2024 Women's Cross Country Roster

Tom Lynn

Lindsay Cunningham

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Wisconsin Dells, Wis.
  • Highschool Wisconsin Dells, Wis.
  • Prev School Winona State
  • Instagram lindsay_cunningham_/

Biography

Of Note: Four-time National Champion, including a first-place finish at the 2023 Division II NCAA Championships... Five-time First Team All-American... Three-time Scholar Athlete of the Year at Winona State... Eight-time member of the Dean's List... Six-time honoree on NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence... Two-time winner of Winona State University Female Athlete of the Year.

TFRRS Profile

2024 Cross Country: Was the first Badger to cross the finish line at the NCAA Championships, placing 111th with a 6K time of 20:36.6 (Nov. 23)... Finished in 31st place at the Big Ten Championships, completing her 6K in 20:03.1 (Nov. 1)... Placed 77th at the Wisconsin Pre-Nationals, completing the 6K course in 20:28.5 (Oct. 19)... Finished 31st at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational, running the 6K course in 20:41.2 (Sept. 27)... Named Big Ten Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Week after standout performance at Big Ten Preview (Sept.18)... Finished 1st in Wisconsin debut at Big Ten Preview, covering the 6K course in 19:54.4

2024 Indoor Track (at Winona State): Finished 22nd at the Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invitational in the 5000-meter race, clocking in at 16:05.4 (Feb. 9-10)... Finished as the runner-up in 3000-meter competition with a time of 9:26.3 at the UW-La Crosse Pat Healy Classic (Jan. 20).

2023 Cross Country (at Winona State): Earned the individual championship at the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships, covering the 6K course in 19:30.1 (Nov. 18)... Placed first at the NCAA Division II Central Region Cross Country Championships with a 6K time of 19:33.3 (Nov. 4)... Finished in 1st at the NSIC Cross Country Championship, running a 6K PR in 19:28.7 (Oct. 21)... Placed 1st at the 2023 Lewis Crossover with a 6K time of 20:06.8 (Oct. 7)... Earned a 5K PR at the 2023 Greeno/Dirksen Invite with a first-place finishing time of 16:07.2 (Sept. 16)... Kicked off her season with a first-place finish at the Green Bay Phoenix Open with a time of 19:51.6 (Sept. 8)

2023 Outdoor Track (at Winona State): Individual champion at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships in both the 5000-meter and 10000-meter competition, running a 16:23.1 and 33:55.8 respectively (May 25-27)... First-place finishes at the NSIC Outdoor Track & Field Championship in both the 5000-meter and 10000-meter competition, running a 15:48.6 and 35:06.4 respectively (May 11-13)... Finished in 2nd in the Drake Relays in the 5000-meter race, completing it in 15:45.91 (Apr. 26-29)... Earned a 10K PR at the Mt. Sac Relays with a time of 32:43.5, good for 2nd place (Apr. 12-15)... First-place finish in the 5000-meter race at the Wartburg Outdoor Select with a time of 16:08.1 (Apr. 1-2)

2023 Indoor Track (at Winona State): Individual champion in the 5000-meter race at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships, running a PR of 15:41.3 (Mar. 10-11)... Placed 4th in the 3000-meter race at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships with a PR time of 9:10.5 (Mar. 10-11)... First-place finish at the NSIC Indoor Championship with a 5K time of 15:48.7 (Feb. 25-26)... Earned gold at the Minnesota State Massive Meet No. 1 in the 3K race, running a 9:16.5 (Feb. 10)... First-place finish at the Mark Schuck Open and Multi in the 5K competition, running a 16:06.2 (Jan. 27-28)... Ran a 9:35.6 in the 3K race at the Bearson-Gathje Classic, good for first place (Jan. 13)

