California track & field will send a small contingent of runners to Seattle this weekend for the Husky Classic, with those individuals receiving one final chance to rise up the program's all-time lists or post qualifying marks for the upcoming ACC Indoor Championships. For the first time since the 2019 season, Cal's men will also compete in the distance medley relay, which has legs consisting of 1200m, 400m, 800m and 1600m.
 
HUSKY CLASSIC (Friday-Saturday, Dempsey Indoor – Seattle, Wash.)
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CALIFORNIA ENTRIES (MEN)
Program Top-10 holders marked with an asterisk
400m – Isaiah Shaw*
800m – Iyan Godwin, Lamarr Kirk Jr.
Mile – Caden Carney, Garrett MacQuiddy*, Justin Pretre*
Distance Medley Relay – California A
 
CALIFORNIA ENTRIES (WOMEN)
800m – Carolina Dawson, Zoe Lahanas
Mile – Addie Johnson
5000m – Sophie Tau
 
 
MEEKS REPEATS AS ACC WOMEN'S FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Giavonna Meeks earned her second ACC Women's Field Athlete of the Week award Tuesday, becoming the only ACC women's field athlete to repeat in the 2025 season. The NCAA leader in the women's weight throw, she is undefeated in that event with the No. 2 mark in school history and also ranks sixth all time on Cal's women's shot put list. Meeks was first recognized by the ACC on Jan. 28, sharing the award with Virginia Tech's Julia Fixsen.
 
IN THE RANKINGS
Cal's men currently sit at No. 18 in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) national rankings, marking the squad's highest placement since 2011. Seven event squads from the team have also earned spots in the national top 25, led by the women's weight throw unit (third) and the men's long jump unit (10th). In total, Cal has five ACC-leading performances this season, courtesy of David Foster (men's 60m), Johnny Goode (men's 400m), Tyler Burns (men's pole vault), Jason Plumb (men's long jump) and Giavonna Meeks (women's weight throw - also an NCAA lead).
 
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.
 
GO, JOHNNY, GO
Junior transfer Johnny Goode (College of San Mateo) has been a revelation for the Bears this season, crushing Cal's indoor 400m (45.96) and 200m records (21.06) while also contributing to a new indoor 4x400m relay program record (3:12.69). He currently ranks No. 13 of all male 400m runners in Division I this season and is the ACC leader in the event, breaking the school record in each of his first three meets. For his efforts, he was named Cal Athletics' January Gatorade Student-Athlete of the Month.
 
SPRINTERS ON THE RISE
Cal's sprinters posted a total of 15 program top-10 times by eight athletes in 2024; this year, five of those athletes have returned to compete for the Bears. 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 top-five program times in the 60m and 100m, while Isaiah Shaw notched top-three times in the indoor and outdoor 400m. On the women's side, Aysha Shaheed claimed Cal's fourth-fastest outdoor 200m time, while Ryan Lacefield posted top-seven times in both the indoor and outdoor 400m. One month into the 2025 indoor season, Cal's sprinters have set 12 new program top 10s, including four school records.
 
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