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MPSF Indoor Championships
Cal Women Take 3rd, Men 6th at MPSF Indoor Championships
2/24/2007 12:00 PM | Track & Field
Feb. 24, 2007
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SEATTLE, Wash. - Junior Ed Wright won the men's high jump in an indoor school record to help the California men take sixth place at the MPSF Indoor Championships on Saturday at Dempsey Indoor, while junior Alysia Johnson's second-place finish in the women's 800 meters helped the Golden Bears women take third on the last day of the conference meet. The Bears women compiled 79 points and the Cal men had 64.
Arizona State scored 135 points to win the women's team title and host Washington scored 109 to win the men's competition.
Wright had an NCAA Championships provisional qualifying and lifetime-best mark of 2.20 meters (7-02.50) in the high jump, while Johnson ran a provisional qualifying time of 2:05.63 in the 800. Wright's mark tied the Cal indoor record set by Teak Wilburn in 2004 and moves Wright to eight place on Cal's all-time men's high jump list.
Also on the men's side, Cal senior Giliat Ghebray also ran a provisional qualifying time, taking third place in the 3000 meters with a lifetime-best 7:56.51. Ghebray's brother, Yosef, a freshman for the Bears, ran a lifetime-best and Cal freshman-record 8:05.25 to take ninth in the 3000. Yosef Ghebray's time also moves him up to third place on Cal's all-time list.
Cal junior Cassandra Strickland took second in the women's triple jump with a provisional qualifying mark of 12.98 meters (42-07). Also, in the women's 4x400-meter relay, the Bears quartet of sophomore Evelyn Smith, junior Brook Turner, sophomore Mackenzie Pierce, and Johnson ran a provisional qualifying time and Cal indoor record of 3:37.64 to take third. That time moves the Cal relay to fourth on the all-time list.
Bears freshman Kimyon Broom tied her lifetime-best 8.50 to take third in the women' 60-meter hurdles and sophomore teammate Inika McPherson had a season-best mark of 1.77 meters (5-09.75) to take second in the women's high jump.
In the women's shot put, Cal sophomore Missy Faubus had Cal's best finish (3rd in 15.03 meters, 49-03.75), but sophomore teammate Emilee Strot and senior teammate Kelechi Anyanwu notched lifetime bests when they tied for fourth with a mark of 14.97 meter (49-01.50). Anyanwu and Strot are tied for sixth on Cal's all-time list.
Junior John Ludden had Cal's best finish in the men's shot put, taking 11th in the a lifetime-best 16.60 meters (54-05.50). Cal sophomore Sean Carey and junior teammate Andres Perezchica had lifetime bests in the men's 800, with Carey taking third in 1:50.29 and Perezchica finishing 12th in 1:53.26.
The Cal men's 4x400-meter relay, composed of senior Nestor Solis, junior Jonathan Suddaby, sophomore Jake Hanson and junior Francis Gadayan, ran a season-best 3:14.52 to take fourth.
Cal is next in action next Friday and Saturday, March 2-3, at the Alex Wilson Invitational in South Bend, Ind. Some Bears will head to the NCAA Last-Chance Qualifier back in Seattle on March 3.
2007 MPSF Indoor Championships
Women's Team Rankings
1. Arizona State 135 2. Stanford 96 3. California 79 4. Washington 74.50 5. Arizona 73.50 6. Washington State 72 7. Oregon 65.50 8. UCLA 40.50 9. Long Beach State 15 10. UC Irvine 8
Men's Team Rankings
1. Washington 109 2. Arizona 88 3. Oregon 86 4. Stanford 79.50 5. Arizona State 79 6. California 64 7. Washington State 63.50 8. Long Beach State 50 9. UCLA 35
Cal Finals Results
(Complete results on CalBears.com)
Women's Shot Put
3. Missy Faubus 15.03 meters (49-03.75). 4t. Emilee Strot 14.97 (49-01.50). 4t. Kelechi Anyanwu 14.97 (49-01.50). 12. Daisy Van Ravenswaay 13.74 (45-01).
Women's Triple Jump
2. Cassandra Strickland 12.98 meters (42-07)p. 5. Tracey Stewart 12.22 (40-01.25). 8. Mercedes Marchbanks 11.94 (39-02.25). 10. Lollie Onipede 11.86 (38-11).
Women's Mile Run
7. Bridget Duffy 4:55.58. 13. Rowena Tam 5:01.49.
Women's 60-Meter Hurdles
3. Kimyon Boom 8.50.
Women's 400-Meter Dash
2. Brook Turner 54.61. 8. Kandi Bonty 56.61. 10. Francesca Weems 56.75.
Women's High Jump
2. Inika McPherson 1.77 meters (5-09.75). 6. Tifani Grimes 1.67 (5-05.75).
Women's 800-Meter Run
2. Alysia Johnson 2:05.63p. - Mackenzie Pierce DNF.
Women's 4x400-Meter Relay
3. Cal A (Evelyn Smith, Brook Turner, Mackenzie Pierce, Alysia Johnson) 3:37.64p*.
Men's 60-Meter Hurdles (Heptathlon)
7. Steven Conrad 8.64. 8. Jonas Hallgrimsson 8.93.
Men's Pole Vault (Heptathlon)
2t. Steven Conrad 4.46 meters (14-07.5). 4. Jonas Hallgrimsson 4.26 (13-11.75).
Men's 1000-Meter Run (Heptathlon)
2. Steven Conrad 2:48.43. 3. Jonas Hallgrimsson 2:49.62.
Men's Heptathlon
4. Steven Conrad 5178 points. 7. Jonas Hallgrimsson 4860.
Men's High Jump
1. Ed Wright 2.20 meters (7-02.50)p*.
Men's Mile Run
3. Kevin Davis 4:04.38.
Men's 400-Meter Dash
4. Nestor Solis 48.25. 14. Jonathan Suddaby 50.80.
Men's Pole Vault
10. Ryan Shuler 4.87 meters (15-11.75). - Grigore Key NH
Men's Shot Put
11. John Ludden 16.60 meters (54-05.50). 14. Craig Kent 16.02 meters (52-06.75).
Men's 800-Meter Run
3. Sean Carey 1:50.29. 11. Francis Gadayan 1:53.23. 12. Andres Perezchica 1:53.26.
Men's 3000-Meter Run
3. Giliat Ghebray 7:56.51p. 9. Yosef Ghebray 8:05.25f.
Men's 4x400-Meter Relay
4. Cal A (Nestor Solis, Jonathan Suddaby, Jake Hanson, Francis Gadayan) 3:14.52.
p NCAA Championships provisional qualifying time/mark
* Cal indoor school record
f Cal freshman record
