AUSTIN, Texas/STANFORD, Calif. – California track & field completed its first two-meet day of the season on Friday, with 18 athletes representing the Golden Bears at the 95^th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays and 16 others competing at the Stanford Invitational. Cal continued its streak of adding new times to the program top-10 lists with two new entries, while three other Bears earned event wins.
 
Sophomore David Foster provided the standout performance for the Bears in Austin, as he finished seventh out of 144 runners in the men's 100m timed final and moved up to No. 2 in program history with his time of 10.30. He was joined in Cal's PR column by junior George Monroe (10.45w) as well as sophomore Gavin Schurr's heat-winning time of 10.59, his best in the Blue & Gold. Senior Riley Hunt posted his own personal-best time in the 110m hurdles, finishing the race in a wind-aided 14.06.
 
On the women's side, senior Asha Fletcher leapt to a wind-aided personal best triple jump of 13.38m (42-10.75), winning the section B title. Classmate Jazlynn Shearer and junior Jada Hicks also impressed in the 100m hurdles, running their best times as Bears by each finishing the race in a wind-aided 13.31.
 
It was junior Claire Yerby who earned Cal's second top-ten time of the day, finishing the 1500m race in 4:19.96 at the Stanford Invitational to rise to ninth in program history. She was not the only Bear woman to reach a new personal best on The Farm, as junior Ryan Lacefield (55.36) and freshman Jayden Hill (56.58) posted new career records in the 400m.
 
The men's version of the 1500m also boasted a noteworthy performance from freshman Caden Carney, who won section 4 with a time of 3:46.35 – only a little over two seconds off junior Garrett MacQuiddy's solid section 1 time of 3:44.18. Carney was followed onto the podium by
 
Freshman Caden Carney earned Cal's first win at the Stanford Invitational, finishing the 1500m race in 3:46.35 to claim the section 4 crown. He was followed onto the podium by sophomore Riley Knott, who won the low pit high jump at 2.00m (6-6.75), while three other Bear men earned personal bests: freshman Jason Plumb (long jump – 7.00m/22-11.75), sophomore Aiden Baker (400m hurdles – 54.35) and sophomore Charlie Dang (discus – 48.68m/159-8).
 
The Bears will finish up their weekend of competition tomorrow, with the final day of the Texas Relays beginning at 8:00 a.m. PT and day two of the Stanford Invitational starting at 10:00 a.m.
 
Texas Relays – Friday Results
MEN
4x100m Timed Final: 5. California (Foster, Monroe, Schurr, Thota) 41.06
110m Hurdles (Timed Final): 12. Riley Hunt 14.06w (PR); 45. Di'Niko Bates 14.73w
100m (Timed Final): 7. David Foster 10.30 (2^nd Cal history) (PR); T26. George Monroe 10.45w (PR); 51. Gavin Schurr 10.59 (Cal PR)
4x400m (First Round): 14. California (Shaw, Keller, Lippert, Larkin) 3:07.67
Discus: 7. Iffy Joyner 58.49m/191-10
 
WOMEN
Long Jump (B): 5. Ijeoma Uche 6.06mw/19-10.75
100m Hurdles (First Round): 13. Jada Hicks 13.31w (Cal PR); 14. Jazlynn Shearer 13.31w (Cal PR)
100m Timed Final: 21. Aysha Shaheed 11.72
Triple Jump (B): 1. Asha Fletcher 13.38mw/43-10.75 (PR); 14. Busola Akinduro 12.63mw/41-5.25; 20. Felicia Renelus 12.19mw/40-0
 
Stanford Invitational – Friday Results
MEN
110m Hurdles: 9. Hakim McMorris 14.00 (preliminary time – DNS Final)
100m: 40. Ethan Song 11.44
Long Jump (Collegiate): 10. Jason Plumb 7.00m/22-11.75 (PR)
1500m (Section 4): 1. Caden Carney 3:46.35 (PR)
400m Hurdles: 13. Aiden Baker 54.35 (PR)
Long Jump (Invitational): 7. Hakim McMorris 7.01m/23-0
High Jump (Low Pit): 1. Riley Knott 2.00m/6-6.75; 8. Cole Whatley 1.90m/6-2.75
Discus (Invitational): 9. Justin Wirtz 51.62m/169-4
400m: 23. Hakim McMorris 48.97
Discus (Collegiate): 7. Charlie Dang 48.68m/159-8 (PR)
1500m (Section 1): 7. Garrett MacQuiddy 3:44.18
 
WOMEN
100m (Prelim): 18. Makhaila Mills 12.09; 34. Jahzara Richardson 12.28
Hammer (Invitational): 6. Rebecca Tomann 55.04m/180-7
400m: 6. Ryan Lacefield 55.36 (PR); 16. Jayden Hill 56.58 (PR)
1500m (Section 2): 2. Claire Yerby 4:19.96 (PR)
 
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