BERKELEY – California track & field will send a small group of distance runners to the Bryan Clay Invitational on Saturday, with five Golden Bears competing in the 1500m race at Cougar Athletic Stadium in Azusa.
 
Freshman Addie Johnson – Cal's top first-year woman in both the 1500m and 3000m this season – will kick things off for the Golden Bears, appearing in heat 12 of the women's Open C section. The squad's next competitor, fellow rookie Justin Pretre, is slated to compete in the fifth heat of the men's 1500m Open B section; like Johnson for Cal's women, he is the Bears' top true freshman male runner in the 1500m and 3000m.
 
Later Saturday evening, standout sophomore Caden Carney and senior Carrick Denker will race in the fourth heat of the men's Open A section. Earlier this season at the Hornet Invitational, Carney won the 3000m competition and earned a spot on Cal's all-time top-10 list with a time of 8:12.57 before winning the 1500m race the next day at 3:49.46. Denker, Cal's No. 2 male runner in both events, has also enjoyed a solid outdoor campaign, with his season-best 1500m time of 3:50.74 at just a second slower than Carney's. Redshirt freshman Rowan FitzGerald will close out the night by racing in the eighth heat of the Open C section; he was the Bears' top finisher in the event at the Mike Fanelli Track Classic on March 29.
 
BRYAN CLAY INVITATIONAL – CALIFORNIA ENTRIES (All Times PT)
 
Saturday, April 13
Women's 1500m Open C 5 p.m. – Addie Johnson (Section 12)
Men's 1500m Open B 5:50 p.m. – Justin Pretre (Section 5)
Men's 1500m Open A 9:20 p.m. – Caden Carney (Section 4), Carrick Denker (Section 4)
Men's 1500m Open C 11 p.m. – Rowan FitzGerald (Section 8)
 
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