The California track & field team will open 2025 with a trip north as the Golden Bears will split their efforts between two meets – the Spokane Sports Showcase and the Spokane Indoor Challenge – at The Podium in Spokane, Washington, this weekend. The Spokane Sports Showcase is a single-day meet, with all events scheduled for Friday, while the Spokane Indoor Challenge is Saturday and Sunday.
 
Cal looks primed for another big year following a 2024 campaign in which the team earned 15 entries to the NCAA Championships (combined indoor and outdoor) and notched 12 All-America honors, including a national title from hammer thrower Rowan Hamilton. In total, the Bears have added 38 new members (13 sprinters and hurdlers, 11 distance runners, five jumpers and nine throwers) to their 2025 roster, including nine transfers.
 
SPOKANE SPORTS SHOWCASE (FRIDAY)
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CALIFORNIA ENTRIES (MEN)
Program Top-10 holders marked with an asterisk
60m – David Foster*, Chase Williams*, Gavin Schurr*, Wazell Wright
200m – David Foster*, Gavin Schurr*, Wazell Wright, Johnny Goode
400m – Isaiah Shaw*, Johnny Goode
600m – Iyan Godwin
1000m – Lamarr Kirk Jr.
60m Hurdles – Seth Johnson
High Jump – Riley Knott, Brandon Cheeks II, Victor Ezike Jr., Seth Johnson
Pole Vault – Parker Terrill, Will Siemens
Long Jump – Jason Plumb, Chukwunonso Udeh, Trevor Rogers, Javon Hampton Jr., Luke Buddie
Triple Jump - Jeremiah Bolaños
Shot Put – Nik Iwankiw
Weight Throw – Jared Freeman, Kai Barham
 
CALIFORNIA ENTRIES (WOMEN)
Program Top-10 holders marked with an asterisk
60m – Aysha Shaheed*, Paige Porter, Zanae Woods, Jaymie Ruskovich
200m – Aysha Shaheed*, Ryan Lacefield, Jaymie Ruskovich
400m – Ryan Lacefield*, Loreal Wilson
600m – Zoe Lahanas
800m – Jayden Hill
60m Hurdles – Asjah Atkinson*, Inara Ukawuba, Saqqara Ruffin, Mari Testa, Fallyn Gowans
4x400m Relay – California A (Loreal Wilson, Jayden Hill, Zoe Lahanas, Ryan Lacefield)
High Jump – Ashanti Elie*, Mara Lampsas, Jade Neser
Long Jump – Torre Anderson
Triple Jump – Myla Canty
Shot Put – Caisa-Marie Lindfors*, Giavonna Meeks
Weight Throw – Giavonna Meeks, Valentina Savva, Adrianna Coleman*, Amanda Spear
 
SPOKANE INDOOR CHALLENGE (FRIDAY-SATURDAY)
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CALIFORNIA ENTRIES (MEN)
Program Top-10 holders marked with an asterisk
60m – David Foster*, Chase Williams*, Gavin Schurr*, Wazell Wright, Trevor Rogers, Chukwunonso Udeh, Javon Hampton Jr., Jason Plumb, Seth Johnson, Luke Buddie, Riley Knott
200m – David Foster*, Gavin Schurr*, Wazell Wright, Johnny Goode, Isaiah Shaw, Chase Williams
400m – Isaiah Shaw*, Johnny Goode, Seth Johnson, Luke Buddie, Riley Knott
800m – Iyan Godwin, Lamarr Kirk Jr.
60m Hurdles – Chukwunonso Udeh
4x400m Relay – California A (Isaiah Shaw, Iyan Godwin, Johnny Goode, Seth Johnson)
High Jump – Chukwunonso Udeh
Pole Vault – Parker Terrill, Will Siemens
Long Jump – Trevor Rogers, Riley Knott, Jeremiah Bolaños, Seth Johnson
Triple Jump – Victor Ezike Jr.
 
