Aidan McCarthy

  • Award
    Track Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    4/18/2023
  • Sport
    Track & Field
  • School
    Cal Poly
  • Year
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Pleasanton, CA
  • High School
    Amador Valley HS
• Cal Poly's Aidan McCarthy had two impressive performances in the 800 and 1500 at the Bryan Clay Invitational to earn The Big West Track Athlete of the Week accolade. It is McCarthy's second career weekly track honor from the conference, having won one last season. 

• On Friday night, the sophomore shattered the Cal Poly school record in the men's 800, running a time of 1:47.24 to win the heat and finish fifth overall. The performance ranks first in The Big West, fifth in the region and ninth nationally. 

• The next day McCarthy followed up that performance by running the second-fastest 1,500-meter time in program history (3:41.21) to win his heat. The time is the best in the conference, 18th in the region and 37th in Division I.