ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The California track & field team began its third meet of the season at the Albuquerque Convention Center on Friday, continuing its streak of top performances with a quartet of program top-10 entries, an individual event win and an additional standout multi-event outing against many of the nation's top teams.
 
NCAA-leading weight thrower Giavonna Meeks took home her third event title of the season, posting a throw of 23.52m (77-2) to win the competition by exactly one meter. In the same event, teammate Adrianna Coleman added nearly a foot to her personal best with a mark of 19.80m (64-11.5) to improve her own program No. 7 entry.  
 
Heptathlete Seth Johnson sits atop the standings with 3226 points after recording top-three finishes in all four Day-One events, equaling or improving his career best in each. After matching his PR with a winning time of 6.92 in the 60m, he followed that up with a personal-best 6.98m (22-10.75) in the long jump, improving his old mark by seven inches and finishing second overall, then posted a mark of 12.82m (42-0.75) in the shot put to better his PR by over two-and-a-half feet for third place. Johnson closed out the day with a win in the high jump, recording a new personal record on the first try before improving to 2.05m (6-8.75) on his third attempt at the bar.
 
Fellow multi-eventer Torre Anderson, competing in the pentathlon, posted a personal-best time of 8.70 in the 60m hurdles on the way to a five-event total of 3550 points, improving her own program No. 5 mark. High jumper Ashanti Elie likewise climbed into a tie for fifth on an all-time program list, recording a mark of 1.73m (5-8), while Will Siemens placed second in Section B of the men's pole vault with a massive PR of 5.24m (17-2.25) that was good for seventh-best in program history and his first time crossing the five-meter barrier.
 
Freshman Paige Porter continued her solid indoor season by posting a collegiate personal best for the fourth-straight week, finishing the 200m in 24.95. Ali Sahaida, who ranks fifth in indoor school pole vault history, made her season debut with a mark of 4.02m (13-2.25).
 
NEW MEXICO COLLEGIATE CLASSIC – MEN'S RESULTS
200m Unseeded – - Deon McCauley DQ
High Jump – 16. Brandon Cheeks II 1.93m/6-4
Pole Vault Section B – 2. Will Siemens 5.24m/17-2.25 (PR, 7th Cal History); T4. Parker Terrill 4.94m/16-2.5
Long Jump – 10. Jason Plumb 7.38m/24-2.5
Weight Throw – - Kai Barham NM
Heptathlon (Day 1) – 1. Seth Johnson 3226

• 60m – 6.92 (1st, 911 points – =PR)
• Long Jump – 6.98m/22-10.75 (2nd, 809 points – PR)
• Shot Put – 12.82m/42-0.75 (3rd, 656 points – PR)
• High Jump – 2.05m/6-8.75 (1st, 850 points – PR)

 
NEW MEXICO COLLEGIATE CLASSIC – WOMEN'S RESULTS
200m Unseeded – 43. Paige Porter 24.95 (collegiate PR)
800m – 4. Jayden Hill 2:12.81
High Jump – T8. Ashanti Elie 1.73m/5-8 (PR, Tied-5th Cal History)
Pole Vault Section A – 8. Ali Sahaida 4.02m/13-2.25
Long Jump – 24. Ashanti Elie 5.28m/17-4
Weight Throw – 1. Giavonna Meeks 23.52m/77-2; 7. Adrianna Coleman 19.80m/64-11.5 (PR, 7th Cal History); 11. Audrey Jacobs 17.75m/58-3; 12. Angie Schykerynec 17.73m/58-2; - Amanda Spear NM
Pentathlon – 7. Torre Anderson 3550 (PR, 5th Cal History)

• 60m Hurdles – 8.70 (5th, 974 points – PR)
• High Jump – 1.58m/5-2.25 (T8th, 712 points)
• Shot Put – 10.26m/33-8 (7th, 546 points)
• Long Jump – 5.68m/18-7.75 (T5th, 753 points)
• 800m – 2:40.72 (9th, 565 points)

 
UP NEXT
Cal finishes up at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic on Saturday, beginning with the heptathlon 60m hurdles at 8:20 a.m. PT.
 
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