The California track & field team will split its squad for the first time this weekend, with the distance runners headed north to the UW Invitational in Seattle and the rest returning to Albuquerque, N.M., for the New Mexico Team Open. Both meets will begin Friday and span two days.
 
UW INVITATIONAL (Friday-Saturday, Dempsey Indoor – Seattle, Wash.)
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CALIFORNIA ENTRIES (MEN)
Program Top-10 holders marked with an asterisk
800m – Iyan Godwin, Lamarr Kirk Jr.
Mile – Caden Carney, Rowan FitzGerald, Garrett MacQuiddy*, Justin Pretre
3000m – Caden Carney, Rowan FitzGerald, Garrett MacQuiddy, Justin Pretre
 
CALIFORNIA ENTRIES (WOMEN)
800m – Carolina Dawson, Zoe Lahanas
Mile – Addie Johnson
3000m – Addie Johnson
5000m – Sophie Tau
 
 
NEW MEXICO TEAM OPEN (Friday-Saturday, Albuquerque Convention Center – Albuquerque, N.M.)
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CALIFORNIA ENTRIES (MEN)
Program Top-10 holders marked with an asterisk
60m Invitational – David Foster*, Gavin Schurr*, Chase Williams*
60m Unseeded – Javon Hampton Jr., Jason Plumb, Jakobi Smith, Christian Trapps, Chukwunonso Udeh
200m Invitational – David Foster*
200m Unseeded – Johnny Goode*, Arian Naim, Gavin Schurr*, Isaiah Shaw, Jakobi Smith, Christian Trapps, Chase Williams
400m Invitational – Isaiah Shaw*
400m B Sections – Johnny Goode*, Arian Naim
60m Hurdles – Donovan Bradley*, Riley Knott
High Jump – Brandon Cheeks II, Victor Ezike Jr., Riley Knott, Chukwunonso Udeh
Pole Vault Section A – Tyler Burns*, Parker Terrill
Pole Vault Section B – Will Siemens
Long Jump – Brandon Cheeks II, Javon Hampton Jr., Jason Plumb*, Trevor Rogers, Chukwunonso Udeh
Triple Jump – Jeremiah Bolaños, Victor Ezike Jr.
Shot Put – Nik Iwankiw
 
CALIFORNIA ENTRIES (WOMEN)
Program Top-10 holders marked with an asterisk
60m Invitational – Ryan Lacefield, Aysha Shaheed*
60m Unseeded – Paige Porter, Mari Testa
200m Invitational – Ryan Lacefield, Aysha Shaheed*
200m Unseeded – Paige Porter, Nairobi Smith, Loreal Wilson
400m Invitational – Ryan Lacefield*
400m B Sections – Jayden Hill, Nairobi Smith, Loreal Wilson
800m – Jayden Hill
60m Hurdles – Asjah Atkinson*, Mari Testa*
High Jump – Ashanti Elie*, Jade Neser
Long Jump – Asjah Atkinson, Ashanti Elie
Triple Jump – Leah Anderson, Myla Canty*
Shot Put – Caisa-Marie Lindfors*
Weight Throw – Angie Schykerynec
 
 
MEEKS NAMED ACC WOMEN'S FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Thrower Giavonna Meeks was recognized as the ACC Women's Field Athlete of the Week along with Virginia Tech's Julia Fixsen after posting a new NCAA lead in the weight throw of 23.55m (77-3.25) and becoming the only collegiate woman to cross the 23-meter barrier this season, moving up to No. 2 in program history. She also posted a mark of 15.22m (49-11.25) in the shot put for the fifth-best performance on Cal's all-time list. Meeks joins teammates David Foster (Men's Track - Jan. 21) and Valentina Savva (Women's Freshman - Jan. 21) as 2025 ACC weekly award-winners.
 
IN THE RANKINGS
Cal's men received a No. 19 national ranking from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) on Jan. 28, marking the squad's highest placement since 2011. Six event squads from the team have also earned spots in the national top25, led by the women's weight throw unit (third) and the men's long jump unit (fifth). In total, Cal has four ACC-leading performances this season, courtesy of David Foster (men's 60m), Tyler Burns (men's pole vault), Jason Plumb (men's long jump) and Giavonna Meeks (women's weight throw).
 
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 - which has already set six program indoor top-10 marks this season - 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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