SEATTLE - California track & field closed out its indoor season in solid fashion on Saturday, posting three more program top-10 marks to bring its weekend total up to nine and earning four additional top-three finishes at the Ken Shannon Invitational.
 
Senior Ryan Lacefield continued her meteoric rise up Cal's 400m list, moving from No. 5 to No. 2 after shaving .62 seconds off her PR to finish the race in 54.36. That time made her the fifth Golden Bear sprinter to clinch a top-three program mark this year, joining David Foster (60m), Chase Williams (60m), Makhaila Mills (60m) and Isaiah Shaw (400m).
 
All four of Cal's triple jumpers made their respective finals – senior Busola Akinduro and freshmen Myla Canty for the women, freshmen Obi Nwafor and Jeremiah Bolaños for the men. Akinduro earned second place in the former with a leap of 12.72m (41-8.75), while Canty finished two places behind at 12.43m (40-9.5); Nwafor took sixth in the men's contest at 14.45m (47-5) and Bolaños eighth at 14.31m (46-11.5).
 
Likewise, all the Bears' shot putters made their finals, with senior Jeff Duensing and redshirt freshman Nick Godbehere representing the men and redshirt junior Caisa-Marie Lindfors representing the women. Duensing posted a season-best 18.44m (60-6) to take second place in the field and finish two spots ahead of Godbehere, whose personal-best 18.12m (59-5.5) moved him up to No. 10 in program history. Lindfors later clinched a top-three finish of her own, taking third at 16.43m (53-11).
 
Cal had a small contingent of mile runners as well, led by senior Garrett MacQuiddy and his fourth career sub-four-minute mile of 3:58.82 that earned him third place out of 51 total competitors. He was followed in the men's competition by classmate Carrick Denker (4:07.26) and sophomore Caden Carney (4:10.65), the latter of whom posted a season best. On the women's side, senior Claire Yerby knocked over eight seconds off her own season best to finish in 4:46.67, while sophomore Georgia McCorkle set a new personal record at 4:57.35.
 
Finally, the Bears' four heptathletes finished their two-day slate of events with the 60m hurdles, the pole vault and the 1000m. It was redshirt freshman Seth Johnson who finished on top for Cal, totaling 5492 points to take fifth place and post the fifth-best mark in school history after setting new personal bests in all three events. Junior Riley Knott improved his own personal best to 5147 points, recording PRs in the pole vault and 1000m, while redshirt freshman Luke Buddie and sophomore Parker Terrill collected 5411 and 5016 points, respectively, after totaling five PRs between them.
 
KEN SHANNON INVITATIONAL – Day One
Men's Results
Triple Jump: 6. Obi Nwafor 14.45m/47-5; 8. Jeremiah Bolaños 14.31m/46-11.5
Shot Put: 2. Jeff Duensing 18.44m/60-6; 4. Nick Godbehere 18.14m/59-5.5 (PR, Cal Top 10)
Mile: 3. Garrett MacQuiddy 3:58.82; 22. Carrick Denker 4:07.26; 35. Caden Carney 4:10.65
400m: Isaiah Shaw FS
Heptathlon:
5. Seth Johnson 5492 (PR, Cal Top 5)

• 4. 60m Hurdles – 8.22 (PR, 927 Points)
• 9. Pole Vault – 4.45m/14-7.25 (PR, 746 Points)
• 2. 1000m – 2:41.11 (PR, 861 Points)

11. Riley Knott 5147 (PR)

• 10. 60m Hurdles – 8.58 (841 Points)
• 10. Pole Vault – 4.45m/14-7.25 (PR, 746 Points)
• 13. 1000m – 3:03.29 (PR, 632 Points

12. Luke Buddie 5411 (PR)

• 13. 60m Hurdles – 8.72 (PR, 809 Points)
• 14. Pole Vault – 4.15m/13-7.25 (PR, 659 Points)
• 7. 1000m – 2:47.51 (PR, 792 Points)

-Parker Terrill 5016 (PR)

• 15. 60m Hurdles – 9.12 (PR, 720 Points)
• 6. Pole Vault – 4.65m/15-3 (804 Points)
• 10. 1000m – 2:53.33 (PR, 731 Points)

 
Women's Results
Triple Jump: 2. Busola Akinduro 12.72m/41-8.75; 4. Myla Canty 12.43m/40-9.5
Mile: 9. Claire Yerby 4:46.67; 23. Georgia McCorkle 4:57.35 (PR)
400m: T7. Ryan Lacefield 54.36 (PR, Cal Top 2)
High Jump: 5. Ashanti Elie 1.66m/5-5-25
Shot Put: 3. Caisa-Marie Lindfors 16.43m/53-11
 
UP NEXT
Qualifiers to the NCAA Indoor Championships will be announced on Tuesday, Feb. 27. Cal begins its outdoor season on Saturday, March 2, at the Cal Opener in Berkeley.
 
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