Muhammed Ahmed Wins 2025 Big West Cross Country Championship

HONOLULU – Muhammed Ahmed took dwelling the Big West Cross Country Championship underneath clear skies at Kapi’olani Regional Park, turning into the primary particular person Big West males’s champion for UC Davis cross nation since 2017 serving to the lads end second whereas the Aggie ladies completed fourth within the championships.
 
ON THE COURSE (MEN‘S 8K)

• Ahmed sat tied for third with 2K left within the race, and it was there he hit his stride
• Over the ultimate stretch of the race Ahmed pulsed away from the eventual high finishers, crossing the road with a championship time of 24:12.2 to carry dwelling the primary Big West crown for the lads since 2017
• Chris Coles joined Ahmed inside the highest 5, working a 24:33.3 to complete fifth and Donovan Cheruiyot crossed in tenth with a time of 24:40.2 to every earn All-Big West honors

ON THE COURSE (WOMEN‘S 6K)

• Fiona McGrath earned All-Big West honors with a ninth-place end, working her 6K in 21:37.8 to offer the Aggies a runner inside the highest 10

UC DAVIS RESULTS
Big West Cross Country Championships (Oct. 31, 2025)
Honolulu, Hawai’i (Kapi’olani Regional Park)
 
MEN (8K)
1. Muhammed Ahmed, 24:14.2; 5. Chris Coles, 24:33.3; 10. Donavan Cheruiyot, 24:40.2; 11. Ethan Brooks, 24:50.1; 21. Nick Herrmann, 25:22.9; 40. Chance Tokubo, 25:50.0; 41. Frank Ramisch, 25:50.4; 51. Tanner Gray, 26:06.9; 68. Zachary Graeber, 27:04.9; 73. Lucas Tam, 27:41.0
 
WOMEN (6K)
(1. Sylvana Northrop, UC San Diego, 20:42.1); 9. Fiona McGrath, 21:37.8; 12. Stormy Wallace, 21:48.3; 20. Peyton Adams, 22:01.7; 39. Kayla Rutz, 22:40.8; 42. Hannah Aguirre, 22:46.3; 50. Kayla Towne, 22:53.5; 60. Cassidy Kajita, 23:22.0; 75. Grace Dunham, 24:17.1; 79. Lauren Villegas, 24:26.0; Kiah Aitken, DNF