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The California Baptist men and Utah Valley women, two newcomers to the conference, captured the team titles at the 2026 Big West Cross Country Championships. The individual crowns went to California Baptist’s Pedro Marin (men’s) and Cal Poly’s Tatiana Cornejo (women’s). The league meet was held Saturday at UC Riverside’s Ag/Ops Course.
 
In the men’s 8K, Marin crossed the finish line in a new meet record time of 23:07.8 to take the individual title.
CBU won its first Big West title with all five runners in the top 11, dominating the competition with a mere 28 points. Yemane Mulugeta (23:07.8), Itumeleng Ngxabazi (23:24.2), Nicolai Martino (23:44.4) and Gabriel Guzman went 2-4-10-11 for the Lancers. Utah Valley was second with 33 points and Cal Poly finished third with 91.
 
Along with Marin, Mulugeta, Ngxabazi and Martino, Utah Valley’s Sila Kiplagat (3rd/23:17.2), Trey Despain (5th/23:34.4), Mark Boyle (6th/23:35.0), Alex Hartshorn (7th/23:41.1), UC Irvine’s Juan Chantaca (8th/23:41.9) and UC Riverside’s Eshaan Hussain (9th/23:42.1) all earned All-Big West honors by virtue of finishing in the top 10.
 
Cornejo won the women’s 6K with a new meet and course record time of 18:55.4. Utah Valley won its first Big West team trophy with five scorers in the top 13 for 44 points. Caren Kipsirat (18:58.3), Reagan Doman (19:57.6), Mazee Frenthway (20:20.2), Isabel Anglero (20:22.1) and Sophia Biesinger (20:42.6) went 2-6-11-12-13 for the Wolverines. California Baptist placed second with 63 points, followed by Cal Poly with 77.
 
Along with Cornejo and UVU’s top two finishers, CBU’s Fatima Mena (3rd/19:44.0), UC San Diego’s Elle Marsyla (4th/19:46.4), CBU’s Helena Mees (5th/19:51.5), UC Irvine’s Kaia Schmidt (7th/20:02.8), UC Irvine’s Emma Hadley (8th/20:07.8), UC Santa Barbara’s Addie Oversmith (9th/20:17.2) and CBU’s Karolina Bliujute (10th/20:17.9) all earned All-Big West honors by virtue of finishing in the top 10.
 
Fans can watch a recap show of the 2026 Big West Cross Country Championships on Saturday, Oct. 31 at approximately 3 p.m. PT on the Big West YouTube channel.
Up next for all teams will be the NCAA Division I West Regionals, hosted by Sacramento State at the Arcade Creek Cross Country Course, on Friday, Nov. 13.