Faith Makau Finishes Third, Totten Sixth At Big West Championships In Hawai'i

Saturday, October 29

Kahuku, HI

10:45 AM PT

UC Riverside

Big West Championship

Faith Makau Finishes Third, Totten Sixth At Big West Championships In Hawai'i

10/29/2016 12:32:00 PM | Women's Cross Country

Oahu, HI—Faith Makau finished third, and Weslie Totten sixth in leading the UC Riverside Women's Cross Country Team to a sixth place finish in the Big West Championship at Kahuku Golf Course.

Makau (21:29.1) and Totten (21:46.2) braved the rainy, windy conditions to finish inside the top-10 in the Big West Championship for the second year in a row (Women's 6k results). They finished first and fourth respectively last year, when the women's team placed third in the conference event.

The team title went to Cal Poly, who placed five runners inside the top-10, including Peyton Bilo in first with a winning time of 21:04.1.

The men's team matched the previous year's finish with a seventh place result, led by Solomon Demeku-Ousman (26:06.4) in 24th, and Cesar Solis (26:06.5) in 25th (Men's 8k results). Cal Poly also placed five in the top-10 of the men's race, which included the top three spots led by Clayton Hitchins in a time of 24:36.1.

2016 Big West Championship Facebook Photo Album

Both teams are off from competition next week, but will prepare for the NCAA Regionals in Sacramento Friday, November 11th.