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UC IRVINE Anteaters ::: 2025 Women's Cross Country

UC IRVINE Anteaters

2025 Women's Cross Country

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Season Summary

Season Team Rankings and Finishes

Coaches’
Rank
    FINAL
Team Rank
First Stick
National NCAA DI
#14 Regional West 14th Kaia SCHMIDT (60th)
  Conference Big West 2nd Kaia SCHMIDT (4th)
  Bill Dellinger Invitational 6th Kaia SCHMIDT (14th)
  UC Riverside Invitational 3rd Kaia SCHMIDT (7th)

Athletes

Top Athletes Projection (TAP)

This is a projected listing of a team’s “A-team” as determined by participation in national, regional, or conference championship events. If prior to championship events, this list is the top-seven athletes based on head-to-head competition within the team during the regular season in countable, at-large eligible races (meeting date and distance criteria) in which those top athletes race.
  NCAA DI West Regional

November 14
6.0k (3.7M)
14th place (458 pts)
Big West Cross Country Championships

October 31
6.0k (3.7M)
2nd place (75 pts)
Bill Dellinger Invitational

October 10
6.0k (3.7M)
6th place (155 pts)
UC Riverside Invitational
Womens 6K Invite/Open
September 27
6.0k (3.7M)
3rd place (104 pts)
Kaia SCHMIDT (JR)
adj. season avg: (KM) 3:29.0 (M) 5:36.4


60th 1
21:01.2
(KM) 3:30.2
(M) 5:38.2
4th 1
21:13.2
(KM) 3:32.2
(M) 5:41.5
14th 1
20:43.9
(KM) 3:27.3
(M) 5:33.6
7th 1
20:38.4
(KM) 3:26.4
(M) 5:32.1
Emma HADLEY (JR)
adj. season avg: (KM) 3:33.0 (M) 5:42.9


64th 2
21:06.2
(KM) 3:31.0
(M) 5:39.6
21st 5
22:06.5
(KM) 3:41.0
(M) 5:55.8
27th 2
21:13.7
(KM) 3:32.3
(M) 5:41.6
11th 2
20:47.6
(KM) 3:27.9
(M) 5:34.6
Makena CASTILLO (SR)
adj. season avg: (KM) 3:36.3 (M) 5:48.1


104th 3
21:48.0
(KM) 3:38.0
(M) 5:50.8
17th 3
21:56.0
(KM) 3:39.3
(M) 5:52.9
41st 3
21:36.8
(KM) 3:36.1
(M) 5:47.8
39th 6
21:10.5
(KM) 3:31.7
(M) 5:40.7
Rachel MOEN (SO)
adj. season avg: (KM) 3:36.9 (M) 5:49.1


112th 4
21:53.5
(KM) 3:38.9
(M) 5:52.3
22nd 6
22:08.8
(KM) 3:41.4
(M) 5:56.4
43rd 4
21:41.3
(KM) 3:36.8
(M) 5:49.0
29th 4
21:03.0
(KM) 3:30.5
(M) 5:38.7
Grace BAXTER (FR)
adj. season avg: (KM) 3:37.2 (M) 5:49.6


136th 6
22:09.8
(KM) 3:41.6
(M) 5:56.6
14th 2
21:50.8
(KM) 3:38.4
(M) 5:51.5
53rd 5
21:50.1
(KM) 3:38.3
(M) 5:51.4
30th 5
21:03.2
(KM) 3:30.5
(M) 5:38.8
Liana LEE (SO)
adj. season avg: (KM) 3:37.2 (M) 5:49.6


118th 5
21:59.0
(KM) 3:39.8
(M) 5:53.7
19th 4
21:59.7
(KM) 3:39.9
(M) 5:53.9
57th 6
21:54.0
(KM) 3:39.0
(M) 5:52.4
27th 3
21:02.1
(KM) 3:30.3
(M) 5:38.5
Nicole CONTRERAS (SR)
adj. season avg: (KM) 3:38.3 (M) 5:51.3

tr. from: CSUN
144th 7
22:15.6
(KM) 3:42.6
(M) 5:58.2
34th 8
22:39.2
(KM) 3:46.5
(M) 6:04.5
66th 7
22:09.9
(KM) 3:41.6
(M) 5:56.7
42nd 7
21:11.4
(KM) 3:31.9
(M) 5:41.0

