NICK RANDAZZO, UC SANTA BARBARA
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Junior • Ventura, Calif.
• UC Santa Barbara junior Nick Randazzo earned his third career Big West Men’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week award after an outstanding performance at the season-opening meet.
• He won the UCSB Lagoon Open versus Cal Poly for the second year in a row, posting a time of 24:25 over the 8K course.
• Randazzo won the race by over 10 seconds in what represented the second-fastest time ever on that course by a Gaucho.
Others nominated: Jake Ritter (Cal Poly); Erik Gonzalez (Cal State Fullerton); Nicholas Brichta (UC Davis)
PEYTON BILO, CAL POLY
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Senior • El Dorado Hills, Calif.
• Cal Poly senior Peyton Bilo captured her sixth career Big West Women’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week honor – and the first since the end of the 2016 season – earning individual medalist honors at the season-opening UCSB Lagoon Open.
• Bilo led the Mustangs to an 18-41 team win over rival UC Santa Barbara with a time of 17:53.62 in the 5k.
• It was Bilo’s second career win at the meet, as she previously won the dual in 2016 as a sophomore.
• Bilo edged teammate and defending Big West champion Miranda Daschian by almost 12 seconds for the victory.
Others nominated: Trinity Ruelas (Cal State Fullerton); Brenna Wapstra Scott (UC Davis); Hannah Chau (UC Irvine); Astrid Rosvall (UC Santa Barbara); Shannon McClish (Hawai‘i)