2022 Cross Country (at Winona State): Runner-up finish at the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships with a 6K time of 20:27.2 (Dec. 2)... First-place finish at the NCAA Division II Central Region Cross Country Championships, running her 6K in 19:34.8 (Nov. 19)... Earned gold at the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference 2022 Cross Country Championships, running her 6K in 20:22.8 (Nov. 5)... First-place finish at the Bob Waxlax Invitational, covering the 6K course in 19:58.8 (Oct. 19)... Earned gold at the Lewis Crossover, running her 6K in 20:50.2 (Oct. 8)... First-place finish at the Griak Invitational, covering the course in 21:05.6 (Sept. 23)... Individual champion of the Green Bay Phoenix Open, running her 6K in 20:57.9 (Sept. 9)

2022 Outdoor Track (at Winona State): Fourth-place finish at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the 5000-meter race, running it in 16:16.1 (May 26-28)... First-place finish in the 10000-meter competition at the NSIC Outdoor Track & Field Championship with a time of 34:09.6 (May 12-14)... Earned gold at the Drake Relays in the 5000-meter race, running the competition in 16:05.4 (Apr. 27-30)... 6th-place finish at the Bryan Clay Invitational, covering 10K in 34:08.0 (Apr. 13-15)

2022 Indoor Track (at Winona State): Fifth-place finish in the 5000-meter race at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships with a time of 16:14.3 (Mar. 11-12)... Earned gold at the NSIC Indoor Track & Field Championships in the 5K with a time of 16:33.7 (Feb. 25-26)... First-place finish at the Bearcat Invite, running her 3K in 9:43.5 (Feb. 4-5)... First-place finish in the 5K with a time of 16:51.0 at the Mark Schuk Open and Multi (Jan. 28-29)... PR’d in the mile at the Stout Open, placing first with the help of a 5:01.5 time (Jan. 22)... First-place finish in the 3K at the Minnesota State Invitational with a time of 9:54.6 (Jan. 14)

2021 Cross Country (at Winona State): Earned seventh place at the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships with a 6K time of 20:44.8 (Nov. 20)... Individual champion of the NCAA Division II Central Region Cross Country Championships with a 6K time of 20:22.6 (Nov. 6)... Earned gold at the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference 2021 Cross Country Championships with a 6K time of 21:21.5 (Oct. 23)... First-place finish at the Bob Waxlax Invitational, covering the 6K course in 21:25.7 (Oct. 7)... First-place finish in the Griak Invitational with a 6K time of 21:44.9 (Sept. 24)... Earned first place in a 2.49M race at the Vic Godfrey Open with a time of 13:59.4 (Sept. 3) 

2021 Outdoor Track (at Winona State): Fifth-place finish in the 5000-meter race at the NSIC Outdoor Track & Field Meet, running her 5K in 17:24.8 (May 13-15)... Earned seventh place in the 1500-meter race at the Maverick Classic with a time of 4:38.6 (May 7)... First-place finish in the 5K at the NSIC and Friends Outdoor Challenge with a time of 18:04.0 (May 1)... Runner-up honors in the 1500-meter race at the River City Rumble, running a 4:44.6 (Apr. 24)... First-place finish in the 1500-meter race at the Holst Invitational with a time of 4:41.2 (Apr. 17)... Earned gold at the Battle for the Paddle in the 5K, running a 17:39.7 (Apr. 9)... PR’d in the Maverick Spring Invite in the 800-meter with a time of 2:20.3, earning fifth place. Earned bronze in the 1500-meter competition with a time of 4:44.3 (Apr. 2-3)

2021 Indoor Track (at Winona State): Eighth-place finish in the mile at the NSIC Indoor Track & Field Championships with a time of 5:03.6, in addition to earning bronze in the DMR with a time of 12:15.7 (Feb. 26-27)... Runner-up in the mile at the President Davenport Classic, running the 1600 meters in 5:11.6 (Feb. 29)... PR’d with a runner-up finish in the Mark Schuck Dual in the 1000-meter competition, running a 3:05.1 (Jan. 30)... First-place finish at the Craig Hougen Tri in the mile with a time of 5:18.5, in addition to placing fourth in the 4x400 relay (Jan. 23)

Personal: Parents are David and Danae Cunningham... siblings are Emily (21), Austin (19) and Logan (16).


Why Wisconsin?

"I chose Wisconsin for the incredible opportunity to simultaneously pursue my academic and athletic goals at the highest levels possible."