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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:
  • 4x Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
  • 3x Horizon League Fall Academic Honor Roll (2022, 2023, 2024)
  • 3x Horizon League Spring Academic Honor Roll (2023, 2024, 2025)
  • Titan Club Award (2025)

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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