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
11/5/2018 Freddie Hessian Men's Cross Country
11/5/2018 Hasna Kaarour Women's Cross Country
10/29/2018 Avica Robings Women's Soccer
10/29/2018 Elan Hawkins Women's Golf
10/22/2018 Hasna Kaarour Women's Cross Country
10/22/2018 Kris Jensson Men's Soccer
10/15/2018 Adrian Cekala Men's Soccer
10/15/2018 Morgan Wirz Women's Soccer
10/8/2018 Anahi Servin Women's Golf
10/8/2018 Victor Moreau Men's Cross Country
10/1/2018 Monika Stanikova Women's Tennis
10/1/2018 Alma Thell-Lenntorp Women's Tennis
10/1/2018 Klara Thell-Lenntorp Women's Tennis
9/24/2018 Victor Moreau Men's Cross Country
9/24/2018 Hasna Kaarour Women's Cross Country
9/17/2018 Anahi Servin Women's Golf
9/17/2018 Anissa Wilson Women's Soccer
9/10/2018 Alice Michell Women's Soccer
9/10/2018 Morgan Wirz Women's Soccer
9/3/2018 Oliver Hadeen Men's Soccer
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