Complete Results
COLFAX, Wash. -- The Big West had nine men's and 10 women's cross country teams competed in the 2024 NCAA Championships West Regionals, held Friday at Colfax Golf Club and hosted by Washington State.
 
In the women’s 6K, Cal Poly, The Big West champion, was the top team from the conference with 237 points for an eighth-place finish. UC Davis (11th/365 points), UC San Diego (16th/510 points), Long Beach State (18th/570), UC Irvine (22nd/585 points) round out the top five squads from the league. The automatic qualifiers for the NCAA Championships went to first-place Oregon and second-place Stanford. Individually, Dani Barrett of UC Davis was the top finisher from The Big West in 18th place with a time of 19:55.0. Cal Poly’s Tatiana Corenjo (25th/20:14.6), UC San Diego’s Sylvana Northrop (29th/20:23.4), Cal Poly’s Schuyler Gooley (30th/20:24.3) and Maddie Kackley of UC Davis (36th/20:30.5) were the top placers from The Big West. Barrett and Cornejo earned All-Region honors by virtue of finishing in the top 25. 
 
In the men’s 10K, Cal Poly was the top team from The Big West with 235 points for eighth place. Cal State Fullerton (10th/324 points), UC Davis (12th/357 points), UC Riverside (15th/456 points) and UC San Diego (18th/541 points) finished out the top five squads from the league. Cal State Fullerton’s Marco Perez (29:44.8) was the top runner from The Big West in 30th place. Cal Poly’s trio of Davis Bove (38th/29:55.0), Anthony Guerra (44th/29:58.6) and Rory Catsimanes (39th/29:59.9) and Muhammed Ahmed of UC Davis (30:02.0) were the top individuals from the conference.
 
The top two teams at regionals automatically qualify for the NCAA Championships. Additionally, 13 at-large teams are selected by the NCAA DI Cross Country Subcommittee to bring the total number of qualifying teams to 31. As for the individuals, 36 will automatically qualify for nationals by being one of the top four regional finishers not on an advancing team. Then the committee will select two additional individuals for at-large bids. That brings the total number of individuals to 38 per gender. The 2022 DI NCAA Cross Country Championship selections will be announced on Saturday, Nov. 16 at 2 p.m. PT on NCAA.com.