Cross Country

The Aggies take home a first-place title thanks to Muhammed Ahmed   BY DANIELLE WIRNOWSKI — sports@theaggie.org Queen Kapiolani Regional Park in Honolulu, Hawaii hosted the Big West Cross Country Championship on Oct. 31, 2025.  The park welcomed the following 10 universities from California and one from Hawai’i: California Polytechnic San Luis Obispo, California State University […]

Victory captured by the men’s team, while the women’s team grabs a competitive fourth place   By THEO KAYSER — sports@theaggie.org   On Sept. 13, the UC Davis men’s and women’s cross country teams traveled to River Oaks Golf Course for the Kim Duyst Twilight Cross Country Invitational. Two weeks earlier, the men’s team took […]

Third-year student-athlete becomes an NCAA Champion while making UC Davis history    By MI’ZAUNI REESE — sports@theaggie.org   UC Davis athletes have always been trail-blazing inspirations for the UC Davis community, with many players being leaders in their respective sports. This season, the Davis cross country team has surpassed fan expectations, making headlines and breaking […]

Sports action from the beginning of the season through Sept. 24 Men’s Cross Country Aggie Open (W, 23-38) UC Riverside Invitational (Fourth-place finish) The Aggies hosted their first of two home events at the Aggie Open in early September, starting their season off strong as both men and women’s teams defeated the Sacramento State Hornets, […]

In the final meet on the west coast for the UC Davis cross country teams, junior Sarah Sumpter and sophomore Trevor Halsted led the Aggies in their respective races. The women’s team placed sixth overall in the NCAA Division I West Regional, while the men closed at 15th on the Jefferson Golf Course in Seattle, […]

The UC Davis cross country runners pieced together strong performances in their respective races this weekend at the Big West Conference meet at UC Riverside. The men’s 8K course saw the Aggie men finish in fourth place as a team, an improvement from last year’s sixth place. On the women’s side, last year’s champions UC […]

The UC Davis cross country teams have had a couple weeks of rest after an intense fall season, but will need all the energy they can get at this year’s Big West Championships. The meet will take place on Saturday in Riverside for the fifth year in a row, with both the men and the […]

The UC Davis cross country teams split up its squads this weekend, sending some runners across the country while others stayed closer to home. Whether the Aggie runners were down in Santa Clara for the Bronco Invitational or over in Louisville, Ky. for the NCAA Division I Pre-Nationals, it was an encouraging weekend for UC […]

The UC Davis cross country teams have been showing their strengths all year long and this weekend they will have an opportunity to see how they fare against some of the top teams in the nation. The Aggies will send their travel squad to Kentucky for the NCAA Pre-Nationals meet, where there will be close […]

UC Davis has developed into quite a prominent front-runner in cross country. As the season enters full bloom, both the men and women runners have been gaining experience that will help them in the upcoming months of competition. At the Pac-12 preview hosted by UCLA, the Aggies tested their might by sending down their more […]

Come next season, the men’s cross country team will be feeling the loss of senior Jonathan Peterson. The Clovis, Calif. native’s successful career with the Aggies has included school records, All-American honors, and two trips to the NCAA Division I championship. This season Peterson led the Aggies in every race that he ran, including a […]

Senior Jonathan Peterson finished his collegiate career in the top third of runners in the NCAA Division I championship race on Monday afternoon. His time of 30:34.5 was good for 71st place out of a competitive pool of 252 runners. Peterson received an at-large bid to the meet after his 29:30 time and 10th place […]