CALIFORNIA ENTRIES (WOMEN)
Program Top-10 holders marked with an asterisk
60m – Aysha Shaheed*, Paige Porter, Zanae Woods, Jaymie Ruskovich
200m – Aysha Shaheed*, Ryan Lacefield, Jaymie Ruskovich, Paige Porter, Zanae Woods, Loreal Wilson
400m – Ryan Lacefield*, Loreal Wilson, Jayden Hill
800m – Jayden Hill, Zoe Lahanas
60m Hurdles – Asjah Atkinson*, Inara Ukawuba, Saqqara Ruffin, Mari Testa, Fallyn Gowans
4x400m Relay – California A (Loreal Wilson, Zoe Lahanas, Jayden Hill, Ryan Lacefield)
High Jump – Torre Anderson
Long Jump – Myla Canty, Ashanti Elie
 
 
WORLD RECORD RETURNER
Discus thrower Mykolas Alekna will compete for the Bears once again after taking the 2024 season off to prepare for his debut Olympic Games, where he surpassed the previous Olympic record on the way to a silver medal. The 22-year-old phenom stunned the athletics world by breaking track & field's oldest standing men's record last April, posting a throw of 74.35m (243-11) at the Oklahoma Throws World Invitational to surpass a mark that had stood since 1986.
 
Since enrolling at Berkeley in Fall 2021, Alekna has compiled an eye-popping résumé that has already elevated him into one of the sport's legendary figures. The two-time World medalist, three-time Lithuanian Male Athlete of the Year and two-time semifinalist for The Bowerman set his first collegiate record as a freshman, later becoming the youngest-ever European discus champion and youngest World discus medalist in history at just 19 years of age; that year, he was also named a semifinalist for the AAU James E. Sullivan Award and the USTFCCCA West Region and Pac-12 Men's Field Athlete of the Year. Most recently, he was named the top discus thrower in the world by Track & Field News and landed a spot on The Bowerman Preseason Watch List for the third consecutive year, becoming just the fourth man in award history to make a watch list in four different calendar years.
 
THROW LOUD AND PROUD
Cal's throws squad looks prepped for another elite year, led by returning Olympic discus throwers Mykolas Alekna and Caisa-Marie Lindfors. Hammer thrower Audrey Jacobs owns the Dutch U23 record and earned All-America status as a freshman in 2023, while javelin specialist Carolina Visca set the school record as a rookie and was also named an All-American in 2023. Adrianna Coleman, a sophomore, has also reached the USATF U20 Championships in each of the past two years, taking bronze in the hammer in 2023.
 
The Bears also welcome several top newcomers to the team this year. Cal's throwing transfer class is headlined by Giavonna Meeks, who was an All-American weight thrower at Vanderbilt and reached the U.S. Olympic Trials in the hammer. The new freshmen include 2024 World U20 hammer medalist Valentina Savva, 2024 European Championships two-way competitor Lucija Leko (discus and shot put) and 2023 European U20 hammer medalist Kai Barham.
 
BEYOND THE NCAA
In addition to its standout throws squad, Cal boasts several additional athletes with experience on big-time national or international stages. Both David Foster (100m) and Tyler Burns (pole vault) were semifinalists at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials after posting fantastic winter and spring seasons; the former also has a world medal to his name, claiming bronze with the Team USA 4x100m relay squad at the 2022 World U20 Championships. Later that summer, sophomore Justin Pretre represented Canada in the 1500m at the 2024 World U20 Championships after winning its national U20 title.
 
SPRINTERS ON THE RISE
The 2024 season was one for the books for Cal's sprinters, who posted a total of 15 program top-10 times by eight athletes; five of those athletes have returned to compete for the Bears in 2025. David Foster set new program records in the 60m, 100m and 4x100m relay, also becoming the first man in Cal history to break the all-conditions 10-second barrier in the 100m and picking up All-America nods in all three events. Chase Williams, who also contributed to the school-record relay time, posted the No. 2 60m and No. 5 100m times in program history, while Isaiah Shaw shaved 1.65 seconds off his 400m PR on his way to the No. 2 outdoor and No. 3 indoor program spots. On the women's side, Aysha Shaheed claimed Cal's fourth-fastest outdoor 200m time while Ryan Lacefield posted the second-fastest indoor 400m time and seventh-fastest outdoor 400m time in the program record books. Cal's hurdlers also acquitted themselves well as rookie sensation Donovan Bradley broke the school freshman records in the 60m hurdles and 100m hurdles, the latter of which was 10th-fastest overall in program history; meanwhile, junior Asjah Atkinson competed outdoors for the first time in her collegiate career and rose to No. 5 on the Bears' outdoor women's 100m hurdles list.
 
 
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