Season Race-by-Race Results

November 14 NCAA DI West Regional
Sacramento, Calif. * Haggin Oaks Golf Complex (host: Sacramento State)
6.0k (3.7M)

UC Irvine Starters
Squad
Place
Overall
Place
Athlete Year Time Points Team
Gap
Rolling
Avg
1 60th Kaia SCHMIDT JR 21:01.18 60 21:01.2
2 64th Emma HADLEY JR 21:06.12 64 0:05.0 21:03.7
3 104th Makena CASTILLO SR 21:47.95 104 0:46.8 21:18.4
4 112th Rachel MOEN SO 21:53.47 112 0:52.3 21:27.2
5 118th Liana LEE SO 21:58.99 118 0:57.8 21:33.5
6 136th Grace BAXTER FR 22:09.80 (136) 1:08.6 21:39.6
7 144th Nicole CONTRERAS SR 22:15.56 (144) 1:14.4 21:44.7
Team Scores
Team
Rank
Score 1-5
Gap
TAP
s/f
Team NCAA DI
Region
Conference
1st 66 1:06.1 7s/7f #6 Stanford West 1 AQ ACC (4)
2nd 75 1:36.3 7s/7f #3 Oregon West 2 AQ Big Ten (1)
3rd 114 0:55.0 7s/7f #22 Boise State West 3 Mountain West (2)
4th 120 1:42.7 7s/7f #27 Washington State West 4 WCC (1)
5th 124 0:49.0 7s/7f #19 Washington West 5 Big Ten (4)
6th 133 0:14.8 7s/7f California Baptist West 6 WAC (1)
7th 137 1:11.8 7s/7f Gonzaga West 7 WCC (2)
8th 284 1:07.9 7s/7f Cal Poly West 8 Big West (1)
9th 303 0:39.7 7s/7f Oregon State West 9 WCC (3)
10th 310 1:21.5 7s/7f California West 10 ACC (15)
11th 320 1:48.2 7s/7f San Francisco West 11 WCC (4)
12th 330 0:46.0 5s/5f UCLA West 12 Big Ten (12)
13th 337 1:21.0 7s/7f UC San Diego West 13 Big West (3)
14th 458 0:57.7 7s/7f UC IRVINE West 14 Big West (2)
15th 562 0:59.2 7s/7f Idaho West 15 Big Sky (5)
16th 571 0:54.2 7s/7f Sacramento State West 16 Big Sky (6)
17th 596 0:59.7 7s/7f UC Santa Barbara West 17 Big West (6)
18th 607 0:28.2 7s/7f San Diego State West 18 Mountain West (7)
19th 611 1:19.3 7s/7f UC Davis West 19 Big West (4)
20th 622 0:55.0 6s/6f Utah Tech West 20 WAC (5)
21st 625 2:53.2 7s/6f Santa Clara West 21 WCC (6)
22nd 630 1:22.2 7s/7f Cal State Fullerton West 22 Big West (5)
23rd 651 1:16.9 7s/7f Portland West 23 WCC (5)
24th 715 2:12.5 7s/7f Arizona West 24 Big 12 (15)
25th 719 0:27.0 7s/7f Fresno State West 25 Mountain West (9)
26th 777 1:10.0 7s/7f Long Beach State West 26 Big West (8)
27th 792 1:50.2 7s/7f Pacific West 27 WCC (8)
28th 800 1:01.1 7s/7f Eastern Washington West 28 Big Sky (8)
29th 810 3:03.0 6s/6f Hawai'i West 29 Big West (9)
30th 821 0:46.0 7s/7f UC Riverside West 30 Big West (7)
31st 858 1:28.0 7s/7f Loyola Marymount West 31 WCC (10)
32nd 880 2:35.1 6s/6f Portland State West 32 Big Sky (10)
33rd 887 2:01.1 7s/7f St. Mary's (Calif.) West 33 WCC (7)
34th 895 1:16.5 6s/6f CSUN West 34 Big West (10)
35th 960 0:54.6 7s/7f San Diego West 35 WCC (9)
36th 965 3:09.6 7s/7f Seattle West 36 WCC (11)
37th 1029 2:52.3 7s/7f Pepperdine West 37 WCC (12)
38th 1077 3:11.2 5s/5f Southern California West 38 Big Ten (18)
39th 1207 1:31.5 6s/6f UNLV West 39 Mountain West (11)

