The California track & field team will conclude the 2025 regular season with its annual dual meet against rival Stanford this Saturday, hosting the 130th Big Meet at Edwards Stadium. The meet is scheduled to begin with the men's hammer throw at 9:30 a.m. PT and conclude with the men's 4x400m relay at 4:20 p.m.
 
Winners of each event will receive five points for their respective teams, while second place earns three points and third place one point. Last year, Cal's men posted their highest margin of victory at the Big Meet in 33 years with a score of 114-48. Cal's women last won in 2023, outscoring Stanford 87-76.
 
This will be the last collegiate home meet for Cal's graduating seniors, including Bowerman hopeful and discus world record-holder Mykolas Alekna, who also owns the facility (71.39m/234-2) and meet (71.00m/232-11) records. Each individual will be honored in a short ceremony prior to the 4x400m relays.
 
In addition to the men's discus, several other Big Meet records are well within reach for both teams. Sprints standout Johnny Goode will take aim at the men's 400m record of 46.37, set by Stanford's Rene Rodriguez in 1994, while school record-holder Garrett MacQuiddy hopes to surpass the 1500m record of 3:39.43 set by Cal's Thomas Joyce 10 years ago. On the women's side, the current discus record of 61.18m (200-9), set by Stanford's Carol Cady in 1984, is within reach for 2024 Olympian Caisa-Marie Lindfors. Stanford's athletes are also eyeing records set by a pair of Cal Hall of Famers – five-time All-American Alyssa Jones hopes to surpass Sheila Hudson's 1990 mark of 6.58m (21-7.25), while a pair of 800m stars – 2024 Olympic finalist and two-time NCAA Champion Juliette Whittaker and two-time conference champion Roisin Willis – could challenge Alysia Johnson's 2007 time of 2:03.43.
 
The first Big Meet, advertised at the time as the "First Intercollegiate Field Day", was held in 1893 at the Olympic Club Grounds in San Francisco, where Cal defeated Stanford 91-35. It took another 87 years before a women's dual meet was contested between the rivals, which the Bears won 113.5-28.5 and stands to this day as the biggest point differential in meet history.
 
THE 130TH BIG MEET (May 3, Edwards Stadium, Berkeley, Calif. – 9:30 a.m. PT)
Meet Info & Schedule
Live Results
 
CALIFORNIA ENTRIES (MEN) – THE 130TH BIG MEET
Program Top 10 holders marked with an asterisk
100m – Aidan Orias, Jason Plumb, Avinash Schwarzkopf, Jakobi Smith, Wazell Wright, Aaron Yang
200m – Matt Gladney, Aiden Lippert, Aidan Orias, Avinash Schwarzkopf, Jakobi Smith, Wazell Wright, Aaron Yang
400m – Johnny Goode*, Owen Foley
800m – Lamarr Kirk Jr., Justin Pretre, Gabriel Rodriguez
1500m – Caden Carney, Rowan FitzGerald, Garrett MacQuiddy*
3000m – Dylan Bissell, Julian Doak, Sam Franco, Alexander Lodewick, Roland Ruckmann-Barnes, John Sesteaga
110m Hurdles – Donovan Bradley*, Matt Gladney
400m Hurdles – Daniel Chen, Owen Foley, Luke Tanguay
3000m Steeplechase – Antoine Moret
4x100m Relay – California
4x400m Relay – California
High Jump – Brandon Cheeks II, Victor Ezike Jr., Riley Knott
Pole Vault – David Brok, Tyler Burns*, Luke Millam, Will Siemens, Parker Terrill*
Long Jump – Brandon Cheeks II, Javon Hampton Jr., Riley Knott, Jason Plumb*, Trevor Rogers, Chukwunonso Udeh
Triple Jump – Jeremiah Bolaños, Kosi Nwafor
Shot Put – Nick Godbehere, Nik Iwankiw
Discus – Mykolas Alekna*, Charlie Dang, Jared Freeman, Nick Godbehere, Nik Iwankiw
Hammer – Kai Barham, Kai Burich, Jared Freeman*
Javelin – Charlie Dang*, Riley Knott
 
CALIFORNIA ENTRIES (WOMEN) – THE 130TH BIG MEET
Program Top 10 holders marked with an asterisk
100m – Fallyn Gowans, Masina Mayo, Saqqara Ruffin, Jaymie Ruskovich, Mari Testa
200m – Masina Mayo, Jade Neser, Jaymie Ruskovich, Nairobi Smith, Jaya Westby, Zanae Woods
400m – Nairobi Smith
800m – Carolina Dawson, Jayden Hill, Zoe Lahanas
1500m – Georgia McCorkle
3000m – Georgia McCorkle, Sophie Tau, Amelia Wardle-Stacey
100m Hurdles – Torre Anderson, Asjah Atkinson*, Fallyn Gowans, Saqqara Ruffin*, Mari Testa*
400m Hurdles – Jaya Westby, Loreal Wilson*
4x100m Relay – California
4x400m Relay – California
High Jump – Ashanti Elie, Adriana Ellard, Mara Lampsas, Jade Neser
Pole Vault – Ali Sahaida*
Long Jump – Leah Anderson, Ashanti Elie, Yuki Hamachi, Jade Neser
Triple Jump – Leah Anderson, Myla Canty*
Shot Put – Lucija Leko*, Caisa-Marie Lindfors*, Giavonna Meeks*
Discus – Adrianna Coleman, Lucija Leko*, Caisa-Marie Lindfors*, Giavonna Meeks, Amanda Spear
Hammer – Adrianna Coleman, Audrey Jacobs*, Giavonna Meeks*, Valentina Savva*, Angie Schykerynec, Amanda Spear
Javelin – Torre Anderson, Adriana Ellard, Yuki Hamachi
 
 
LAST TIME OUT (PAYTON JORDAN INVITATIONAL – APRIL 25, 2025)
Several Cal distance runners headed down to Stanford for one last tune-up before the regular-season finale. Justin Pretre posted the top men's 1500m time of the group at 3:45.14, while Rowan FitzGerald won his section with a time of 3:53.34.
 
WORLD RECORD RETURNER
Discus thrower Mykolas Alekna is competing for the Bears once again 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. He then broke it again in April 2025, becoming the first man in history to surpass the 75-meter barrier with a mark of 75.56m (247-10) that also reset his own collegiate and ACC records.
 
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 recorded his 20th appearance on The Bowerman Watch List – fifth most by any man in history.
 
LEADERS OF THE ACC
After two months of outdoor competition, Cal has three athletes sitting atop the ACC rankings in four outdoor standard events. On the men's side, Mykolas Alekna leads the entire world in the discus, while Johnny Goode has the fastest 200m and 400m times in the conference. The women are represented by freshman hammer thrower Valentina Savva, who also ranks No. 4 in the NCAA.
 
THROW LOUD AND PROUD
Cal's throws squad - which has already set six indoor and nine outdoor program 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 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 welcomed several top newcomers to the team this year. Cal's throwing transfer class is headlined by two-time All-American Giavonna Meeks, who won Cal's first ACC title (weight throw) in March and reached the U.S. Olympic Trials in the hammer throw last summer. Other new members of the squad 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. Meeks (No. 2 weight throw, No. 4 hammer, No. 6 indoor shot put, No. 10 outdoor shot put), Savva (No. 3 hammer, No. 4 weight throw) and Leko (No. 2 outdoor shot put, No. 4 discus, No. 5 indoor shot put) have already recorded marks on Cal's all-time top-10 lists, while UC Santa Barbara transfer Jared Freeman also now owns program top 10s in the indoor weight throw (No. 2) and hammer throw (No. 7).
 
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