Athlete Awards

Athletes of the Week

Natalia Novak

Natalia Novak

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    11/8/2021
  • Sport
    Women's Cross Country
  • Bio
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Senior Natalia Novak led Academy of Art women's cross country for the second consecutive race, guiding the Urban Knights to fourth place (the team's best in program history) at the NCAA West Regional Championship in Monmouth, Ore. on Nov. 6.

Familiar with the 6k course after running it in 2019, Novak remained inside the top 15 for the entirety of the race. Chasing the front pack at the 2.4k checkpoint, the Communications & Media Technologies major jumped nine of her competitors some 1.5k later then honed in on the leaders down the stretch. She was soon fourth at 4.4k and climbed up to third by more than four seconds with a new personal best of 21:27.1. The time was the third-fastest 6k in ART U history and the top 10 finish, her seventh, brought her into a tie second in program history with teammate graduate student Hasna Kaarour.

The performance earned Novak All-Region Team honors.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
11/13/2023 Isaiah Williams Men's Basketball
11/13/2023 Alba Rovira Ayuso Women's Basketball
11/6/2023 Joey Glaab Men's Soccer
11/6/2023 Katharina Goetschl Women's Cross Country
10/30/2023 Maya McClellan Women's Volleyball
10/30/2023 Elly McInerney Women's Volleyball
10/23/2023 Viktoria Leth Women's Tennis
10/23/2023 Katharina Goetschl Women's Cross Country
10/16/2023 Anson Pan Men's Golf
10/16/2023 Maddie Elias Women's Golf
10/9/2023 Maya McClellan Women's Volleyball
10/9/2023 Jae Eun Park Women's Golf
10/2/2023 Gilly Miller Men's Soccer
10/2/2023 Alejandro Palos Men's Soccer
9/25/2023 Grace Southern Women's Cross Country
9/25/2023 Chandra Reed Women's Volleyball
9/18/2023 Joey Glaab Men's Soccer
9/18/2023 Nicole Peoples Women's Soccer
9/11/2023 Joey Glaab Men's Soccer
9/11/2023 Grace Southern Women's Cross Country
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