October 31 Big West Cross Country Championships
Honolulu, Hawaii * Queen Kapi'olani Regional Park (host: Hawai'i)
6.0k (3.7M)

UC Irvine Starters
Squad
Place
Overall
Place
Athlete Year Time Points Team
Gap
Rolling
Avg
1 4th Kaia SCHMIDT JR 21:13.20 4 21:13.2
2 14th Grace BAXTER FR 21:50.80 14 0:37.6 21:32.0
3 17th Makena CASTILLO SR 21:56.00 17 0:42.8 21:40.0
4 19th Liana LEE SO 21:59.70 19 0:46.5 21:44.9
5 21st Emma HADLEY JR 22:06.50 21 0:53.3 21:49.2
6 22nd Rachel MOEN SO 22:08.80 (22) 0:55.6 21:52.5
7 26th Anna SOARES SO 22:20.30 (26) 1:07.1 21:56.4
8 34th Nicole CONTRERAS SR 22:39.20 1:26.0 22:01.8
9 40th Marjourie LOPEZ JR 22:44.60 1:31.4 22:06.5
Team Scores
Team
Rank
Score 1-5
Gap
TAP
s/f
Team NCAA DI
Region
Conference
1st 31 0:57.2 7s/7f Cal Poly West 8 Big West (1)
2nd 75 0:53.2 7s/7f UC IRVINE West 14 Big West (2)
3rd 82 1:57.7 7s/7f UC San Diego West 13 Big West (3)
4th 119 1:08.5 7s/7f UC Davis West 19 Big West (4)
5th 150 0:47.8 7s/7f Cal State Fullerton West 22 Big West (5)
6th 152 1:24.3 7s/7f UC Santa Barbara West 17 Big West (6)
7th 175 1:04.5 6s/6f UC Riverside West 30 Big West (7)
8th 211 1:01.4 7s/7f Long Beach State West 26 Big West (8)
9th 224 2:05.0 6s/5f Hawai'i West 29 Big West (9)
10th 266 1:08.2 6s/6f CSUN West 34 Big West (10)
11th 354 2:34.0 5s/5f CSU Bakersfield West Big West (11)

October 10 Bill Dellinger Invitational
Springfield, Ore. * Pine Ridge Golf Club (host: Oregon)
6.0k (3.7M)

UC Irvine Starters
Squad
Place
Overall
Place
Athlete Year Time Points Team
Gap
Rolling
Avg
1 14th Kaia SCHMIDT JR 20:43.97 14 20:43.9
2 27th Emma HADLEY JR 21:13.75 25 0:29.7 20:58.8
3 41st Makena CASTILLO SR 21:36.80 35 0:52.8 21:11.5
4 43rd Rachel MOEN SO 21:41.30 36 0:57.3 21:18.9
5 53rd Grace BAXTER FR 21:50.13 45 1:06.1 21:25.2
6 57th Liana LEE SO 21:54.08 (49) 1:10.1 21:30.0
7 66th Nicole CONTRERAS SR 22:09.96 (57) 1:25.0 21:35.7
8 71st Anna SOARES SO 22:15.19 1:31.2 21:40.6
9 86th Marjourie LOPEZ JR 22:40.07 1:56.1 21:47.2
Team Scores
Team
Rank
Score 1-5
Gap
TAP
s/f
Team NCAA DI
Region
Conference
1st 16 1:18.3 5s/5f #3 Oregon West 2 AQ Big Ten (1)
2nd 72 1:10.3 6s/6f Air Force Mountain 6 Mountain West (3)
3rd 87 0:42.4 7s/7f Oregon State West 9 WCC (3)
4th 99 0:44.0 5s/5f UCLA West 12 Big Ten (12)
5th 148 1:28.3 7s/7f California West 10 ACC (15)
6th 155 1:06.1 7s/7f UC IRVINE West 14 Big West (2)
7th 204 0:32.4 6s/6f Weber State Mountain 13 Big Sky (2)
8th 215 0:54.2 6s/6f UC Davis West 19 Big West (4)
9th 242 1:01.8 7s/7f UC Riverside West 30 Big West (7)
10th 263 1:20.8 6s/6f San Diego State West 18 Mountain West (7)
11th 324 1:06.2 6s/6f Central Washington NCAA DII

