Honolulu, Hawaii – The Cal State Fullerton Titans cross country teams packed up and headed to Hawaii to compete at the Big West Cross Country Championships on Friday morning. The men nabbed a third place team finish while the women finished in fifth.
 
The men tallied 98 points, recording a third place finish. The Titans held their third place spot in the first two splits before they dropped down to as low at sixth in the fourth split. The team began to speed up as they neared the final stretch, resulting in a third place team finish behind Cal Poly and UC Davis.
 
Nathaniel Avila was the top Titans runner with a quick time of 24:52.8 finishing in 12^th place. Justin Singer was two spots behind Avila with a 25:02.4 mark. Luke Hitchcock and Carlos Maradiaga finished within four seconds of each other. The pair of Titans crossed the finish line at 25:16.5 and 25:20.1 in 19^th and 20^th place. Jacob Brown ran a 25:44.2 8k, rounding out the top 40 at the Big West Championship.
 
Jaden Wiley, Andrew Quast, Matthew Kubler, Samuel Berhane, and Dylan Jubak were among the Titans that contributed to the Titans' podium finish at the conference Championships on Friday.
 
The women's team logged a fifth place team finish with 150 points. Bella Smith led the 10 Titans in 14^th place with a 21:52.2 mark. The team began in ninth and worked their way up, hitting sixth in the third split and holding a steady fifth place spot for the remainder of the race.
 
Shandy Moore, Barbora Svobodova, Makena Oliva and Ashlynn Viramontes owned four spots between 31 and 37 on the leaderboard. Caitlyn Cilley recorded a 22:56.5 finish at the conference championships.
 
Natalyn Membreno and Cassandra Apahidean finished as a pair at 64 and 65, finishing one second apart. Another pair of Titans crossed the line two seconds apart at 71 and 72. Quinn Roldan crossed at 23:58.8 while Natalie Maahs finished at 24:00.5.
 
The Titans are back in action on Nov. 14 at the NCAA West Regionals in Sacramento, Calif.
 
SUPPORT THE TITANS!
Fans can purchase tickets for various Cal State Fullerton athletic events by visiting FullertonTitansTickets.com. The Athletic Ticket Office can also be contacted by phone at 657-278-2783 or by email at athletictixs@fullerton.edu. The Ticket Office is located at the Titan Baseball ticketing office and is open from 10 am – 4 pm PT, Monday – Friday. 

FOLLOW THE TITANS!
Fans can keep up with the latest in Titan Athletics by following us on Facebook (Facebook/FullertonTitans), X (@FullertonTitans) Instagram (@FullertonTitans), YouTube (FullertonTitansAthletics) and TikTok (@FullertonTitans). IIn addition, the cross country team has established its own Twitter (@FullertonTFXC) and Instagram accounts (@FullertonTFXC).

WATCH THE TITANS ON ESPN+
Titans fans can now watch every home event exclusively on ESPN+. Cal State Fullerton has built a top-tier production studio to give the viewers an ESPN quality production for all games at Titan Stadium. Additionally, all schools in the Big West Conference are committed to producing ESPN quality streams which will allow fans to watch the Titans on ESPN+ for all road conference games.