LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The California track & field team closed out the first meet of its outdoor postseason Saturday at Owsley B. Frazier Park, finishing the ACC Outdoor Championships with a total of nine All-ACC honorees, a meet record, two freshman records and four program top-10 marks.
 
No. 21 Virginia (110 points) took home the men's team title, while No. 24 Clemson (99 points) claimed the women's. Cal's men finished 11th with 30 points and its women tied for 13th with 26 points.
 
The duo of senior Saqqara Ruffin and sophomore Inara Ukawuba each scored for the Bears in the 100m hurdles final. Ruffin's time of 13.34 was a new wind-legal personal best and improved her own No. 6 program entry while earning her sixth place and her first-career All-ACC recognition. Ukawuba, who finished one spot behind Ruffin in the standings, lowered her wind-legal PR and program No. 7 entry to 13.37.
 
Redshirt junior Nik Iwankiw picked up his second All-ACC honor of the week and third of the year as he placed sixth in the men's discus with a best throw of 52.97m (173-9). Freshman teammate Eliot Traxler crossed the 50 meter barrier for the first time in the event, setting a PR of 50.11m (164-5).
 
One day after running a wind-aided PR of 10.38, sophomore Aidan Orias showed his success was no fluke as he recorded a wind-legal 10.46 to finish eighth and score a point as the first man to represent Cal in an ACC 100m final. He also acted as the first leg of Cal's sixth-place 4x100m relay (40.05), earning three more points for the Bears with the help of classmates Trevor Rogers and Wazell Wright as well as junior Javon Hampton Jr.
 
Two of Cal's triple jumpers made their finals but finished just outside of scoring position in ninth place. Freshman Avery Hart posted a PR of 12.77m (41-10.75) in the women's competition while junior Jeremiah Bolaños recorded a wind-aided mark of 15.55m (51-0.25) on the men's side.
 
ACC OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – DAY 3 MEN'S RESULTS
100m Final – 8. Aidan Orias 10.46 (wind-legal PR)
4x100m Relay – 6. California (Aidan Orias, Trevor Rogers, Wazell Wright, Javon Hampton Jr.) 40.05
4x400m Relay – 10. California (Isaiah Shaw, Jackson Hein, Arian Naim, Seth Johnson) 3:12.22
Triple Jump – 9. Jeremiah Bolaños 15.55mw/51-0.25
Discus – 6. Nik Iwankiw 52.97m/173-9 (Second-Team All-ACC); 13. Eliot Traxler 50.11m/164-5 (PR)
                                                                                                                                       
ACC OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – DAY 3 WOMEN'S RESULTS
200m Final – 9. Nairobi Smith 23.88
5000m – 16. Sophie Tau 16:05.62; 28. Addie Johnson 16:58.82
100m Hurdles Final – 6. Saqqara Ruffin 13.34 (wind-legal PR, 6th Cal History, Second-Team All-ACC); 7. Inara Ukawuba 13.37 (wind-legal PR, 7th Cal History)
4x100m Relay – 9. California (Caitlyn Johnson, Nairobi Smith, Inara Ukawuba, Kaitlyn Williams) 45.09
High Jump – 10. Zahra Amos 1.69m/5-6.5; T13. Grace Reinhardt-Perez 1.64m/5-4.5
Triple Jump – 9. Avery Hart 12.77m/41-10.75 (PR); 17. Leah Anderson 12.29m/40-4
Discus – 10. Lucija Leko 46.07m/151-1
 
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Cal will wait to see how many of its individuals have qualified for the NCAA West Regionals, which are scheduled for May 27-30 at John McDonnell Field in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
 
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