9/20/2022 2:05:00 PM | Cross Country
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — Sophomore Aidan McCarthy has been named the Big West Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Week.
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McCarthy earned the award after placing second at the UC Riverside Invitational on Saturday to help the Cal Poly men's cross country team capture first.
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He ran the 8K UC Riverside Ag/Ops Course, the site of this year's Big West Championships, in 23 minutes and 45.9 seconds, the 16th-fastest time ever recorded on the course. It was also the highest finish of McCarthy's career.
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The Mustangs cruised to the team title at the meet, finishing 31 points ahead of second-place Southern Utah thanks in large part to McCarthy's performance.
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This is McCarthy's first Big West Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Week award. It's also the first time a Mustang has garnered the honor since Jake Ritter won it on Oct. 1, 2019.
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This spring on the track, the Pleasanton, Calif. native won the conference title in the men's 800-meter and ran the second-fastest time in program history in the event (1:48.0) at the NCAA West Preliminaries in Arkansas to finish 15th overall and just 0.08 seconds shy of a berth to the NCAA Championships.
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McCarthy earned the award after placing second at the UC Riverside Invitational on Saturday to help the Cal Poly men's cross country team capture first.
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He ran the 8K UC Riverside Ag/Ops Course, the site of this year's Big West Championships, in 23 minutes and 45.9 seconds, the 16th-fastest time ever recorded on the course. It was also the highest finish of McCarthy's career.
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The Mustangs cruised to the team title at the meet, finishing 31 points ahead of second-place Southern Utah thanks in large part to McCarthy's performance.
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This is McCarthy's first Big West Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Week award. It's also the first time a Mustang has garnered the honor since Jake Ritter won it on Oct. 1, 2019.
Â
This spring on the track, the Pleasanton, Calif. native won the conference title in the men's 800-meter and ran the second-fastest time in program history in the event (1:48.0) at the NCAA West Preliminaries in Arkansas to finish 15th overall and just 0.08 seconds shy of a berth to the NCAA Championships.
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