Kaia Schmidt Award Athlete of the Week Week Of 10/13/2026 Sport Cross Country School UC Irvine Year Senior Position Hometown West Linn, Ore. High School West Linn HS UC Irvine's Kaia Schmidt finished 16th overall at the Bill Dellinger Invitational to earn The Big West Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Week honor. This is Schmidt's third career weekly honor, having won it twice last season. The West Linn, Ore. produced a 6K time of 21:00.8. The Anteaters secure a fourth-place team finish with 118 points.