Saturday, October 29
Riverside, Calif.
10 A.M.
Long Beach State University
at
Big West Championships
Photo by: John Fajardo
Cross Country Team Gears Up for The Big West Championships
10/28/2022 9:20:00 AM | Cross Country
Long Beach State will head to Riverside to compete in the conference championships on Saturday morning.
LONG BEACH, Calif. – The Long Beach State Cross Country team is headed to Riverside to compete in The Big West Championships on Saturday morning. This year's meet will take place at the UCR Agriculture Operations Course.
Saturday, October 29
at UC Riverside's Ag/Ops Cross Country Course
Women's 6K: 8:30 a.m.
Men's 8K: 9:15 a.m.
Live Results | ESPN+ Broadcast
Women's Participants: Yajaira Calderon, Ryley Fick, Anitha Graves, Allie Scimia, Brieanna Tafoya, Lakely Nealis, Jaxin Woodward, Maggie Bauer, Tessa Chen
Men's Participants: Alex Kalmar, Connor Phillips, Ryan Hernandez, Michael Phillips, Quinn Garity, Cameron Gill, Antonio Carbajal, Mario Tavares, Jay Brown
The course is deceptive, appearing flat, fast and easy at first, but with a large difference in elevation from one end of the course to the other. The west end, at about the 1.5 mile mark, is 100 feet lower than the start/finish area, and runners tend to go out fast only to find the return home challenging.
The Beach had a historic outing at UC Riverside earlier this season where Ryley Fick and Allie Scimia both beat the 11-year old school record with Fick winning the event. In the following meet, Scimia beat the record once again becoming the first LBSU woman to run a sub-20 minute 6K. The duo has finished in the top ten of every meet they have competed in this year.
On the men's side, Michael Phillips has been the headliner. At the Bronco Invitational, the senior was the top collegiate finisher with a new school record in the men's 8K. Similarly, he has also finished top ten in every meet this season.
Not to be forgotten, Alex Kalmar and Quinn Garity had tremendous races last time out as each of them entered the Long Beach State all-time top ten at the Bronco Invitational. Kalmar's 24:24.6 is ninth fastest while Garity's 24:25.2 is tied for tenth.
At last year's Big West Championships, the men's team finished fifth in the team standings and the women's team finished sixth. It was the men's best finish since 2018 and the women's best since 2017. Individually, Michael Phillips was the top performer becoming the third All-Big West selection under Head Coach Shawn Winget's tenure.
2021 Big West Championship Performances
Women's 6K
Ryley Fick – 21:04.6 (13th)
Allie Scimia – 22:09.6 (32nd)
Anitha Graves – 22:29.4 (40th)
Brieanna Tafoya – 23:12.4 (55th)
Yajaira Calderon – 24:11.7 (63rd)
Men's 8K
Michael Phillips – 24:12.7 (7th)
Alex Kalmar – 25:04.5 (35th)
Saturday, October 29
at UC Riverside's Ag/Ops Cross Country Course
Women's 6K: 8:30 a.m.
Men's 8K: 9:15 a.m.
Live Results | ESPN+ Broadcast
Women's Participants: Yajaira Calderon, Ryley Fick, Anitha Graves, Allie Scimia, Brieanna Tafoya, Lakely Nealis, Jaxin Woodward, Maggie Bauer, Tessa Chen
Men's Participants: Alex Kalmar, Connor Phillips, Ryan Hernandez, Michael Phillips, Quinn Garity, Cameron Gill, Antonio Carbajal, Mario Tavares, Jay Brown
The course is deceptive, appearing flat, fast and easy at first, but with a large difference in elevation from one end of the course to the other. The west end, at about the 1.5 mile mark, is 100 feet lower than the start/finish area, and runners tend to go out fast only to find the return home challenging.
The Beach had a historic outing at UC Riverside earlier this season where Ryley Fick and Allie Scimia both beat the 11-year old school record with Fick winning the event. In the following meet, Scimia beat the record once again becoming the first LBSU woman to run a sub-20 minute 6K. The duo has finished in the top ten of every meet they have competed in this year.
On the men's side, Michael Phillips has been the headliner. At the Bronco Invitational, the senior was the top collegiate finisher with a new school record in the men's 8K. Similarly, he has also finished top ten in every meet this season.
Not to be forgotten, Alex Kalmar and Quinn Garity had tremendous races last time out as each of them entered the Long Beach State all-time top ten at the Bronco Invitational. Kalmar's 24:24.6 is ninth fastest while Garity's 24:25.2 is tied for tenth.
At last year's Big West Championships, the men's team finished fifth in the team standings and the women's team finished sixth. It was the men's best finish since 2018 and the women's best since 2017. Individually, Michael Phillips was the top performer becoming the third All-Big West selection under Head Coach Shawn Winget's tenure.
2021 Big West Championship Performances
Women's 6K
Ryley Fick – 21:04.6 (13th)
Allie Scimia – 22:09.6 (32nd)
Anitha Graves – 22:29.4 (40th)
Brieanna Tafoya – 23:12.4 (55th)
Yajaira Calderon – 24:11.7 (63rd)
Men's 8K
Michael Phillips – 24:12.7 (7th)
Alex Kalmar – 25:04.5 (35th)
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