SEATTLE – As the Pac-12's best (and a few others) kicked off competition at the Ken Shannon Last Chance Invitational in Seattle's Dempsey Indoor, California track & field certainly took the "Last Chance" moniker seriously. The Golden Bears have just this final meet to improve their indoor marks before NCAA Indoor qualifiers are selected – and on the first day, they delivered.
 
Not satisfied with simply setting the all-time program record in the 60m hurdles, junior Jada Hicks bettered that two-week-old time to 8.22 on Friday night and became the second Golden Bear (after sophomore Aysha Shaheed) to set a program record twice this season. For her part, Shaheed put her own exclamation point on the meet, running a first-place 23.86 in the 200m dash.
 
Senior Camryn Rogers only needed a single good throw to put her in first place in the women's weight throw, but it took all six attempts for her to surpass a greater threshold – her own all-time facility mark at the Dempsey. At 22.82m (74-10.50), Rogers won the field by three feet, eight-and-a-half inches.
 
Cal's pole vaulters once again posted an incredible week, collecting several program top 10 marks. Senior Skyler Magula's standout second-place performance of 5.43m (17-9.75) moved him into sole possession of No. 2 all-time at Cal – just 0.75 inches off the school record. Right behind was sophomore Tyler Burns, who took fourth at 5.33m (17-5.75). On the women's side, senior Amari Turner soared to a personal-best 4.20m (13-9.25) for the highest vault by a Golden Bear since 2018, good for third place in the field and tied for third in program history. Classmate Kylie Hilton and freshman Ali Sahaida also moved up the list, each vaulting 3.95m (12-11.5) to tie for eighth all-time at Cal.
 
The Bears weren't done recording top 10s, as senior Hakim McMorris raced to a third-place time of 7.91 in the 60m hurdles, seventh-fastest in program history. Meanwhile, junior Busola Akinduro posted a triple jump of 12.84m (42-1.5), improving her own No. 5 entry in the program record book, while freshman Torre Anderson set personal bests in four of five events to accumulate 3386 total points in the pentathlon and improve her own program No. 5 mark.
 
Cal begins competition with the women's high jump tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. PT.
 
Results – Day One
 
MEN
Heptathlon:
-Riley Knott (2881 points)

• 60m: 7.38 (11^th, 752 points)
• Long Jump: 6.55m/21-6 (7^th, 709 points)
• Shot Put: 12.62m/41-5 (6th, 644 points) (PR)
• High Jump: 1.97m/6-5.5 (2^nd, 776 points)

-Cole Whatley (2780 points)

• 60m: 7.28 (8^th, 785 points)
• Long Jump: 6.56m/21-6.25 (6^th, 711 points) (Cal PR)
• Shot Put: 12.56m/41-2.5 (7^th, 640 points)
• High Jump: 1.82m/5-11.5 (8^th, 644 points)

Weight Throw: 4. Ivar Moisander 19.40m (63-7.75); 7. Kegan Schroeter 18.39m (60-4)
Pole Vault: 2. Skyler Magula 5.43m/17-9.75 (2^nd Cal history) (PR); 4. Tyler Burns 5.33m/17-5.75
60m Hurdles: 3. Hakim McMorris 7.91 (7^th Cal history) (PR); 4. Di'Niko Bates 7.92; 6. Riley Hunt 8.07 (7.97 prelims)
200m: 4. Gavin Schurr 21.24; 8. George Monroe 21.96
                                                                                                                                                                                
WOMEN
Pentathlon: 11. Torre Anderson (3386 points) (5^th Cal history) (PR)

• 60m Hurdles: 9.07 (12^th, 895 points) (PR)
• High Jump: 1.55m/5-1 (13th, 678 points) (PR)
• Shot Put: 10.62m/34-10.25 (9th, 570 points) (PR)
• Long Jump: 5.45m/17-10.75 (T9th, 686 points)
• 800m: 2:41.38 (12^th, 557 points) (PR)

Pole Vault: 3. Amari Turner 4.20m/13-9.25 (Tied-3^rd Cal history) (PR); 5. Kylie Hilton 3.95m/12-11.5 (Tied-8^th Cal history) (Cal PR); T8. Ali Sahaida 3.95m/12-11.5 (Tied-8^th Cal history) (PR)
60m Hurdles: 6. Jada Hicks 8.34 (8.22 prelims – School Record) (Cal PR); 10. Jazlynn Shearer 8.51
Triple Jump: 2. Busola Akinduro 12.84m/42-1.5 (5^th Cal history) (PR); 7. Asha Fletcher 12.09m/39-8
Weight Throw: 1. Camryn Rogers 22.82/74-10.5 (Facility Record); 8. Audrey Jacobs 17.26m/56-7.5 (PR)
200m: 1. Aysha Shaheed 23.86
 
 
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