BERKELEY – California track & field will end the month of March with a bang this weekend, bringing the Blue and Gold to two major meets against some of the best competition in the country. The Golden Bears will send a contingent to the 95th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays presented by Truist in Austin from Thursday-Saturday, the first time that they have done so since 2015, and another group to the Stanford Invitational from Friday-Saturday.
 
Cal's men were ranked third in the nation by the Track & Field Rating Index (TFRI) on Monday, while the women stand at No. 17. It is the first time that either Cal squad has cracked the top 10. Nineteen athletes who have set program top 10s in their careers will be competing this weekend; 10 of those marks were set within the past two weeks alone.
 
Earlier today, the Pac-12 Conference awarded the Bears their second weekly award of the season, naming sophomore Tyler Burns the Pac-12 Men's Field Athlete of the Week just seven days after awarding senior Amari Turner its Women's Field Athlete of the Week. Both Burns and Turner rank among Division I's top-five pole vaulters this season in addition to each owning top three spots in the program record books.
 
Texas Relays – Tentative Entries (Cal Outdoor Top-10 athletes italicized)
 
MEN
100m: Junior George Monroe; freshman David Foster
110m Hurdles: Senior Riley Hunt; sophomore Di'Niko Bates
400m Hurdles: Junior Will Sornberger; sophomore Di'Niko Bates
4x100m: California
4x400m: California
Pole Vault: Senior Skyler Magula; sophomore Tyler Burns
Shot Put: Junior Jeff Duensing
Discus: Senior Iffy Joyner
 
WOMEN
100m: Sophomore Aysha Shaheed
100m Hurdles: Senior Jazlynn Shearer; junior Jada Hicks
400m Hurdles: Sophomore Jordyn Grady; freshman Loreal Wilson
High Jump: Sophomore Toby Lai
Pole Vault: Senior Amari Turner; freshman Ali Sahaida
Long Jump: Senior Ijeoma Uche
Triple Jump: Seniors Asha Fletcher and Felicia Renelus; junior Busola Akinduro
 
Stanford Invitational – Tentative Entries (Cal Outdoor Top-10 athletes italicized)
 
MEN
100m: Senior Ethan Song
400m: Senior Hakim McMorris
800m: Junior Garrett MacQuiddy
1500m: Junior Garrett MacQuiddy; freshman Caden Carney
110m Hurdles: Senior Hakim McMorris
400m Hurdles: Sophomore Aiden Baker
High Jump: Seniors Cole Whatley and Jai Williams; sophomore Riley Knott
Pole Vault: Senior Jono Pelusi; freshman Parker Terrill
Long Jump: Senior Hakim McMorris; freshman Jason Plumb
Shot Put: Junior Jake Porter
Discus: Junior Justin Wirtz; sophomore Charlie Dang
 
WOMEN
100m: Sophomores Makhaila Mills and Jahzara Richardson
200m: Junior Ryan Lacefield; sophomores Makhaila Mills and Jahzara Richardson
400m: Junior Ryan Lacefield; freshman Jayden Hill
1500m: Junior Claire Yerby
3000m Steeplechase: Freshman Georgia McCorkle
Pole Vault: Senior Kylie Hilton; sophomore Gabrielle Pack
Long Jump: Sophomore Yuki Hamachi
Discus: Sophomore Sara Pettinger
Hammer: Junior Rebecca Tomann; sophomores Destiny Okoh and Sara Pettinger