April 3, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO - The Golden Bears won 15 events, setting a number of PRs in the process, at the Johnny Mathis Invitational Saturday on the campus of San Francisco State. Freshman Charnell Price led the way with triumphs in the 100 and 200 meters and running the leadoff leg on Cal's victorious women's 4x100 relay.

In the 100, Price and senior Cherrelle Garrett finished in a virtual tie at 11.75 seconds - fastest of the season for both runners - but a closer review showed Price crossing the line first. She came back to claim the 200 in 24.38, while the 4x100 relay, which included Tracey Stewart, Kayla Dixon and Price on anchor, set a season best with a time of 45.81.

Emani Truluck lowered her PR in the 100 hurdles for the second time this year with a winning mark of 13.82, while Angelica Weaver also ran a personal best in the 400 hurdles when she was clocked in 59.66, her first time under a minute at Cal. Truluck's mark tied her for fourth place with April Holliverse on the Bears' all-time performers' list.

In the women's hammer, Linda Oseso led a 1-2-3 Cal finish with a PR effort of 184-2, topping the 179-2 she set last season. Freshman Chioma Amaechi was second at 180-1, while Kiely Smith was third at 171-10. Oseso held onto her No. 5 all-time Cal performer spot, with Amaechi moving into sixth place.

On the men's side, junior Ray Stewart posted Cal's fastest 100-meter mark since 2009 when he blazed to a time of 10.60 in the prelims. Stewart sat out the final, which allowed Chase Wheeler to win in a season-best 10.73.

Other winners on the day for the Bears were: Aaron Burney (110 hurdles), Brian Carmichael (high jump), Jeff Butler (discus), Alima Kamara (400), Kristen Meister (high jump), Gianna Tinetti (triple jump), Amaechi (shot put) and Katie Bruzzone (javelin).

Cal next travels to Austin, Texas, for the annual Texas Relays Wednesday through Saturday.

Johnny Mathis Invitational
Cox Stadium, San Francisco, Calif.

Complete Results

Men
100 meters (prelims) - 1. Ray Stewart 10.60q; 2. Charles Saseun 10.76q; 3. Chase Wheeler 10.80q; 5. Tom Blocker 10.93q; 9. Daniel Davis 11.24; 10. Chad Jones 11.25; 16. Kevin Kuechler 11.54

100 meters (final) - 1. Chase Wheeler 10.73; 2. Charles Saseun 10.79; 3. Tom Blocker 10.90

200 meters - 3. Tojsh Kennedy 22.52; 4. Daniel Davis 22.78; 13. Taylor Kientzel-Means 24.18; 15. Ikem Okwudiafor 24.53

400 meters - 2. Tojsh Kennedy 49.83

110-meter hurdles (prelims) - 2. Aaron Burney 14.78q; 4. Kevin Kuechler 15.47q; 5. Ikem Okwudiafor 15.63q; 7. Mike Morrison 15.79q

110-meter hurdles (final) - 1. Aaron Burney 14.60; 4. Mike Morrison 16.17

High Jump - 1. Brian Carmichael 6-8.00 (2.03m); 2. Nick Ridge 6-6.00 (1.98m); 2. Maurice Valentine Jr. 6-6.00 (1.98m); 4. Mike Tracy 6-1.50 (1.87m); 6. Kevin Kuechler 5-7.75 (1.72m)

Triple Jump - 2. Taylor Kientzel-Means 47-10.50 (14.59m)

Discus - 1. Jeff Butler 154-3 (47.02m); 6. Mike Morrison 128-1 (39.04m); 9. Kevin Kuechler 110-9 (33.75m)

Javelin - 4. Kevin Kuechler 142-4 (43.38m)

Women
100 meters (prelims) - 1. Cherrelle Garrett 11.92q; 2. Charnell Price 12.02q; 3. Kayla Dixon 12.04q; 9. Emani Truluck 12.60

100 meters (final) - 1. Charnell Price 11.75; 2. Cherrelle Garrett 11.75; 4. Kayla Dixon 12.16

200 meters - 1. Charnell Price 24.38; 2. Kayla Dixon 24.91; 6. Hayley Huxtable 25.33; 8. Emani Truluck 26.07; 9. Angelica Weaver 26.22; 13. Dantia Hudson 27.77

400 meters - 1. Alima Kamara 54.78; 3. Hayley Huxtable 57.57; 5. Kristen Meister 58.12

1500 meters - 8. Hillary Hayes 4:47.68

100-meter hurdles (prelims) - 1. Emani Truluck 13.82q; 5. Dantia Hudson 15.25q

100-meter hurdles (final) - 1. Emani Truluck 13.82; 5. Dantia Hudson 15.25

400-meter hurdles - 1. Angelica Weaver 59.66; 2. Ashley Cooke 1:02.57; 6. LAureina Toler 1:06.65; 7. Shannon Forbes 1:07.90

4x100-meter relay 1. Charnell Price, Tracey Stewart, Kayla Dixon, Cherrelle Garrett 45.81

High Jump - 1. Kristen Meister 5-10.75 (1.80m); 2. Kristin Rimbach 5-5.00 (1.65m); 2. Gianna Fernandez 5-5.00 (1.65m)

Triple Jump - 1. Gianna Tinetti 36-4.25 (11.08m)

Shot Put - 1. Chioma Amaechi 47-3.75 (14.42m); 2. Linda Oseso 43-9.00 (13.33m)

Discus - 2. Kendall Morris 151-7 (46.21m); 3. Clinay Cameron 129-0 (39.32m)

Hammer - 1. Linda Oseso 184-2 (56.13m); 2. Chioma Amaechi 180-1 (54.88m); 3. Kiely Smith 171-10 (52.37m); 10. Clinay Cameron 121-10 (37.15m)

Javelin - 1. Katie Bruzzone 122-2 (37.25m)