2026 Track & Field Roster

John Sesteaga

  • Position Distance
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Glendora, Calif.
  • Last School(s) Glendora HS

Biography

CAREER BESTS 
8k (XC): 
23:54.9
10k (XC): 30:17.6
Mile (Out): 4:33.16
3000m (Out): 8:39.95
3000m (In): 8:28.66

CAREER HONORS
  • 1x All-ACC Academic
  • 3x Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll

CROSS COUNTRY
2024:
Raced in five meets for Cal... finished the 10k in 32:14.6 at the NCAA West Regionals... posted a season-best 8k time of 24:18.0 at the ACC Championships... recorded a time of 25:42.1 at the USF Invitational... All-ACC Academic.

2023: Raced in all five meets for the Bears... set a personal record in the 10k at the NCAA West Regionals with a 30:17.6 finish, good for Cal's second scoring position and 49th place overall... the Bears' third scorer at the Bronco Invite with his 14th place finish and personal-best in the 8k (23:54.9)... Cal's second scorer at the Bill Dellinger Invite, coming in 34th place with a 24:47.7 mark... Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll.

2022: Competed in four meets...finished in 64th place at the Pac-12 Championships with a time of 25:24.8... set a personal-best mark of 24:51.0 at the Bronco Invitational... made his collegiate debut at the UCR Invite, running a 25:39.7 8k.

TRACK & FIELD
2025:
Ran unattached at the West Coast Last Chance, finishing the mile in 4:33.16 and the 3000m in 8:35.11… posted a time of 8:39.95 in the 3000m at the 130th Big Meet.

2024: Ran the 3000m in 8:54.13 at the Husky Classic... Pac-12 Spring and Winter Academic Honor Roll selection.

2023: Finished the 3000m in 8:23.66 at the Husky Classic.

HIGH SCHOOL: Competed in both cross country and track & field at Glendora HS...Claimed first-place at Palmores League Finals in three-mile race...Took 27th-place at CIF State Cross Country Championships in Division II 5,000-mete race...Earned Palmores League MVP Cross Country/Track in 2022...Named Frosh/Soph cross country MVP and cross country team MVP in 2021-2022 season...Track & Field MVP 2020-2022.

PERSONAL: Double majoring in molecular environmental biology and computer science...son of Sylvianne Bradley-Sesteaga and Victor Sesteaga...sister, Kelsey Bradley, graduated from Cal in 2013...AP Scholar with Honors student in high school...played in Chamber Orchestra in high school.

Historical Player Information

  • 2023Freshman

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  • 2024Sophomore

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  • 2025Junior

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  • 2026Senior

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