LOUISVILLE, Ky. – In the second day of competition at the ACC Indoor Track & Field Championships, the California track & field team carried its momentum over from Saturday's successes to keep turning heads at the Norton Sports & Learning Center with four scoring performances, six qualifying performances and seven program top-10 marks. Cal's men moved up from third to fifth in the standings with 27 points, while its women remained at 15 points and ended the day in eighth place.
 
The men's long jumpers put together one of their best combined performances of the season and scored 12 of the day's points. They were led by standout junior Jason Plumb, who posted a best leap of 7.68m (25-2.5) on his second attempt to take home bronze for the second-straight conference meet, and freshman Trevor Rogers, who improved his personal best by over 10 inches to finish fourth at 7.56m (24-9.75) and move up to No. 8 all-time at Cal. Chukwunonso Udeh also recorded his top outing of the year to score for the Bears, reaching the final despite recording just one legal mark in his first three attempts and improving to an eighth-place season-best of 7.31m (23-11.75) on his final jump.
 
Seth Johnson also scored for the Bears' men, finishing fifth in the heptathlon with a total of 5505 points. The best event of his day was the first, when he ran a huge personal best of 7.96 in the 60m hurdles – good for 10th-fastest by any man at Cal and second overall in the competition. Meanwhile, teammate Ashanti Elie posted a top-10 mark of her own in the high jump, claiming sole possession of No. 5 on the program top-10 list with a best leap of 1.74m (5-8.5).
 
Several Cal athletes recorded historic or qualifying times on the track; for Asjah Atkinson, her 60m hurdles time in the prelims was both, as she moved up to No. 2 in program history with the third-best time of the day (8.27) and booked her spot in Monday's final. She was joined in the latter category by teammate Mari Testa, who placed second in her heat at 8.32 – just .01 seconds off her career best. Aysha Shaheed, who was already set to appear in the 200m final, also earned a spot in the 60m final with the second-fastest time in Cal history (7.28). On the men's side, Johnny Goode clinched a second finals berth of his own with a time of 46.01, while David Foster posted the fastest 60m time in the qualifying round (6.58), posting the largest margin of victory (.12) in any heat. Fellow school record-holder Garrett MacQuiddy booked his own finals spot with his mile time of 4:05.86, which included a final 200m split of 26.83 that was the fastest in any heat.
 
Both of Cal's 800m runners – Jayden Hill and Iyan Godwin – posted personal records to move up the program's all-time lists, with Hill rising to No. 6 at 2:07.58 (a nearly three-second improvement) and Godwin to No. 8 at 1:51.26. Rounding out the day's career-best performances was Zanae Woods in the 60m, who shaved .2 seconds off her PR to finish in 7.62.
 
ACC INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY 2 – MEN'S RESULTS (Team: 3rd, 27 points)
60m Prelims – 1. David Foster 6.58Q; 12. Chase Williams 6.83
400m Prelims – 3. Johnny Goode 46.01q; 18. Isaiah Shaw 47.77
800m Prelims – 19. Iyan Godwin 1:51.26 (PR, 8th Cal History)
60m Hurdles Prelims – 16. Donovan Bradley 8.05
Mile Prelims – 16. Garrett MacQuiddy 4:05.86Q; 43. Caden Carney 4:16.79
Long Jump – 3. Jason Plumb 7.68m/25-2.5; 4. Trevor Rogers 7.56m/24-9.75 (PR, 8th Cal History); 8. Chukwunonso Udeh 7.31m/23-11.75; 12. Javon Hampton Jr. 7.05m/23-1.75
Heptathlon – 5. Seth Johnson 5505

• 60m Hurdles – 7.96 (2nd, 992 points; PR, 10th Cal History)
• Pole Vault – 4.30m/14-1.25 (6^th, 702 points)
• 1000m – 2:48.08 (4th, 786 points)

 
ACC INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY 2 – WOMEN'S RESULTS (Team: 8th, 15 points)
60m Prelims – 4. Aysha Shaheed 7.28Q (PR, 2nd Cal History); 20. Zanae Woods 7.62 (PR)
400m Prelims – 19. Ryan Lacefield 55.00
800m Prelims – 11. Jayden Hill 2:07.58 (PR, 6th Cal History)
60m Hurdles Prelims – 3. Asjah Atkinson 8.27Q (PR, 2nd Cal History); 6. Mari Testa 8.32Q
High Jump – 9. Ashanti Elie 1.74m/5-8.5 (PR, 5th Cal History); 12. Jade Neser 1.69m/5-6.5
 
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Cal will finish up at the ACC Indoor Championships on Monday, starting with the women's triple jump at 8 a.m. PT.
 
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