BERKELEY – The California track & field team opened the outdoor season on Saturday by hosting the California Outdoor Opener at Edwards Stadium. With foggy skies and intermittent rain presenting an ominous look, the results were anything but for the Bears in their opener.
 
Cal set three mark in the school's all-time top 10 and came away with 21 victories on Saturday. Joshua Johnson moved into 10^th place on the school's all-time list as he threw 18.44m/60-6.00 to surpass the 60-foot barrier for the first time in his career. The sophomore moved past newly inducted Cal Hall of Famer Ramon Jimenez Gaona who sat in 10^th place with a mark of 60-1.00, which he set in 1992.
 
The Bears received top-10 performances in both the men's and women's hurdle events. On the men's side, Jasher Foster ran 13.82 in the 110m hurdles to move into ninth on the school's all-time list. He past Carl Florant and Pat Duffy in school history. On the women's side, Deshae Wise ran 13.69 to move to fifth place. Wise came into the season tied for eighth on the list with a personal best of 13.94. She bettered that on Saturday afternoon. Both Wise and Foster won their events.
 
Rather than opening the season with the grueling 3000m steeplechase, Cal eased into the competition this year and offered the 2000m steeplechase as an event. It worked out well, as both Annie Boos and Takeshi Okada won the event and set school records. Coming off NCAA regional qualifying marks in the 3000m steeplechase last year, both Boos and Okada adjusted to running a shorter distance. Boos ran 6:51.10 to win the women's race while Okada ran 5:41.89 and won the men's race. .
 
Iffy Joyner opened the season with a discus mark that would have made NCAA Regionals last year. The sophomore threw 55.83m/183-2 to win the discus competition. The mark bettered Joyner's personal best by nearly 10 feet. He also set a personal best as he took second in the shot put with a mark of 57-1.50.
 
Sophomore Noelle Schiller continued her success from indoor season as she won the long jump competition with a personal best of 6.08m/19-11.50, a mark just three inches from cracking the school's all-time top 10.
 
Redshirt Senior Garrett Corcoran led a trio of Bears who set personal bests in the 1500m. Corcoran won the race in 3:44.73 while Andrew Burkhardt won a sprint to the finish line to take second in 3:48.57. Ben Harper also recorded a personal best as he crossed the line in 3:54.77.
 
Diab Davis had a career day in the 100m as he ran 10.56 to win the competition. Davis' bettered his previous best of 10.67, which he set last year. Benjamin Micallef won the 800m in a time of 1:53.77 while Connor Meech claimed the 400m hurdle title with a time of 54.52. Jalyn Jackson (triple jump) and Jack Phillips (high jump) both won their events.
 
On the women's side, Maisie Stevens opened her outdoor career with a mark of 11.85 and a victory. Zion Corrales Nelson won both the 200m and the 400m as she carded times of 24.25 and 56.73, respectively. Jessica Nye won the 1500m with a time of 4:39.74 and Schantell Williams won the 400m hurdles in 1:03.28. Francesca Macias claimed the javelin for the Bears.
 
Cal also won the 4x100m relay on the women's side as Wise, Corrales Nelson, Stevens and Jackie Patterson ran 45.37. That mark was the best time the Bears have recorded since 2013. The men's 4x400m relay of Meech, Foster, Micallef and Nicolas Bland ran 3:19.51 to earn the victory as well.
 
Three Bears will conclude the NCAA Indoor season next week as McKay Johnson, Tuomas Kaukolahti and Tyler Brendel head to Birmingham, Alabama to compete against the nation's best. The rest of the team will return to action as they continue the outdoor season on March 15-16 at the Hornet Invitational in Sacramento.
 
