Another week, another record-setting performance for Hillsdale's Allison Kuzma.

The junior is bringing home her second G-MAC Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Week award this season, the conference office announced on Monday, thanks in part to a dominant performance at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational last Friday.

At Notre Dame,  Zeeland, Michigan native ran her way to the Open Division title at the prestigious event with a scorching time of 16:23.77 in a 5K race.

That mark shatters the G-MAC record for a cross country 5K, beating out the old mark held by Mackenna Curtis-Collins of Malone by more than 30 seconds. Curtis-Collins set the record in 2021 by running a 16:59.50 at the Royals Challenge, and until Kuzma's race today was the only G-MAC performance to break the 17 minute mark in a cross country 5K. Kuzma also becomes the first women's cross country runner in Hillsdale College history to go below 17 minutes in a cross country 5K as well.

Kuzma overcame a tough field that included 2024 NCAA DII national champion Lauren Kiley of Grand Valley State, who competed unattached, as well as several members of the defending NCAA DI team champion North Carolina State, headlined by stellar freshman Maddie Gullickson. Kuzma trailed both runners at the mile mark but had blown past them and into the lead a kilometer and a half later, ultimately opening up a 27 second gap to Gullickson in second by the finish line two kilometers later.

The junior currently has the second fastest 5K time in all of NCAA DII so far this season and will look to add a repeat G-MAC cross country crown to her list of accomplishments on November 7.