BERKELEY– The outdoor regular-season finale has finally come for California track & field, and the Golden Bears will face their toughest test yet on Saturday as Stanford travels north to Edwards Stadium for the 128th iteration of the Big Meet. Field events are scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. PT with the men's hammer throw, while the track events will start at 12 p.m.
 
Cal swept the Cardinal last year at Cobb Track & Angell Field – the men winning 86-77 and the women 71.5 – and could ride the momentum from another historic season to repeat for the first time since 1996 (and sweep for the first time at Edwards since 2014). The Bears have their work cut out for them, however, as Stanford's men are ranked 15th in the nation to Cal's 20th, while the Cardinal women are even more imposing at No. 12.
 
In Cal's favor are the number of NCAA leaders – sophomore discus thrower and collegiate-holder Mykolas Alekna and hammer thrower Anna Purchase – to the visitors' 10,000m runner Charles Hicks. Both teams have 11 athletes apiece on the NCAA's 2023 Top-25 Division 1 lists.
 
Five of Cal's current athletes own program records: Alekna, senior Kegan Schroeter (men's hammer), senior Amari Turner (women's pole vault), junior Jada Hicks (4x100m) and sophomore Aysha Shaheed (women's 4x100m); Schroeter's and Amari's records were both set earlier this year. Stanford, meanwhile, boasts two athletes on its roster with program records in Udodi Onwuzurike (100m/200m) and Ky Robinson (3000m steeplechase).
 
The Bears will also be honoring their 21-member graduating class toward the end of the meet.
 
Tentative Entries (Division I Top-25 Notated)
 
MEN
100m: Senior Ethan Song; juniors George Monroe and Samir Thota; sophomores David Foster and Allen Seo
200m: Senior Ethan Song; juniors George Monroe and Samir Thota; sophomores Gavin Schurr and Allen Seo
400m: Senior Henry Larkin; junior Josh Keller; sophomores Aiden Lippert and Isaiah Shaw
800m: Junior Garrett MacQuiddy
1500m: Juniors Carrick Denker and Garrett MacQuiddy; sophomore Arjun Vadgama; freshman Caden Carney
3000m: Senior Ethan Bersley; freshman Caden Carney
110m Hurdles: Senior Riley Hunt; sophomore Di'Niko Bates; freshman Seth Johnson
400m Hurdles: Junior Will Sornberger; sophomores Aiden Baker and Di'Niko Bates
4x100m: California
4x400m: California
High Jump: Seniors Cole Whatley and Jai Williams; sophomore Riley Knott; freshman Seth Johnson
Pole Vault: Seniors Skyler Magula (No. 7) and Jono Pelusi; sophomore Tyler Burns (No. 7); freshmen Luke Millam and Parker Terrill
Long Jump: Seniors Hakim McMorris and Jono Pelusi; freshman Jason Plumb
Triple Jump: Sophomore Isaiah Shaw
Shot Put: Juniors Jeff Duensing, Jake Porter and Justin Wirtz
Discus: Seniors Iffy Joyner (No. 15) and Cole Whatley; junior Justin Wirtz; sophomores Mykolas Alekna (No. 1) and Charlie Dang
Hammer: Senior Kegan Schroeter (No. 11); juniors Michael Gupta, Ivar Moisander (No. 16) and Jake Porter
Javelin: Seniors Hakim McMorris and Cole Whatley; sophomore Riley Knott; freshman Seth Johnson
 
WOMEN
100m: Senior Grace Lanouette; sophomores Chloe Decker, Masina Mayo, Makhaila Mills, Jahzara Richardson, Jaymie Ruskovich and Aysha Shaheed; freshman Zanae Woods
200m: Senior Grace Lanouette; sophomores Chloe Decker, Yuki Hamachi, Masina Mayo, Makhaila Mills, Jahzara Richardson, Jaymie Ruskovich and Aysha Shaheed; freshmen Torre Anderson and Zanae Woods
400m: Junior Ryan Lacefield; freshman Jayden Hill
800m: Junior Claire Yerby; freshman Carolina Dawson
1500m: Seniors Lauren Calcagno, Lucy Hurt and Natalie Weiner; junior Claire Yerby; freshman Sydney Morrow
3000m: Senior Kalinda Reynolds; freshman Georgia McCorkle
100m Hurdles: Senior Jazlynn Shearer; junior Jada Hicks; sophomore Yuki Hamachi; freshman Torre Anderson
400m Hurdles: Sophomore Jordyn Grady; freshman Loreal Wilson
4x100m: California
4x400m: California
High Jump: Sophomore Toby Lai (No. 25); freshman Torre Anderson
Pole Vault: Seniors Seanne Chan, Kylie Hilton and Amari Turner (No. 10); sophomore Gabrielle Pack; freshman Ali Sahaida
Long Jump: Seniors Asha Fletcher, Felicia Renelus and Ijeoma Uche; sophomore Yuki Hamachi; freshman Torre Anderson
Triple Jump: Seniors Asha Fletcher and Felicia Renelus; junior Busola Akinduro (No. 19)
Shot Put: Senior Anna Purchase (No. 1); sophomore Sara Pettinger
Discus: Sophomore Sara Pettinger; freshman Carolina Visca
Hammer: Senior Anna Purchase; junior Rebecca Tomann; sophomore Destiny Okoh; freshman Audrey Jacobs
Javelin: Sophomore Yuki Hamachi; freshman Carolina Visca
 
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