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2022 Women's Cross Country Roster

Madison Marasco

  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Schaumburg, Ill.
  • High School Schaumburg HS
  • Instagram maddie_marasco
  • Twitter maddiemarasco29

Biography

NIL Opportunities

2022

  • Personal-best 6k (20:37.6) in her 13th place finish at the Bradley Pink Classic
  • Season-best 5k (17:47.4) in her ninth place finish at the John McNichols XC Invite

2021

  • Placed 12th in the 5k at the Joe Piane Invite with a time of 17:34.6
  • Placed 90th in the Big Ten Championships, (22:45.4)

2020 

  • Did not compete

2019

  • Earned NCAA Midwest All-Region honors for the second straight season, placing 18th overall and crossing third for the Midwest Regional Champion Illini with a 6K finish time of 21:12.8
  • Clocked season-best 6K finish at Pre-Nationals, recording a finish time of 20:59.0 to finish third on the team and 55th overall
  • Second Illini to cross at NCAA Championships
  • Placed third overall at the Illini Open with a season-best 5K finish time of 17:20.7
  • Scored in each of the seven meets she contested, and finished as one of the team's top-three runners at each of the three postseason meets
  • Academic All-Big Ten

2018

  • Earned Midwest All-Region honors with 25th place finish at the NCAA Midwest Regional, clocking a 6K finish time of 21:14.7
  • Ran the ninth-fastest 5K in program history at the Loyola Lakefront Invitational, recording a finish time of 17:00.70 to place seventh
  • Placed in the top-10 overall and recorded the top Illini finish time at three of the five meets she contested
  • Clocked her season-best 6K finish at the Bradley Pink Classic, timing 20:54.4 to place ninth
  • Debuted with a 10th place finish at the Commodore Classic, recording a finish time of 17:46.8 
  • Illinois Female Freshman of the Year Nominee

High School

  • USATF Junior Nationals 1500m Runner-Up
  • 2018 IHSA Class 3A 800m Runner-Up
  • 2018 Illinois Top Times 800m Champion
  • Three-time IHSA All-State Cross Country
  • Six-time medalist at IHSA Class 3A State Track and Field Championships
  • Two-time IHSA Class 3A Cross Country Top-10 Placer
  • Coached by Kristen Zillmer

Personal

  • Born July 29, 2000
  • Daughter of Michael and Lora Marasco
  • Has a younger brother, Zachary
  • Grandfather, Raymond Belmonte, played tennis at Illinois for two years 
  • Member of the National Honor Society
  • Undeclared major
  • Chose Illinois for exceptional academics and athletics 

TFRRS Profile

Historical Player Information

  • 2018Freshman

  • 2019Sophomore

  • 2020Junior

  • 2021Senior

  • 2022Fifth Year