ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Just as anticipated, California track & field came swinging right out of the gate in its first indoor meet of 2023, accumulating 6 total podium finishes and 10 new personal records on day one of the New Mexico Team Open.

Perhaps not as anticipated – much less at the very start of the season – were the two school records set by a pair of the Bears' younger stars. Sophomores Gavin Schurr and Aysha Shaheed each stamped their names at the top of Cal's men's and women's indoor 200m lists, respectively, with the former posting a time of 21.21 and the latter crossing the finish line in 23.81.

Schurr, who transferred from USC this past offseason but never competed indoors for the Trojans, surpassed alumnus Toby Atawo's 2003 time of 21.27 to take top billing in the record book. For her part, Shaheed – who finished second overall in Friday's race – joins former Golden Bear Antonette Carter in the No. 1 spot, moving up from No. 4 and matching her 17-year-old time.

Cal found success all across the board on Friday, starting with the very first event (women's weight throw). Senior Camryn Rogers, who finished third at the 2022 NCAA Indoor Championships and currently owns the program record in the event, reached a distance of 23.74m (77-10.75) to win the competition by an astonishing 4.11m (13-5.75). Juniors Ivar Moisander and Michael Gupta smashed their own personal records in the men's iteration of the event, with Moisander's 19.07m (62-6.75) moving him up to fifth in school history and Gupta's 18.67m (61-3) landing him at No. 10 on the all-time program list.

In the women's high jump, sophomore Toby Lai made her indoor debut by clearing the bar at 1.81m (5-11.25) – already good enough for third on Cal's indoor program list as well as third place in the field. Senior Jai Williams and sophomore Riley Knott kept pace with each other throughout the day, eventually splitting the high jump title with a shared personal best of 2.06m (6-9). Meanwhile, senior Hakim McMorris took second in the long jump with his own PR of 7.51m (24-7.75) – eighth-farthest in school history; on the track, sophomore David Foster, who competed for Team USA at the U20 World Championships last summer, set his own PR of 21.55 in the 200m dash to tie for eighth in program history.

Cal will begin the second day of competition with the women's pole vault at 9:30 a.m. PT tomorrow morning. In all, 35 athletes are slated to appear across 10 total events.
 
Day One Results - Women
Weight Throw: 1. Camryn Rogers 23.74m/77-10.75; 9. Audrey Jacobs 16.62m/54-6.5; 10. Rebecca Tomann 16.17m/53-0.75
Long Jump: 5. Asha Fletcher 5.85m/19-2.5 (PR); 19. Torre Anderson 5.53m/18-1.75; 27. Busola Akinduro 5.34m/17-5.5
200m (Unseeded): 17. Jaymie Ruskovich 25.79
High Jump: 3. Toby Lai 1.81m/5-11.25 (3^rd Cal history)
400m (Unseeded): 7. Loreal Wilson 1:00.69
200m Dash: 2. Aysha Shaheed 23.81 (tied-School Record)(PR); 13. Jahzara Richardson 24.81 (PR); 20. Madison Jeffries 25.59
 
Day One Results – Men
200m (Unseeded): 8. Josh Keller 21.84; 16. Isaiah Shaw 22.07 (PR); 24. Allen Seo 23.02
High Jump: T1. Riley Knott 2.06m/6-9 (PR); T1. Jai Williams 2.06m/6-9 (PR); T6. Cole Whatley 1.96m/6-5
Long Jump: 2. Hakim McMorris 7.51m/24-7.75 (8^th Cal history)(PR)
Pole Vault ("B"): 7. Jono Pelusi 4.97m/16-3.5 (PR)
Weight Throw: 4. Ivar Moisander 19.07m/62-6.75 (5^th Cal history)(PR); 6. Michael Gupta 18.67m/61-3 (10^th Cal history)(PR); 7. Kegan Schroeter 18.48m/60-7.75
200m Dash: 7. Gavin Schurr 21.21 (School Record); 15. David Foster 21.55 (8^th Cal history); 20. George Monroe 22.08; -- Christian Trapps DNF
 
 
Day Two Schedule
9:30 a.m. – Women's "A" Pole Vault (Kylie Hilton; Gabrielle Pack; Ali Sahaida; Amari Turner)
10:00 a.m. – Men's 60m Hurdles Prelims (Di'Niko Bates – Heat 1; Cole Whatley – Heat 1; Riley Knott – Heat 2; Riley Hunt – Heat 3; Hakim McMorris – Heat 3)
10:15 a.m. – Women's 60m Hurdles Prelims (Jada Hicks – Heat 1; Asjah Atkinson, Heat 4; Jazlynn Shearer, Heat 5; Saqqara Ruffin, Heat 6)
10:30 a.m. – Women's Triple Jump (Busola Akinduro – Flight 2; Asha Fletcher – Flight 2)
10:35 a.m. – Men's 60m Prelims (Christian Trapps – Heat 1; George Monroe – Heat 3; David Foster – Heat 4; Gavin Schurr – Heat 5; Allen Seo – Heat 6)
10:55 a.m. – Women's 60m Prelims (Aysha Shaheed – Heat 4; Madison Jeffries – Heat 5; Jaymie Ruskovich – Heat 7; Torre Anderson – Heat 8; Makhaila Mills – Heat 8; Jahzara Richardson – Heat 8)
11:30 a.m. – Men's "A" Pole Vault (Tyler Burns; Skyler Magula)
11:50 a.m. – Men's 60m Hurdles Final
11:55 a.m. – Women's 60m Hurdles Final
12:00 p.m. – Men's 400m (Iyan Godwin; Josh Keller; Henry Larkin; Aiden Lippert; Isaiah Shaw)
12:15 p.m. – Men's Shot Put (Jeff Duensing; Jake Porter)
12:40 p.m. – Men's 60m Final
12:45 p.m. – Women's 60m Final
1:20 p.m. – Men's 4x400m Relay (Aiden Lippert/Isaiah Shaw/Josh Keller/Henry Larkin – Section 1)
 
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