BERKELEY – California track & field will compete in one last meet before the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships, as the Golden Bears' 30 regional qualifiers are set to make an appearance at the NCAA West Preliminary this Wednesday through Saturday at John McDonnell Field in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The meet will be streamed each day on ESPN+.
 
Men's and women's events are scheduled to alternate days, beginning with the first of the men's contests on Wednesday. All three of Cal's Pac-12 Champions – Rowan Hamilton (hammer), Skyler Magula (pole vault) and Jeff Duensing (shot put) – will look to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships that day. Both Magula and Duensing successfully advanced in 2023, while three-time NAIA Champion Hamilton is competing for his first-career Division I Championships spot. The latter is one of a region-high three Cal men's hammer throwers at the meet, along with two-time NCAA Championships competitor Ivar Moisander and Michael Gupta; only Southeast Missouri has as many entries in the event. Should at least two of them place in the necessary top 12 at Regionals, it would mark the first time in program history that two of the Bears' men would move on to the hammer throw championships.
 
Cal also earned a share of the regional lead in number of women's hammer qualifiers, as it has three (Adrianna Coleman, Kay Racine and Destiny Okoh) to match UCLA's and Minnesota's three entries apiece. The Bears also qualified three to the women's pole vault and the women's 100m hurdles, respectively; the trio of Amari Turner, Ali Sahaida and Kylie Hilton will compete together at the West Regional for a second straight year, while 2023 national qualifier Jada Hicks is joined by Jazlynn Shearer and Asjah Atkinson. In the latter event, Cal has the chance to make yet more program history, as the Bears have never had multiple women advance in the 100m hurdles.
 
NCAA West Preliminary – California Entries (All Times PT)
An asterisk (*) indicates the school record-holder in the event.
 
Wednesday, May 22
Field Events
8 a.m. Men's Hammer Semifinal – Michael Gupta (Flight 2), Ivar Moisander (Flight 3), Rowan Hamilton* (Flight 3)
4 p.m. Men's Long Jump Semifinal – Mason Mangum, Jason Plumb (Both Flight 3)
4:30 p.m. Men's Pole Vault Semifinal – Skyler Magula (Flight 2)
5 p.m. Men's Shot Put Semifinal – Nick Godbehere (Flight 3), Jeff Duensing (Flight 4)
 
Track Events
5 p.m. Men's 100m First Round – David Foster* (Heat 1), Chase Williams (Heat 5)
5:25 p.m. Men's 400m First Round – Isaiah Shaw (Heat 2)
 
Thursday, May 23
Field Events
8 a.m. Women's Hammer Semifinal – Kay Racine, Adrianna Coleman, Destiny Okoh (All Flight 1)
12 p.m. Women's Javelin Semifinal – Carolina Visca* (Flight 3)
4:30 p.m. Women's Pole Vault Semifinal – Amari Turner*, Kylie Hilton, Ali Sahaida (All Flight 2)
 
Track Events
4 p.m. Women's 100m Hurdles First Round – Asjah Atkinson (Heat 2), Jada Hicks (Heat 4), Jazlynn Shearer (Heat 6)
5 p.m. Women's 100m First Round – Aysha Shaheed (Heat 3)
5:25 p.m. Women's 400m First Round – Ryan Lacefield (Heat 4)
6:45 p.m. Women's 200m First Round – Aysha Shaheed (Heat 2)
 
Friday, May 24
Field Events
12 p.m. Men's High Jump Semifinal – Riley Knott, Jai Williams (Both Flight 2)
 
Track Events
3 p.m. Men's 4x100m Relay Quarterfinal – California (Heat 2)
4:35 p.m. Men's 100m Quarterfinal
4:50 p.m. Men's 400m Quarterfinal
 
Saturday, May 25
Field Events
11 a.m. Women's Discus Semifinal – Caisa-Marie Lindfors*, Jasmine Blair (Both Flight 3)
12 p.m. Women's High Jump Semifinal – Toby Lai (Flight 2)
 
Track Events
4:15 p.m. Women's 100m Hurdles Quarterfinal
4:35 p.m. Women's 100m Quarterfinal
4:50 p.m. Women's 400m Quarterfinal
5:50 p.m. Women's 200m Quarterfinal
 
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