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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Meet Jake Ritter: Cal Poly Cross Country champion and scholar athlete
Jake Ritter is the epitome of a student-athlete. The graduate cross country runner is a three-time Big West champion, a qualifier for the NCAA Cross Country National Championship and a two-time Scholar-Athlete of the Year, proof that he continuously beats out the pack. Ritter graduated at the end of fall quarter with a master’s degree […]
Jake Ritter caps off Cal Poly career with historic NCAA Championships performance
The final race for the Cal Poly track and field star graduate Jake Ritter saw him place 90th overall at the NCAA National Championship Race on Saturday, Nov. 19 in Stillwater, Okla. Ritter capped off his incredible career as a Mustang with the highest Cal Poly finish at the National Championships since Phillip Reid in […]
Cross Country sweeps Men’s and Women’s Big West championship
It was a championship sweep for Mustangs in cross country, as the men’s and women’s teams won the Big West conference on Saturday, Oct. 29 at UC Riverside. This was the sixth time in program history that the men’s and women’s teams have swept to capture their titles and the first time since 2018. The […]
Track and field rounds out season at NCAA West Prelims
Seven Cal Poly track and field athletes competed in the NCAA Track and Field West Preliminaries at the University of Arkansas from Wednesday, May 25 to Friday, May 27. On Wednesday, sophomore Aidan McCarthy advanced to the quarterfinals in the men’s 800-meter and sophomore Mathis Bresko nearly earned a spot in the NCAA Finals in […]
Track and field ends Fresno State Invitational with six top-three finishes
Cal Poly track and field earned six top-three finishes and several personal bests at the Fresno State Invitational on Saturday, Apr. 30 at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Clovis. Sophomore Quinton Alexander placed second in the men’s 800 with a season-best time of 1:51.98 seconds. He was followed by fourth-place sophomore Mason Elefant with a season-best […]
Tjerrild posts highest Mustang finish at Texas A&M Track Regionals, finishes 15th
Nine Mustangs were selected to compete in College Station, Texas for the preliminary round of the NCAA Track and Field Championships. The four-day meet, hosted by Texas A&M University, saw a few Mustangs set personal records in their attempts to make it out of the Western Regional Round. Day One On Thursday, May 27, the […]
Men’s and Women’s Cross Country finish top 20 at NCAA West Regionals
Both the Men’s and Women’s Cross Country teams finished in the top 20 at the NCAA West Regional Championships in Colfax, Washington on Friday, Nov. 15, but back-to-back Big West cross country champion and senior Miranda Daschian did not finish her race. Daschian, an NCAA Championship qualifier last year, was in 35th place out of […]
Men’s Cross Country wins fourth consecutive Big West Conference Championship
Cal Poly Cross Country continued to build upon its tradition of success on Saturday, Nov. 2 as Jake Ritter and Miranda Daschian repeated individual title wins at the Big West Conference Championships. In addition, the men’s team took home their fourth consecutive title win behind a 44-point finish on UC Riverside’s Ag-Ops Course. The feat […]
Three things to look forward to this year in Cal Poly Athletics
From soccer rivalry traditions to Big West titles, here is what to look out for this year.
Cal Poly Cross Country wins both Big West Conference titles
The men’s team won their third consecutive team trophy, recording the fourth three-peat Big West Conference championship in program history.

