UC Davis women's cross country runner Sarah Sumpter has been named the 2009 Women's Athlete of the Year by the Big West Conference, it was announced Wednesday. Most recently, she won the women's 6K race at the Big West Championships Oct. 31 with a season-best time of 20:34, becoming the first runner in UC Davis' Division I history to win the individu... More
Sarah Sumpter claimed the first individual Big West Cross Country Championships title in UC Davis' Division I history with a time of 20:34 in the 6K race Saturday. Sumpter's first-place finish led the Aggie women to a second-place team finish Saturday. The UC Davis men finished third and were l...
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The UC Davis men's and women's cross country team will travel to Riverside, Calif. to compete in the Big West Conference Championships at UC Riverside's Agricultural Operations Course. The men's 8K race will begin at 9:00 a.m. while the women's 6K race is set to start at 9:45 a.m.
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UC Davis sophomore Sarah Sumpter was named the Big West Conferece Women's Athlete of the Week for the week of Sept. 21, it was announced by the conference office Wednesday.
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The UC Davis men's and women's cross country teams competed at the Bronco Invitational Saturday at Baylands Park in Sunnyvale, Calif. The UC Davis men's team finished 12th out of 15 teams and were led by junior Calvin Thigpen, while the women's squad placed 11th out of 17 teams.
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The UC Davis women's squad finished 15th in the 6K "blue" race while the men's team was 30th in the 8K "white" race at the NCAA Pre-Nationals meet at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course Saturday morning. Sophomore Sarah Sumpter led all Aggie scorers with a 34th place finish in a ...
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Members of the UC Davis men's and women's cross country teams will travel to the NCAA Pre-Nationals in Terre Haute, Ind. Saturday while others will head to the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational in Sunnyvale, Calif. The first meet of the day at Pre-Nationals will begin at 9:00 am ET while the Bronc...
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UC Davis junior Kyle Suarez led the men's cross country team to a first place finish in the 8K event while sophomore Kristina Taylor placed third overall in the women's 6K Saturday at the Doc Adams Open Presented by VS Athletics and Davis Sport Shop.
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The UC Davis men's and women's cross country teams will host the 2009 Doc Adams Open Saturday at the Putah Creek Reserve Course... The women's 6000m collegiate race begins at 9:00 a.m. while the men's 8000m event begins at 9:45 a.m... Fans can also participate in the first ever Putah Creek Reserv...
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UC Davis junior Russ Pfaff was named the Big West Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Week for the week of September 30, it was announced by the conference office Wednesday. It is the first conference honor for Pfaff.
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The UC Davis men's and women's cross country teams finished in third and fourth place, respectively, at the Stanford Invitational Saturday at the Stanford Golf Course. Russ Pfaff was the Aggies' top finisher in the men's 8K race as he placed eighth with a time of 24:25.
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Spotlight Aggie - Tori Hooper
With graduation on the horizon and career considerations looming, UC Davis senior volleyball player Tori Hooper has followed a family tradition of taking to the skies. She is halfway through her flight training, with plans of joining the Air Force Reserve.
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Louie Bishop: Seventh Day Committment
Louie Bishop enjoyed an oustanding career with the UC Davis men's golf team, graduating in 2007 with a degree in managerial economics. Named the 2007 Division I Independent Golfer of the Year and Ping All-America Honorable Mention, Bishop capped his Aggie career by being named the winner of UC Davis' W.P. Lindley Award for achievement in athletics, academics and community service. He participated in the 2009 U.S. Amateur on Aug. 24-25. The Tulsa World published the following story on the first day of the tournament
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Sam Paneno Gives Back More Than He Lost
Sam Paneno doesn't do self-pity.
"Why me?" never crossed his lips.
Or his mind.
"I was always taught to look at life from different perspectives," the former UC Davis running back says, "and that you have a choice on how you react to things."
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Spotlight Aggie: Heidi Kucera
Balancing a varsity sport and a full schedule of classes is a challenging task for any student-athlete. Adding a second varsity sport to that mix makes things even more hectic. But UC Davis junior Heidi Kucera finds a way to excel in water polo and swimming, using complementing skills to help contribute in both.
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