September 27 UC Riverside Invitational Womens 6K Invite/Open
Riverside, Calif. * UCR Agricultural Operations Course (host: UC Riverside)
6.0k (3.7M)

UC Irvine Starters
Squad
Place
Overall
Place
Athlete Year Time Points Team
Gap
Rolling
Avg
1 7th Kaia SCHMIDT JR 20:38.40 7 20:38.4
2 11th Emma HADLEY JR 20:47.60 11 0:09.2 20:43.0
3 27th Liana LEE SO 21:02.10 27 0:23.7 20:49.3
4 29th Rachel MOEN SO 21:03.00 29 0:24.6 20:52.7
5 30th Grace BAXTER FR 21:03.20 30 0:24.8 20:54.8
6 39th Makena CASTILLO SR 21:10.50 (38) 0:32.1 20:57.4
7 42nd Nicole CONTRERAS SR 21:11.40 (41) 0:33.0 20:59.4
8 82nd Anna SOARES SO 21:37.70 0:59.3 21:04.2
9 87th Marjourie LOPEZ JR 21:40.60 1:02.2 21:08.2
10 171st Malia LEUPOLD JR 22:30.60 1:52.2 21:16.5
Team Scores
Team
Rank
Score 1-5
Gap
TAP
s/f
Team NCAA DI
Region
Conference
1st 45 0:40.7 5s/5f San Francisco West 11 WCC (4)
2nd 93 0:48.2 7s/7f #12 Stanislaus State NCAA DII
3rd 104 0:24.7 7s/7f UC IRVINE West 14 Big West (2)
4th 125 0:19.0 6s/6f #3 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps NCAA DIII
5th 170 0:42.5 7s/7f #22 Biola (Calif.) NCAA DII
6th 221 1:06.2 5s/5f Sacramento State West 16 Big Sky (6)
7th 244 0:43.3 7s/7f UC Riverside West 30 Big West (7)
8th 294 2:01.1 0s/0f (“B”) California Baptist West 6 WAC (1)
9th 303 1:06.2 7s/7f Southern Utah Mountain 17 WAC (4)
10th 328 0:40.0 7s/7f Eastern Washington West 28 Big Sky (8)
11th 333 0:57.3 6s/6f Utah Tech West 20 WAC (5)
12th 359 1:09.8 6s/6f Fresno State West 25 Mountain West (9)
13th 374 0:52.0 7s/7f CUI NCAA DII
14th 374 1:10.0 7s/7f Point Loma Nazarene NCAA DII
15th 386 0:21.2 6s/6f Cal State Fullerton West 22 Big West (5)
16th 397 0:52.7 6s/6f #31 UC Santa Cruz NCAA DIII
17th 426 0:52.0 5s/5f St. Mary's (Calif.) West 33 WCC (7)
18th 437 0:34.7 7s/7f Long Beach State West 26 Big West (8)
19th 495 0:53.0 7s/7f #14 Pomona-Pitzer NCAA DIII
20th 501 1:09.9 4s/4f San Diego State West 18 Mountain West (7)
21st 530 1:09.2 6s/6f CSUN West 34 Big West (10)
22nd 557 1:44.7 4s/4f (“B”) Cal State San Marcos NCAA DII
23rd 642 2:06.0 4s/4f Southern California West 38 Big Ten (18)
24th 651 2:28.9 5s/5f Pepperdine West 37 WCC (12)
0 1s/1f (“B”) Chapman NCAA DIII
0 4s/4f (“B”) Riverside City CCCAA (Calif.)

