All-Time Big West Cross Country Weekly Winners >>>

Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Week Juan Chantaca, UC Irvine | Sophomore • San Clemente, Calif.

• UC Irvine's Juan Chantaca ran an 8K school-record 23:38.4 at the UC Riverside Invitational to claim The Big West Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Week award. It is Chantaca's third career weekly honor, having won it once last year and once earlier this season. 

• The sophomore was the top UCI and Big West finisher in the race, coming in fourth out of 224 athlete

Also Nominated: Omar Fabila (UC Riverside), Nathan Graders (UC San Diego), Elijah Stenberg (CSUN), Levi Taylor (Long Beach State). 

Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Week Kaia Schmidt, UC Irvine | Junior • West Linn, Ore.

• UC Irvine's Kaia Schmidt ran a 6K personal record of 20:38.4 at the UC Riverside Invitational to earn The Big West Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Week honor. It is Schmidt's first career weekly honor.

• The junior finished seventh in a field of 220 runners. Schmidt’s time ranks second in the Big West this season and moved up one spot to No. 8 in program history.

• As a team, UC Irvine was third out of 24, and first among the five Big West schools competing.
  
  Also Nominated: Lilit Arakelyan (CSUN), Isatu N'Diaye (UC Riverside), Sylvana Northrop (UC San Diego), Marikay Schwab (Long Beach State).