SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- The West Coast Conference announced on Tuesday morning that Dons sophomore Kira Gupta Baltazar was named the WCC Women's Runner of the Week after she took home first place in the 6,000 meter run at the 2022 SF State Invitational last Friday in Golden Gate Park. Gupta Baltazar took the lead early in Friday's race and didn't relent as she easily earned the individual victory with a time of 21:13.7.
It was just the second ever cross country race at the NCAA level for Gupta Baltazar, who's the reigning individual triathlon national champion which she earned last November competing for the Dons.