Aidan McCarthy

Aidan McCarthy, Diaz, Olla, Bennett, Rivas, 2022 Big West XC Championships, 10-29-22

Photo by: Raymond Tran

Aidan McCarthy, 2022 Big West XC Championships, 10-29-22

Photo by: Raymond Tran

Aidan McCarthy, Joe Piane Invitational, 9-30-22

Photo by: Ian Baker

Height:
5-9
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Pleasanton, CA
High School:
Amador Valley HS

TFRRS Profile
World Athletics Profile
Three-Time First Team All-American in 800 (7th 2023 Outdoors; 3rd 2025 Indoors; 5th 2025 Outdoors)
Current school record holder in indoor and outdoor 800, indoor 1,000 and indoor mile
Three-time Big West champion in men's 800 (2022-23, 2025)
2025 1,500 Big West champion
Three-time NCAA West Preliminaries qualifier (2022-23, 2025)
Two-time Big West Men's Track Athlete of the Year (2023, 2025)
2023 NCAA West Preliminaries champion in 800

2024-25 -- Cross Country: Finished one race, taking 34th at Sean Earl Lakefront Invitational. Indoor: Became the first Division I First Team All-American indoors in a track event in the history of the men's program, placing third (1:46.78) ... performance allowed the Cal Poly men to score team points at the NCAA Indoor Championships for the first time in program history, registering 6 team points for the Mustangs ... Cal Poly’s first First Team Indoor All-American on the men's side in 52 years ... ran the fastest indoor 800 time in the NCAA that season, posting a blistering time of 1:45.19 at the Last Chance National Qualifier on March 2 ... was the fastest indoor 800 time by an American in collegiate history and the third fastest indoor 800 time ever by a collegian ... also broke the school record in the 1,000 (2:19.68) ... shattered own school record in the mile (3:52.83) at Husky Classic.

2023-24 -- Cross Country: Earned All-Big West honors for the second straight year, running a lifetime best 8K time (23:41.6) to place second at the Big West Championships and help Cal Poly secure back-to-back conference titles ... was the Mustangs' third finisher at the NCAA West Regional, placing 52nd to allow the team to capture eighth for the second straight year ... competed in three meets. Indoor: Broke his own school record in the mile by over three seconds (3:56.09) at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener ... competed in that one meet before suffering season-ending injury. Outdoor: Medically redshirted due to injury.

2022-23 -- Cross Country: Secured All-Big West honors by capturing third at the conference meet to help the Cal Poly men earn their 18th Big West trophy ... was the Mustangs' fourth finisher at NCAA West Regionals, grabbing 51st with a personal-best 10K time (29:34.0) to allow the men to secure their highest finish (eighth) at regionals since 2013 ... placed second at UC Riverside Invitational to garner Big West Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Week honors. Indoor: Became the first Cal Poly athlete to run a sub four-minute mile (3:59.42) at Boston University's Last Chance Invite. Outdoor: At NCAA Championships, became first Mustang in 12 years to secure First Team All-American honors by placing seventh in men's 800-meter ... won heat with second-fastest time in semifinals ... Cal Poly's first First Team All-American in men's 800 in Division I program history ... helped Mustang men score team points at the NCAA Championships for the 12th time in Division I program history and for the first time in 16 years ... first Cal Poly man to qualify for the NCAA Finals in an event on the track in 18 years ... advanced to NCAA Championships by placing first in 800 at NCAA West Preliminaries with a time of 1:46.26, breaking his own school record ... first Mustang in school history to capture first in an event at NCAA West Prelims ... became Cal Poly's first back-to-back Big West champion in men's 800 with a time of 1:47.14, the fastest time ran by the conference champion in 11 years ... named Big West Men's Co-Track Athlete of the Year ... broke 45-year-old school record in men's 1,500 at Oxy Invitational with a time of 3:39.56, qualifying him for the NCAA West Prelims in the event ... shattered Mathyas Michael's 53-year-old school record in 800 at Bryan Clay Invitational ... advanced to 800 semifinals at USATF Outdoor Championships in Eugene, recording the fourth-fastest time in the first round ... placed first in the 800 at four meets ... named Big West Men's Track Athlete of the Week twice.

2021-22 -- Cross Country: Competed in four of Cal Poly's five meets as a freshman ... best finish was eighth in season-opening Stump Invitational with an 8K time of 23:44.9 ... was Cal Poly's No. 4 finisher in that event ... also placed 14th in Big West Conference Championships with a time of 24:36.3 ... also Cal Poly's fourth finisher ... also placed 68th in Dellinger Invitational and 96th in NCAA West Regional at Sacramento. Track & Field: Ran the second-fastest time in school history (1:48.0) in the men’s 800-meter at the NCAA West Preliminaries in Arkansas to finish 15th overall as a redshirt freshman … missed out on grabbing an automatic qualifier spot to the NCAA National Championships by 0.08 seconds … won the Big West Conference title in the 800 with a 1:49.38 to help the Cal Poly men finish fourth as a team … first conference champ in 800 since Bobby Poynter in 2019 … ran the 800 five times during the track season and posted a personal best each time … ran a time of 3:44.20, the sixth-fastest in school history, in the 1,500 at the Fresno State Invitational … named Big West Men’s Track Athlete of the Week on March 29 … first in 1,500 at Cal Poly Invitational, Cal Poly Open and UCSB Invitational … captured first in 800 at Mustang Invitational.

2020-21 -- Cross Country: Season was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic. Track & Field: Did not compete in any meets.

Prep -- As a senior for Amador Valley High School of Pleasanton, took 16th place at the CIF State Championship Meet for cross country, running the Woodward Park 5K course in 15:25.3 … earlier in the fall, came in ninth at the ASICS XC Invitational at the same site, running a 15:48.1 … was the second-place finisher at the 2019 North Coast Section Finals, via 15:10.8 (3 miles), after a PR of 15:03.4 at the league championships held in Hayward … posted his 3,200-meter PR of 9:37.2 at the Sacramento Meet of Champions as a Dons junior, taking fourth place … early on in the spring of 2020 before the cancellations, took second in the 1,600 at the Gabor Invite hosted by AVHS, in 4:19.3 … also recorded an 800 effort of 1:59.1 at the preseason exhibition quad-meet in February.

Personal -- Majoring in industrial technology & packaging ... parents each attended Texas Tech ... chose Cal Poly because “it has a great cost for a very good education and D1 athletics that strive to be great every day” ... aspires to use “the great job placement in the College of Business to travel and secure a job in the technology industry.”