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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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.
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Aidan McCarthy caps off historic season with First Team All-American honors
Redshirt sophomore Aidan McCarthy finished seventh in the men’s 800-meter race with a time of 1:46.78 at the NCAA Track and Field Championships on Friday, June 9 at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Texas. With the finish, McCarthy earned First Team All-American honors, making him the first Mustang since 2011 to do so. Along with […]
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Aidan McCarthy shines at West Prelims, advances to NCAA Championships
Redshirt sophomore Aidan McCarthy’s historic season continued on Friday when he punched his ticket at the NCAA Championships for the men’s 800-meter race. McCarthy came in first place with a time of 1:46.26 in the quarterfinals at the NCAA West Preliminaries in Sacramento, sending him to Austin, Texas to showcase his talents on the biggest […]
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Looking back on Track and Field’s record-setting season
While Cal Poly Track and Field is coming off an impressive showing at the Big West Championships, some of the team’s biggest accomplishments came before the conference showdown. Individually, multiple Mustangs set school records throughout this track and field season. Amongst them, redshirt sophomore Aidan McCarthy has been a standout, breaking a 53-year-old school record […]
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Cal Poly Women and Men’s Track and Field medal at Big West Championships
Cal Poly Women’s Track and Field finished second while the men’s squad ended in third place in the 2023 Big West Conference Championships on Friday, May 12 and Saturday, May 13 at Titan Track Complex. The Mustangs hoisted five Big West Championship medals and saw 15 individuals and two relays earn All-Big West accolades. Women’s […]
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Aidan McCarthy headlines Track and Field’s three-event weekend
Cal Poly Track and Field had a busy weekend, competing in the Bryan Clay Invitational, the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate and the Beach Invitational from Thursday, April 13 through Saturday, April 15. Bryan Clay Invitational Day 1 Sophomore Maya Holman sat on top of the Group D heptathlon leaderboard with 2,929 points after day one of […]
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Track and Field finds success at West Coast Relays, Stanford Invitational
Cal Poly Track and Field participated in the West Coast Relays and Stanford Invitational on Friday, March 31 and Saturday, April 1. West Coast Relays Discus-throwing freshmen Rory Devaney and Amaya Lopez-Fuller both recorded record-breaking marks, as Devaney’s hammer throw of 172 feet, 6 inches moved him into 10th on Cal Poly’s all-time list. Meanwhile, […]