Simpson Sweeps Men’s Cross Country Championships

The Simpson men's cross country program takes first place at the Cal Pac Championships held today at the USATF Pacific XC Course in Cottonwood, CA. This is Simpson's first men's cross country championship in school history and is headed to Nationals.

The first five to cross the finish line were Red Hawks with freshman Justin Montoya winning the crown. The native from Las Vegas, NV finished with a time of 27:40.34. Simpson's Cade Salsedo (27:40.34, Colton Silva (30:28.39), Alexander Reusze (30:40.19), Benny Peralta (31.32.07), Matthew Viramontez (32:10.63) rounded off the top-7. Pacific Union's Andrew Baluyot (31:50.87) was the lone non-Simpson runner to qualify for the national tournament and finished sixth in the race.

TEAM RESULTS

FULL RESULTS - 2025 CAL PAC MEN

COACH OF THE YEAR - Jonathan Hall (Simpson)

MEN'S XC CAL PAC ALL CONFERENCE TEAM

Andrew Baluyot (Pacific Union)

Justin Montoya (Simpson)

Benny Peralta (Simpson)

Alexander Reusze (Simpson)

Cade Salsedo (Simpson)

Colton Silva (Simpson)

Matthew Viramontez (Simpson)

CHAMPIONS OF CHARACTER: (Cross Country)

Andrew Baluyot (Pacific Union)

Larry Tao Barnes (Northern New Mexico)

Francisco Goncalves (Stanton)

Mark Rachal (Simpson)

CAL PAC ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM

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