During the indoor season, she won both the conference long jump and pentathlon titles, set the program's long jump record at 5.92 meters and was named the Kwik Trip Field Performer of the Meet.
Madigan is currently pursuing her master's degree in business administration after finishing her undergraduate degree with a 3.73 cumulative GPA. She ranked second in the region and 22nd in the nation in the outdoor 800-meter run and added additional top-five regional placements in the indoor 800-meter run, indoor 4x400-meter relay, and outdoor 4x400-meter relay. Madigan was named a second team All-American with a 10th-place finish of 2:11.64 in the outdoor 800-meter run while winning the conference title in the event for the second time in three seasons. She was a member of the outdoor 4x400-meter relay team that set the program record at 3:46.67 on May 14.
Masloroff is an elementary and special education major with a 3.77 cumulative GPA. The outdoor conference performer of the meet and the USTFCCCA North Region Field Athlete of the Year ranked second in the nation in the outdoor hammer throw, eight in both the indoor weight throw and outdoor discus throw, and 10th in the indoor shot put. She finished the indoor national championship with a third-place performance in the weight throw (18.86 meters) and an 11th-place position in the shot put (13.53 meters). During the outdoor national championship, she was the runner-up in both the shot put (14.73 meters) and the hammer throw (59.03 meters) after winning the conference's hammer throw title with a mark of 59.34 meters.
The men's track & field team finished second at the NCAA Division III Indoor Championship and fifth at the outdoor championship while the women's team took 13th indoors and 12th outdoors.
The 2025 Academic All-District® Men's and Women's Cross Country/Track & Field Teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the track and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes cross country/track & field honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA.
Academic All-District® honorees are considered for advancement to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced on Tuesday, July 15 for the women and Wednesday, July 16 for the men.
The Division II and III CSC Academic All-America® programs are partially financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures to assist CSC with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2024-25 Divisions II and III Academic All-America® programs. The NAIA CSC Academic All-America® program is partially financially supported through the NAIA governance structure.