Cal Poly senior Chris Frias broke a 31-year school record in the 10,000-meter run at the Stanford Invitational this season
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UCSB sweeps final dual meet of season
Evan Morter The track and field edition of the Blue-Green rivalry saw UC Santa Barbara win both the men’s and women’s events Saturday at the Cal Poly Track & Field Complex. The Gaucho men prevailed in the dual meet 102.5-99.5, while the women won 104-98. The Gauchos’ victory brings the Central Coast rivalry to a […]
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Weekend roundup: Softball drops series to UCSB, track and field records fall
Here’s a roundup of Cal Poly’s weekend sports action.
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Hollander and Frias compete at NCAA championships
By Laura Hollander’s standards, anything but a top-10 finish is a bit out of the ordinary.
The sophomore cross-country runner finished 75th at the NCAA Championships Saturday, a far cry from her ninth-place finish a year ago. The top 40 runners are named All-Americans, meaning Hollander won’t receive the honor as she did in 2012.
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Hollander, Frias selected for cross-country national championships
After posting top-10 finishes at the NCAA West Regional this past weekend, Cal Poly cross-country runners sophomore Laura Hollander and senior Chris Frias were selected to compete at the NCAA Championships in Terre Haute, Ind. on Nov. 23.
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Hollander, Frias lead Cal Poly cross-country to top-10 finishes
With strong performances from both senior Chris Frias and sophomore Laura Hollander, the Cal Poly men’s and women’s cross-country teams both earned a top-10 finish at the NCAA West Regional in Sacramento, Calif. on Friday.
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Cross-country sweeps Big West titles
The Cal Poly men’s cross country team claimed its 13th Big West Conference title Saturday, while the women’s squad captured its fifth.
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‘I just run’: Davidson leads Cal Poly cross-country
There’s a Ford pickup truck parked 10 feet in front of him. Sean Davidson sits on an aluminum bench, his back against the yellow plastered walls of Mott Athletics Center.
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Frias leads track in NCAA prelims
As junior runner Chris Frias toed the line for last weekend’s 10,000-meter run at the Big West Conference Championships in Northridge, there was one thing on his mind.
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Men’s, women’s cross country teams sweep conference championships
Both the men’s and women’s cross country teams continued their dominant seasons with each finishing first place in the Big West Cross Country Championships at the UC Riverside Ag/Ops course on Saturday morning. True freshman Laura Hollander paced the field once again on the women’s side, covering the 6-kilometer course in a record-breaking 19 minutes, […]
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Frias named Big West Freshman of the Year
Cal Poly’s success in men’s cross country doesn’t just extend to Big West championships. Cross Country runner Chris Frias was named the Big West Conference Men’s Freshman of the year, marking the fourth time in six season a Cal Poly runner has won the award.