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The 2022 Minnesota cross country season is off to a hot start with fast times, big team and individual wins, personal bests, and yes hot temperatures. This past week we had a full slate of meets to fill the calendar and as usual, there were some amazing performances we have to highlight for our runner of the week poll. 

Each week of the season you will have the chance to vote for a male and female runner of the week, based on the previous week's meet results. 

Related: Poll: Minnesota Male Cross Country Runner of the Week 

So without further ado, here are this week's nominees for the Minnesota female cross country runner of the week for September 4-10. 

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Jade Rypkema went out strong in her first race of the season and ran alone en route to a new PR of 17:31.50 at the Moorhead Dragon Twilight for the win. She won the race by 1 minute and 26 seconds over the runner-up finisher. This was a 45-second PR for Rypkema and is the #2 time in Minnesota so far this season. 

Sydney Drevlow won her first meet of the season at her home meet, the Hopkins Bauman/Rovn Invitational. Drevlow ran a time of 17:33.70 to take the win by 45 seconds. In doing so, Drevlow beat out three other Class AAA ranked runners and ran a #3 Minnesota time this fall. 

Isabelle Schmitz won her 12th straight cross country meet in Minnesota with a season-best time of 18:57.20. She took the win by just 20 seconds and ran the #2 5K time in Class AA this fall. 

Claire Cashman ran a new PR of 18:42.40 at the Heartland Preview meet in South Dakota to lead the Minnetonka girls to a big win against some elite Heartland competition. Her time of 18:42 is the #7 time in Class AAA this fall. 

Gracie Morris ran a PR of 19:16.07 at the Moorhead Dragon Invitational to lead the Perham girls to a big win over their rivals in Staples-Motley. Morris owns the top freshman girls time in Minnesota this fall. 

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Poll closes on Friday at 7pm CST