AZUSA/WALNUT – The California track & field team sent a quartet of middle-distance runners to race at Cougar Athletic Stadium in the Bryan Clay Invitational and a much larger contingent to Hilmer Lodge Stadium for Day 3 of the Mt. SAC Relays on Friday, crossing over into the second half of a four-day slate of competition for the Golden Bears.
 
In Azusa, freshman Salma Bejia posted the fastest time of her collegiate career in the Bryan Clay 800m invite, crossing the finish line in 2:05.76, while senior teammate Carolina Dawson shaved over a second off her PR with a time of 2:08.32. Both of the men won their 800m invite heats as rookie Jackson Hein recorded a personal-best 1:49.33 and junior Lamarr Kirk Jr. turned in a respectable 1:49.58.
 
Junior Julian Doak represented Cal's distance runners will in the Mt. SAC 1500m invite race, cutting his own PR by nearly three seconds to a fifth-place 3:52.81. Three Bears – freshman Antonio Bayon, junior Jeremiah Bolaños and redshirt junior Nik Iwankiw – recorded top-six finishes: Bayon posted a mark of 1.95m (6-4.75) in the high jump, Bolaños leaped 15.56m (50-8.25) in the triple jump and Iwankiw's best throw in the discus flew 51.78m (169-10).
 
Freshman Kimiko Hirahara tied for fourth place in the women's collegiate high jump A section with a mark of 1.60m (5-3), while classmate Avery Hart reached the triple jump final and ended with a mark of 12.50m (41-0.25). Junior Lucija Leko ended the afternoon by reaching the women's discus final, finishing at 48.76m (166-6).
 
BRYAN CLAY INVITATIONAL – DAY 1 RESULTS (MEN)
800m Invite – 46. Jackson Hein 1:49.33 (PR); 59. Lamarr Kirk Jr. 1:49.58
 
BRYAN CLAY INVITATIONAL – DAY 1 RESULTS (WOMEN)
800m Invite – 34. Salma Bejia 2:05.76 (PR); 79. Carolina Dawson 2:08.32 (PR)
 
MT. SAC RELAYS – DAY 3 RESULTS (MEN)
100m Collegiate – 22. Aidan Orias 10.72
200m Collegiate – 19. Wazell Wright 21.36; 30. Aidan Orias 21.62
400m Collegiate – 23. Arian Naim 48.40
1500m Elite Invite – 5. Julian Doak 3:52.81 (PR); 14. Jack Paradise 4:00.79; 15. Zac Gibson 4:11.95
110m Hurdles Collegiate – 11. Matt Gladney 14.92
High Jump Collegiate A – - Victor Ezike Jr. NH
High Jump Collegiate B – T6. Antonio Bayon 1.95m/6-4.75
Pole Vault Elite Invite B – T11. Will Siemens 5.05m/16-6.75; - Parker Terrill NH
Pole Vault Collegiate A – - Kai Anderson NH
Long Jump Collegiate – 17. Javon Hampton Jr. 6.89m/22-7.25; 21. Luke Buddie 6.78m/22-3
Triple Jump Collegiate – 6. Jeremiah Bolaños 15.45m/50-8.25
Shot Put Collegiate – 13. Eliot Traxler 15.39m/50-6; - Matas Mikulenas NM
Discus Collegiate – 6. Nik Iwankiw 51.78m/169-10; 14. Eliot Traxler 47.72m/156-6
 
MT. SAC RELAYS – DAY 3 RESULTS (WOMEN)
100m Collegiate – 29. Caitlyn Johnson 12.01; 35. Kaitlyn Williams 12.17; 37. Saqqara Ruffin 12.23
200m Collegiate – 40. Kaitlyn Williams 25.05
100m Hurdles Collegiate – 29. Fallyn Gowans 14.76
4x100m Relay – 9. California 46.15 (Caitlyn Johnson, Nairobi Smith, Inara Ukawuba, Paige Porter)
High Jump Elite Invite B – 13. Zahra Amos 1.65m/5-5
High Jump Collegiate A – T4. Kimiko Hirahara 1.60m/5-3; - Grace Reinhardt-Perez NH
Long Jump Collegiate – - Caitlyn Johnson NM
Triple Jump Collegiate – 8. Avery Hart 12.50m/41-0.25
Discus Collegiate – 8. Lucija Leko 48.76m/166-6
 
UP NEXT
The Bears will finish up their week Saturday with the final day of competition at the Mt. SAC Relays and Bryan Clay Invitational.
 
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