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Women's Results
100m: 1. Maisie Stevens, 11.85; 3. Ezinne Abba, 12.00; 6. Jackie Patterson, 12.11; 7. Deshae Wise, 12.17; 9. Sara East, 12.33; 15. Windy Margerum, 12.96
200m: 1. Zion Corrales Nelson, 24.25; 3. Jackie Patterson, 24.74; 4. Maisie Stevens, 24.76; 5. Ezinne Abba, 24.87; 8. Jenna Mencarelli, 25.19; 10. Sara East, 25.79; 11. Jackie Chandler, 25.92
400m: 1. Zion Corrales Nelson, 56.73; 2. Jackie Chandler, 57.92; 3. Jenna Mencarelli, 58.51; 7. Kalea Ibarra, 62.58
800m: 2. Mina Anglero, 2:09.04; 3. Rebecca Croft, 2:09.25; 4. Jordyn Colter, 2:09.62
1500m: 1. Jessica Nye, 4:39.74; 2. Ariane Arndt, 4:42.38; 3. Meredith Corda, 4:43.82
3000m: 5. Kenna Clawson, 10:11.86; 8. Sydney Vandegrift, 10:16.00
100m Hurdles: 1. Deshae Wise, 13.69; 3. Windy Margerum, 14.74
400m Hurdles: 1. Schantell Williams, 1:03.28
2000m Steeplechase: 1. Annie Boos, 6:51.10
4x100m Relay: 1. California (Deshae Wise, Zion Corrales Nelson, Maisie Stevens, Jackie Patterson), 45.37
4x400m Relay: 2. California A (Jackie Chandler, Mina Anglero, Zion Corrales Nelson, Rebecca Croft), 3:54.83; 3. California B (Jenna Mencarelli, Deshae Wise, Maisie Stevens, Jackie Patterson), 4:00.52
Pole Vault: 3. Tess Callan, 3.20m/10-6.00
Long Jump: 1. Noelle Schiller, 6.08m/19-11.50; 2. Sydney Reid, 5.74m/18-10.00; 3. Windy Margerum, 5.66m/18-7.00
Javelin: 1. Francesca Macias, 35.70m/117-1
 
Men's Results
100m: 1. Diab Davis, 10.56; 4. Jasher Foster, 10.85; 6. Misana Viltz, 11.64
200m: 3. Diab Davis, 22.29
400m: 2. Nicolas Bland, 48.63; 3. Blaise Carson, 49.57
800m: 1. Benjamin Micallef, 1:53.77; 2. Marshall Brooker, 1:54.07; 4. Nikolaus Moore, 1:55.80; 7. Jaden Rosenthal, 1:58.91; 10. Adam Saleh, 2:01.94
1500m: 1. Garrett Corcoran, 3:44.73; 2. Andrew Burkhardt, 3:48.57; 8. Ben Harper, 3:54.77; 9. Moises Medrano, 3:57.68; 11. Colin FitzGerald, 4:02.32; 16. Shyam Kumar, 4:33.57
3000m: 19. Trevor Woodward, 9:00.83; 23. Xavier Court, 9:09.79
110m Hurdles: 1. Jasher Foster, 13.82; 2. Misana Viltz, 14.11; 5. Hakim McMorris, 14.76
400m Hurdles: 1. Connor Meech, 54.52
2000m Steeplechase: 1. Takeshi Okada, 5:41.89
4x100m Relay: 2. California (Diab Davis, Paramveer Chohan, Connor Meech, Jasher Foster), 41.87
4x400m Relay: 1. California A (Connor Meech, Jasher Foster, Benjamin Micallef, Nicolas Bland), 3:19.51; California B (Blaise Carson, Nikolaus Moore, Moises Medrano), DNF
High Jump: 1. Jack Phillips, 1.88m/6-2.00
Pole Vault: 2. Hakim McMorris, 3.95m/12-11.50
Long Jump: 1. Hakim McMorris, 7.09m/23-3.25; 4. Jared Geredes, 6.88m/22-7.00
Triple Jump: 1. Jalyn Jackson, 15.48m/50-9.50
Shot Put: 1. Joshua Johnson, 18.44m/60-6.00; 2. Iffy Joyner, 57-1.50
Discus: 1. Iffy Joyner, 55.83m/183-2; 2. Joshua Johnson, 49.81m/163-5
Hammer: 4. Terence Wilson, 44.33m/145-5
Javelin: 2. Hakim McMorris, 43.36m/142-3