BERKELEY - California track & field will get its outdoor campaign underway Saturday, hosting the Cal Outdoor Opener at Edwards Stadium. The meet is scheduled to start at 9:30 a.m. PT with the men's hammer throw.
 
The Golden Bears posted a successful indoor season that culminated in four athletes being selected to next week's NCAA Indoor Championships. Although David Foster, Skyler Magula, Rowan Hamilton and Busola Akinduro are not slated to appear this weekend as they prepare to compete for national titles, Saturday's meet will have no shortage of exciting Cal athletes competing. Among those coming off standout indoor campaigns are sprinters Makhaila Mills, Ryan Lacefield, Chase Williams, Isaiah Shaw and Mason Mangum; hurdler Donovan Bradley; and pole vaulters Amari Turner and Ali Sahaida, who each set program top-10 marks in February.
 
In the Bears' last outdoor season, Cal sent a program-record 17 qualifiers to the NCAA Outdoor Championships – seven of whom earned either First-Team or Second-Team All-America status. Of the 2023 qualifiers, 12 remain on the roster and are poised to take their skills to a new level this year. Cal collected 25 program top 10s, including five school records; they also posted 11 meet records and fielded 12 Pac-12 medalists with two champions (Magula and discus thrower Mykolas Alekna). Additional athletes suiting up Saturday for the Blue & Gold with entries on Cal's top-10 lists include sprinter Aysha Shaheed, hurdlers Jada Hicks and Jazlynn Shearer, pole vaulter Kylie Hilton, discus thrower Jasmine Blair and hammer thrower Michael Gupta.
 
Cal Season Opener – Cal Athletes Meet Schedule (All Times PT)
Names in BOLD are program record-holders.
An asterisk (*) indicates that the athlete is on Cal's Top-10 list for that event.
 
9:30 a.m. – Men's Hammer Throw: Michael Gupta*, Justin Wirtz
(Following the men) – Women's Hammer Throw: Destiny Okoh, Angie Schykerynec
11 a.m. – Women's Long Jump: Ashanti Elie
(Following the women) – Men's Long Jump: Javon Hampton Jr.
(Following the long jump) – Men's Triple Jump: Jeremiah Bolaños, Victor Ezike Jr., Obi Nwafor, Chukwunonso Udeh
11:30 a.m. – Men's Shot Put: Nik Iwankiw, Tanveer Raza
(Following the men) – Women's Shot Put: Torre Anderson, Mara Lampsas, Sara Pettinger
11:30 a.m. – Men's Javelin: Luke Buddie, Seth Johnson, Parker Terrill
(Following the men) – Women's Javelin: Torre Anderson, Adriana Ellard, Mara Lampsas
11:30 a.m. – Women's Pole Vault: Kylie Hilton*, Paige Martin, Ali Sahaida*, Amari Turner*
(Following the women) – Men's Pole Vault: David Brok, Will Siemens
12 p.m. – Women's High Jump: Adriana Ellard
(Following the women) – Men's High Jump: Victor Ezike Jr.
12:40 p.m. – Women's 1500m: Sydney Morrow
12:50 p.m. – Men's 1500m: Gabriel Abbes, Dylan Bissell, Julian Doak, Rowan FitzGerald, Roland Ruckmann-Barnes
1:05 p.m. – Women's 100m Hurdles: Asjah Atkinson, Jada Hicks*, Amelia Liao, Jazlynn Shearer*, Mari Testa
1:10 p.m. – Men's 110m Hurdles: Donovan Bradley
1:20 p.m. – Women's 400m: Jayden Hill, Ryan Lacefield, Mackenzie Motz, Trudy Watkins
1:30 p.m. – Men's 400m: Iyan Godwin, Josh Keller, Zachary Pastore, Isaiah Shaw
1:30 p.m. – Men's Discus: Luke Buddie, Charlie Dang, Seth Johnson, Riley Knott, Parker Terrill, Justin Wirtz
(Following the men) – Women's Discus: Jasmine Blair*, Sara Pettinger
1:35 p.m. – Women's 100m: Asjah Atkinson, Jada Hicks, Amelia Liao, Masina Mayo, Makhaila Mills, Jaymie Ruskovich, Aysha Shaheed*, Jazlynn Shearer, Mari Testa, Zanae Woods
1:40 p.m. – Men's 100m: Javon Hampton Jr., Mason Mangum, Deon McCauley, George Monroe, Jason Plumb, Samir Thota, Christian Trapps, Chukwunonso Udeh, Chase Williams
1:50 p.m. – Women's 800m: Eva Novy-Hildesley, Petra Schuster, Dasha Zerboni
1:55 p.m. – Men's 800m: Lamarr Kirk Jr., Justin Pretre
2:05 p.m. – Women's 400m Hurdles: Loreal Wilson
2:15 p.m. – Men's 400m Hurdles: Aiden Baker
2:25 p.m. – Women's 200m: Jayden Hill, Ryan Lacefield, Masina Mayo, Makhaila Mills, Mackenzie Motz, Jaymie Ruskovich, Aysha Shaheed*, Trudy Watkins, Zanae Woods
2:30 p.m. – Men's 200m: Josh Keller, Deon McCauley, George Monroe, Allen Seo, Isaiah Shaw, Samir Thota, Christian Trapps, Chase Williams
2:40 p.m. – Women's 4x400m Relay: California
2:45 p.m. – Men's 4x400m Relay: California
 
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