October 18 Highlander Invitational Invitational
Riverside, Calif. * UCR Agricultural Operations Course (host: UC Riverside)
6.0k (3.7M)

UC Irvine Starters
Squad
Place
Overall
Place
Athlete Year Time Points Team
Gap
Rolling
Avg
1 12th Nicole CONTRERAS SR 20:53.20 12 20:53.2
2 58th Arden KEETON FR 21:44.30 55 0:51.1 21:18.7
3 112th Malia LEUPOLD JR 22:29.10 95 1:35.9 21:42.2
4 147th Avery HUTCHISON FR 22:56.50 122 2:03.3 22:00.7
5 155th Breckyn KORNACHUK SO 23:02.00 128 2:08.8 22:13.0
6 199th Kaitlene OFILAN JR 23:51.20 (155) 2:58.0 22:29.3

September 27 UC Riverside Invitational
Riverside, Calif. * UCR Agricultural Operations Course (host: UC Riverside)
5.0k (3.1M)

UC Irvine Starters
Overall
Place
Athlete Year Time
34th Avery HUTCHISON FR 18:35.30
42nd Breckyn KORNACHUK SO 18:43.10
113th Arden KEETON FR 19:31.90

September 5 Vanguard Invitational
Orange, Calif. * Irvine Regional Park (host: Vanguard (Calif.))
5.0k (3.1M)

UC Irvine Starters
Squad
Place
Overall
Place
Athlete Year Time Points Team
Gap
Rolling
Avg
1 1st Liana LEE SO 17:43.4 1 17:43.4
2 2nd Anna SOARES SO 17:47.6 2 0:04.2 17:45.5
3 3rd Rachel MOEN SO 17:51.1 3 0:07.7 17:47.3
4 4th Grace BAXTER FR 17:52.2 4 0:08.8 17:48.5
5 5th Marjourie LOPEZ JR 17:54.6 5 0:11.2 17:49.7
6 11th Nicole CONTRERAS SR 18:33.5 (11) 0:50.1 17:57.0
7 12th Malia LEUPOLD JR 18:42.4 (12) 0:59.0 18:03.5
8 17th Breckyn KORNACHUK SO 19:06.8 1:23.4 18:11.4
9 19th Avery HUTCHISON FR 19:55.7 2:12.3 18:23.0

Season Individual Results

Kaia SCHMIDT – JR

Date Meet Distance Time Place
Sep 27 UC Riverside Invitational Womens 6K Invite/Open 6.0k (3.7M) 20:38.4 7th 1
Oct 10 Dellinger 6.0k (3.7M) 20:43.9 14th 1
Oct 31 Big West 6.0k (3.7M) 21:13.2 4th 1
Nov 14 West 6.0k (3.7M) 21:01.2 60th 1

Emma HADLEY – JR

Date Meet Distance Time Place
Sep 27 UC Riverside Invitational Womens 6K Invite/Open 6.0k (3.7M) 20:47.6 11th 2
Oct 10 Dellinger 6.0k (3.7M) 21:13.7 27th 2
Oct 31 Big West 6.0k (3.7M) 22:06.5 21st 5
Nov 14 West 6.0k (3.7M) 21:06.2 64th 2

Makena CASTILLO – SR

Date Meet Distance Time Place
Sep 27 UC Riverside Invitational Womens 6K Invite/Open 6.0k (3.7M) 21:10.5 39th 6
Oct 10 Dellinger 6.0k (3.7M) 21:36.8 41st 3
Oct 31 Big West 6.0k (3.7M) 21:56.0 17th 3
Nov 14 West 6.0k (3.7M) 21:48.0 104th 3

Rachel MOEN – SO

Date Meet Distance Time Place
Sep 5 Vanguard Invitational 5.0k (3.1M) 17:51.1 3rd 3
Sep 27 UC Riverside Invitational Womens 6K Invite/Open 6.0k (3.7M) 21:03.0 29th 4
Oct 10 Dellinger 6.0k (3.7M) 21:41.3 43rd 4
Oct 31 Big West 6.0k (3.7M) 22:08.8 22nd 6
Nov 14 West 6.0k (3.7M) 21:53.5 112th 4

