Dadikhi

Yasmin Defne Dadikhi

  • Award
    Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    10/14/2025
  • Sport
    Women's Cross Country
  • School
    Emerson College
  • Year
    Senior
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Istanbul, Turkiye
  • High School
    American Collegiate Institute
Runner of the Week- Yasmin Defne Dadikhi (Sr.), Emerson College
 
Senior Yasmin Defne Dadikhi (Istanbul, Turkiye) ran to her second event title of the season, leading the field of 98 runners with a first-place finish at the Hopkinton Cross Country Festival at Hopkinton Fairgrounds on Friday. Defne Dadikhi ran up front the entire race to pace the field with her school-record winning time of 18:13.62 over the five-kilometer course. She was second after running the first kilometer in 3:50.60, but took over from there, leading by over 36 seconds after completing three kilometers in 10:57.98 and finishing nearly a minute ahead of second-place runner Raihana Yameogo (19:09.01) at the tape. Defne Dadikhi finished nearly two minutes ahead of the closest Division III entry in the field that included programs from all three NCAA divisions. Her second first-place finish of the season gives her four over her All-Region career.