MIAA Champion Women’s Cross Country Places Seven on All-MIAA Teams

The MIAA champion and nationally ranked Hope College women's cross country team put seven runners on the 2026 All-MIAA teams, including three first-team honorees and four second-team recipients.

Senior Olivia Ippel joined sophomores Miranda Sawvel and Anna Sybenga on the All-MIAA First Team.

Junior Mary England and freshmen Marie Gates, Abigail Lewis and Ruth Miller claimed second-team accolades.

The Flying Dutch's recipients all finished in the Top 16 at the MIAA Championships, presented by Collegiate Credit Union, on Saturday at Marshall Country Club in Marshall.

Ippel, a communication major from St. Joseph, Michigan (St. Joseph), captured her first All-MIAA honor by finishing runner-up at the MIAA Championships with a personal-best 6K time of 21 minutes, 39.2 seconds.

Sybenga (Grand Rapids, Michigan / Forest Hills Central) raced to her first All-MIAA distinction by clocking a third-place effort of 21:46.7.

Sawvel (Blaine, Minnesota / Centennial) received her first All-MIAA award after taking eighth with a personal-best, eighth-place run of 22:04.7.

Miller (Indianapolis, Indiana / Herron) claimed her first All-MIAA accolade by placing 10th after a personal-best time of 22:07.0.

England, an exercise science major from Kalamazoo, Michigan (Kalamazoo Christian), captured her first All-MIAA honor after clocking a personal best, 11th-place 22:10.3.

Gates (Hudsonville, Michigan / Unity Christian) is All-MIAA for the first time after posting a personal best, 14th-place time of 22:14.9.

Lewis (Barrington, Illinois / Barrington Community) earned her first All-MIAA recognition by finishing 15th with a personal-best 22:25.7.

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Players Mentioned

Mary England: Junior; Exercise Science

Olivia Ippel: Senior; Communication

Miranda Sawvel: Sophomore

Anna Sybenga: Sophomore

Marie Gates: Freshman

Abigail Lewis: Freshman

Ruth Miller: Freshman

Players Mentioned

Mary England
: Junior; Exercise Science

Olivia Ippel
: Senior; Communication

Miranda Sawvel
: Sophomore

Anna Sybenga
: Sophomore

Marie Gates
: Freshman

Abigail Lewis
: Freshman

Ruth Miller
: Freshman