The California track & field team will head to Albuquerque, New Mexico, this weekend for the first of three meets at the Albuquerque Convention Center this season, as the Golden Bears' best and brightest will attempt to post even better times and marks following their standout season-opening performances at the Spokane Sports Showcase and the Spokane Indoor Challenge.
 
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CALIFORNIA ENTRIES (MEN)
Program Top-10 holders marked with an asterisk
60m Invitational – David Foster*, Gavin Schurr*, Christian Trapps
60m Unseeded – Luke Buddie, Javon Hampton Jr., Seth Johnson, Riley Knott, Jason Plumb, Trevor Rogers, Jakobi Smith, Chukwunonso Udeh, Wazell Wright
200m Unseeded – Jakobi Smith, Christian Trapps, Wazell Wright
300m – Luke Buddie, Seth Johnson, Riley Knott
400m Invitational – Johnny Goode*, Isaiah Shaw*
400m Unseeded – Iyan Godwin, Arian Naim
60m Hurdles – Luke Buddie, Matt Gladney, Seth Johnson, Riley Knott
4x400m Relay – California A
High Jump – Brandon Cheeks II, Victor Ezike Jr., Riley Knott
Pole Vault Section A – Tyler Burns*
Pole Vault Section B – Seth Johnson, Will Siemens
Long Jump – Brandon Cheeks II, Javon Hampton Jr., Seth Johnson, Jason Plumb*, Trevor Rogers, Chukwunonso Udeh
Triple Jump – Jeremiah Bolaños, Victor Ezike Jr.
Shot Put – Nik Iwankiw
Weight Throw – Kai Barham, Jared Freeman*
 
CALIFORNIA ENTRIES (WOMEN)
Program Top-10 holders marked with an asterisk
60m Invitational – Ryan Lacefield, Aysha Shaheed*
60m Unseeded – Paige Porter, Mari Testa
200m Unseeded – Torre Anderson, Paige Porter
300m – Torre Anderson
400m Invitational – Ryan Lacefield*, Zoe Lahanas
400m B Sections – Nairobi Smith, Loreal Wilson
800m – Jayden Hill
60m Hurdles – Torre Anderson, Asjah Atkinson*, Mari Testa*, Inara Ukawuba
4x400m Relay – California A
High Jump – Ashanti Elie*, Jade Neser
Long Jump – Leah Anderson, Torre Anderson, Ashanti Elie
Triple Jump – Leah Anderson, Myla Canty
Weight Throw – Adrianna Coleman*, Audrey Jacobs*, Giavonna Meeks*, Valentina Savva*, Angie Schykerynec, Amanda Spear
 
 
FOSTER NAMED ACC MEN'S TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Senior David Foster earned his second career conference award on Jan. 21 following standout performances at the Spokane Sports Showcase and the Spokane Indoor Challenge. His time of 6.54 in the 60m currently ranks third among all Division I athletes this season and leads the ACC; he also ranks fourth in the conference with his winning 200m time of 21.22, which is the second fastest in school history.
 
SAVVA NAMED ACC WOMEN'S FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK
Rookie Valentina Savva had an outstanding collegiate debut at the Spokane Sports Showcase, taking second place in the women's weight throw with a toss of 19.61m (64-4) for the best mark of all freshmen nationwide. Her efforts resulted in her earning her first conference honor on Jan. 21. She currently ranks sixth among all ACC throwers in the event.
 
WORLD RECORD RETURNER
Discus thrower Mykolas Alekna will compete for the Bears once more 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 silver 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 multiple 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. In 2025, Cal's sprinters have set five new program top 10s, including a school record from transfer Johnny Goode in the indoor 400m.
 
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