Long Beach State's Heath Reedy and Rosa Del Toro won their respective events at the Asics Fullerton Season Opener, earning them this season's first Big West Cross Country Athlete of the Week honors.
Reedy, a native of Clovis, Calif., was the first to cross the finish line with a top time of 25:0.4, finishing 11 seconds ahead of second place Tyler Reed of Cal State Fullerton. Reedy guided the 49ers to a team championship on the 8,000-meter course at Carbon Canyon Park.
Del Toro led the Long Beach State women's cross country team to a second place finish after winning the women's 6K with a time of 22:03.7. The Van Nuys, Calif., native bested the second place finisher, Karen Rosas of Glendale, by nearly five seconds.
Others nominated: Men - Dan Gonia (Cal Poly), Chad Hall (UC Riverside). Women - Vanessa Hancock (Cal Poly), Jaasmin Pina (UC Riverside), Katie Castro (Pacific)