Cal Poly Cross Country program dominated the end-of-season Big West Conference awards on Wednesday as the Mustangs took home five of the six yearly awards. This marks the second straight year they’ve done so while they recorded their third consecutive sweep of the Big West Championships. It was a clean sweep for the men, as […]
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How Cal Poly Cross Country shapes up for NCAA West Regionals
Cal Poly Cross Country will compete against some of the top competition in the country in Colfax, Washington, at the NCAA West Regionals this Friday, Nov. 15. The race, hosted by Washington State, will take place at Colfax Golf Club. The women’s 6K will start at 11 a.m., followed by the men’s 10K at 12 […]
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Cal Poly Cross Country sweeps Big West Championships for third straight year
Cal Poly Cross Country has swept the Big West Championships for the third straight year with its performance at the UC Riverside Ag/Ops Course on Saturday, Nov. 2nd. The Mustangs etched themselves into the conference history books as only one other school in Big West history had ever swept the championships three years in a […]
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Cal Poly Cross Country earns two Big West Cross Country Athletes of the Week
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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‘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 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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Cross-country newcomers balance competition with passion
“We put all that effort into workouts, which is fun. But ultimately we train to race, and the feeling of accomplishment afterwards is pretty addicting.”