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2025 Women's Cross Country Roster

Nina Pizzo

Nina Pizzo

  • Position:
    Distance
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Highschool:
    Divine Child
  • Hometown:
    Southgate, Mich.

Summary

Biography

Official Collegiate Results & Top Times

Career Highlights:
  • All-Horizon League Second Team (2025)
  • 5x Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
  • 4x Horizon League Fall Academic Honor Roll (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
  • 4x Horizon League Spring Academic Honor Roll (2023, 2024, 2025, 2025)
  • Horizon League All-Academic Team (2025)
  • Titan Club Award (2025)

2025:
  • Ended her collegiate career with one of the best seasons in school history, leading the team in all six events and registering two top 10 efforts, four in the top 20, and five in the top 25
  • Was runner-up in the season opener at Oakland's Golden Grizzly Open with a time of 18:53
  • Earned 22nd in a career-best 18:20 at Notre Dame's National Catholic Invitational, the third-best mark for a Titan at Notre Dame
  • Placed 11th in 22:00 at the Swags Louisville Classic
  • Claimed third with a career-best 17:59 at the Canisius Alumni Classic, just the seventh Titan in school history to break 18 minutes in the 5k and the third-best time by a Titan at the event
  • Clocked a 6k career-best 21:38 for 14th overall at the Horizon League Championships for Second Team honors, with the time ranking fifth in the Titan record book and the second-best time ever for a UDM runner at the league meet
  • Led the way at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships, taking 154th in 22:50, her best-ever finish at the GLR

2024:
  • Led the team in three races and was second on the team in the other three
  • Led the team and placed 53rd in 19:24.2 at Notre Dame's National Catholic Championships
  • Topped the team and earned 20th with a personal best 18:47 at the Louisville Classic, besting her time on the course by nearly three minutes
  • The team leader by claiming 34th in 22:42.0 at the Falcon Invitational
  • Posted a time of 23:11.9 for 29th at the Horizon League Championship
  • Crossed the finish line 160th in a PR of 22:25.7 at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships, tied for the 25th fastest 6k in school history

2023:
  • Competed in all six events and lowered her 5k time in every race
  • Started the year with a 21:56 for 28th at the Michigan Open
  • Ran 20:40 in back-to-back races, taking 91st at Notre Dame's National Catholic Championships and 244th at the Live In The Lou Classic
  • Recorded her 5k season low of 20:10 for 49th at the Canisius Alumni Classic
  • Tallied a 6k pr of 24:36 for 91st at the Horizon League Championships
  • Ran 25:51 for 210th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships

2022:
  • Personal record in the 5k at Live In Lou Classic
  • Personal record in the 6k at Falcon Invite 

2021:
  • Took part in two races on the season before an injury ended her year
  • Was 60th in 24:43 in her collegiate debut at the Running Fit-Detroit Mercy Titan Invite
  • Finished 142nd in 23:02 at the National Catholic Championships

Prior to Detroit Mercy:
  • Earned letters in cross country, track and soccer
  • All-Region and All-Catholic as a junior and senior
  • Named the cross country Rookie of the Year and All-State Academic in 2019
  • Helped her team to two-straight Catholic League championships 
  • A member of the National Honor Society

Personal:
  • Daughter of Fara and Joe Pizzo
  • Has a younger brother and two younger sisters
  • Chose Detroit Mercy because it is a smaller school and provides a great sense of community
  • A Bio-Chemistry major

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Historical Player Information

  • 2021Freshman

  • 2022Sophomore

  • 2023Junior

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  • 2024Senior

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  • 2025Graduate Student

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