Grace BAXTER – FR

Date Meet Distance Time Place
Sep 5 Vanguard Invitational 5.0k (3.1M) 17:52.2 4th 4
Sep 27 UC Riverside Invitational Womens 6K Invite/Open 6.0k (3.7M) 21:03.2 30th 5
Oct 10 Dellinger 6.0k (3.7M) 21:50.1 53rd 5
Oct 31 Big West 6.0k (3.7M) 21:50.8 14th 2
Nov 14 West 6.0k (3.7M) 22:09.8 136th 6

Liana LEE – SO

Date Meet Distance Time Place
Sep 5 Vanguard Invitational 5.0k (3.1M) 17:43.4 1st 1
Sep 27 UC Riverside Invitational Womens 6K Invite/Open 6.0k (3.7M) 21:02.1 27th 3
Oct 10 Dellinger 6.0k (3.7M) 21:54.0 57th 6
Oct 31 Big West 6.0k (3.7M) 21:59.7 19th 4
Nov 14 West 6.0k (3.7M) 21:59.0 118th 5

Nicole CONTRERAS – SR

Date Meet Distance Time Place
Sep 5 Vanguard Invitational 5.0k (3.1M) 18:33.5 11th 6
Sep 27 UC Riverside Invitational Womens 6K Invite/Open 6.0k (3.7M) 21:11.4 42nd 7
Oct 10 Dellinger 6.0k (3.7M) 22:09.9 66th 7
Oct 18 Highlander Inv Invitational 6.0k (3.7M) 20:53.2 12th 1
Oct 31 Big West 6.0k (3.7M) 22:39.2 34th 8
Nov 14 West 6.0k (3.7M) 22:15.6 144th 7

Anna SOARES – SO

Date Meet Distance Time Place
Sep 5 Vanguard Invitational 5.0k (3.1M) 17:47.6 2nd 2
Sep 27 UC Riverside Invitational Womens 6K Invite/Open 6.0k (3.7M) 21:37.7 82nd 8
Oct 10 Dellinger 6.0k (3.7M) 22:15.2 71st 8
Oct 31 Big West 6.0k (3.7M) 22:20.3 26th 7

Marjourie LOPEZ – JR

Date Meet Distance Time Place
Sep 5 Vanguard Invitational 5.0k (3.1M) 17:54.6 5th 5
Sep 27 UC Riverside Invitational Womens 6K Invite/Open 6.0k (3.7M) 21:40.6 87th 9
Oct 10 Dellinger 6.0k (3.7M) 22:40.0 86th 9
Oct 31 Big West 6.0k (3.7M) 22:44.6 40th 9

Arden KEETON – FR

Date Meet Distance Time Place
Sep 27 UC Riverside Invitational 5.0k (3.1M) 19:31.9 113th
Oct 18 Highlander Inv Invitational 6.0k (3.7M) 21:44.3 58th 2

Malia LEUPOLD – JR

Date Meet Distance Time Place
Sep 5 Vanguard Invitational 5.0k (3.1M) 18:42.4 12th 7
Sep 27 UC Riverside Invitational Womens 6K Invite/Open 6.0k (3.7M) 22:30.6 171st 10
Oct 18 Highlander Inv Invitational 6.0k (3.7M) 22:29.1 112th 3

Avery HUTCHISON – FR

Date Meet Distance Time Place
Sep 5 Vanguard Invitational 5.0k (3.1M) 19:55.7 19th 9
Sep 27 UC Riverside Invitational 5.0k (3.1M) 18:35.3 34th
Oct 18 Highlander Inv Invitational 6.0k (3.7M) 22:56.5 147th 4

Breckyn KORNACHUK – SO

Date Meet Distance Time Place
Sep 5 Vanguard Invitational 5.0k (3.1M) 19:06.8 17th 8
Sep 27 UC Riverside Invitational 5.0k (3.1M) 18:43.1 42nd
Oct 18 Highlander Inv Invitational 6.0k (3.7M) 23:02.0 155th 5

Kaitlene OFILAN – JR

Date Meet Distance Time Place
Oct 18 Highlander Inv Invitational 6.0k (3.7M) 23:51.2 199th 6