For the first time in five years, Cal Poly has swept the Big West weekly cross country awards behind two stellar performances over the weekend. On Tuesday, junior Tatiana Cornejo was named Women’s Athlete of the Week, while graduate student Davis Bove secured the honors on the men’s side. It’s Cornejo’s first time winning the […]
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Cal Poly Cross Country competes at Bronco Invitational and Pre-Nationals
Cal Poly Cross Country capped off their regular season in two different states on Saturday, Oct. 19. The men raced at the NCAA Pre-Nationals in Madison, Wisconsin, while the women dominated the field en route to a team title at the Bronco Invitational in Sunnyvale, Calif. The women shined at Baylands Park, storming to a […]
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Cal Poly Cross Country earns national votes in latest Coaches Poll
After their performance at the Sean Earl Lakefront Invitational in Chicago, Ill., Cal Poly Men’s Cross Country received national attention in the Week 3 USTFCCCA National Coaches Poll. The team received two votes from Tuesday’s poll, marking the third straight year they have received national votes during the season. Besides the top 30 nationally ranked […]
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Cal Poly Cross Country competes at Sean Earl Lakefront Invitational
Cal Poly Cross Country program stood up to a strong out-of-conference test with seven nationally ranked teams competing at the Sean Earl Lakefront Invitational on Friday in Chicago, Illinois. Racing along the shores of Lake Michigan at the Sydney R. Marovitz Golf Course, the Mustang men finished fourth, just behind three ranked teams, while the […]
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‘We wanted that to be our standard’: How Cal Poly Cross Country looks to make noise nationally in 2024
Since the head coaching duo of Ryan Vanhoy and Michelle Chewens came to the West Coast in 2022, they have led the Cal Poly Cross Country program into the upper echelon of the Big West Conference. In 2022, they swept the men’s and women’s team titles at the Big West Championships. Last year, they did […]
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Cal Poly’s Davis Bove earns Third Team Academic All-American Honors
Cal Poly distance star Davis Bove was named to the College Sports Communicators third team for his diligence in the classroom marking the third straight year a Cal Poly Track and Field athlete has earned CSC Academic All-America honors. Bove was one of 46 Division I athletes to make the CSC Academic All-America men’s track […]
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Cal Poly’s Davis Bove Narrowly Misses US Olympic Trials Semifinals
Cal Poly graduate student Davis Bove competed in the first round of the men’s 1,500-meter at the U.S. Olympic Trials and was just .01 seconds away from qualifying for the semifinals on Friday. In order to advance to the semifinals, competitors needed to finish in the top seven in one of three heats or have […]
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Cal Poly’s Davis Bove qualifies for US Olympic Trials in Men’s 1,500
Cal Poly graduate student Davis Bove has earned a bid to the US Olympic Track and Field Team Trials after setting back-to-back personal best finishes in the 1,500-meter race. He will compete in the first round on Friday, June 21 at 5:22 p.m. Bove qualified for the trials through his lifetime best performances in the […]
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Cal Poly adds two Pac-12 distance runner transfers to Cross Country/Track and Field program
After securing back-to-back Big West Championship sweeps for both men’s and women’s cross country, the Mustangs further bolster their group of distance runners. Ryan Vanhoy and the coaching staff secured two transfers from the Pac-12: Jon Lester and Sophia Nordenholz, according to GoPoly.com. Lester comes from Stanford while Nordenholz previously attended the University of Washington. […]
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Bove secures trip to nationals while Cal Poly Men’s and Women’s Cross country finish 8th in West Regionals
Davis Bove will move onto the NCAA Championship in Virginia after the men’s and women’s finish both finish 8th overall.
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Cal Poly Cross Country takes home Big West Championship for second consecutive year
Despite an injury from the men’s side and the women’s highest placement in the race being fourth, Cal Poly Cross Country won the Big West Championship on back-to-back years.