Aidan McCarthy

Cal Poly XC Media Day 2024

Photo by Owen Main 8/22/24

Aidan McCarthy

  • Award
    Track Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    3/31/2026
  • Sport
    Track & Field
  • School
    Cal Poly
  • Year
    Graduate Student
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Pleasanton, CA
  • High School
    Amador Valley HS
  • Cal Poly’s Aidan McCarthy won the 800m race at the West Coast Relays to earn The Big West Men's Track Athlete of the Week award. It is McCarthy's sixth career track weekly honor from the conference, having won it once in 2022, twice in 2023 and twice last season. 

  • The Mustang graduate student ran a conference-leading time in the two-lap race (1:47.51) to place first. The time is also the third fastest ran in the West Region this season and currently No. 6 in Division I.