Bears Primed For 129th Big Meet
BERKELEY – California track & field will close out its record-setting regular season on Tuesday with its first and only dual meet of the year, traveling down to The Farm for the 129th Big Meet against rival Stanford at Cobb Track and Angell Field. The Golden Bears have swept the Cardinal in each of the past two iterations of the meet and will look to three-peat for the first time since 1994-96.
Cal's men lead the series 73-53-2, while Stanford's women currently have the all-time advantage at 54-28. Four meet records were broken in both 2022 and 2023, with the Bears being responsible for five of those. The 2023 contest was decided by a margin of 99-64 for the men and 87-76 for the women; the former was Cal's most dominant victory since 2015.
Stanford has dominated this year in the distances, with four top-25 squads in those events alone; they also rank among the nation's best in the women's long jump (No. 4) and women's 400m (No. 16). The Cardinal also fields four athletes that rank in the all-conditions top 25; two-time 2023 national champion Ky Robinson leads the men, while the women have 2024 800m indoor champion Juliette Whittaker, 2023 800m indoor champion Roisin Willis and Pac-12 cross country champion Amy Bunnage.
Cal's women rank 20th in the national U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) poll, while the men are listed as the No. 3 team in the West Region. The Bears have a total of 13 top-25 event squads, chief among them being the No. 3 men's and women's hammer units. Cal is set to enter 12 top-25 athletes – six men, six women – in Tuesday's meet, with two of those (NCAA leader Rowan Hamilton and Ivar Moisander) slated to compete in the day's very first event, men's hammer throw. Six Bears hold the distinction of a top-10 all-conditions national ranking: Hamilton; discus throwers Caisa-Marie Lindfors and Jasmine Blair; pole vaulters Amari Turner and Skyler Magula; and sprinter David Foster. Apart from Blair at No. 2, all of them have set at least one school record this season.
The 129th Big Meet – California Entries (All Times PT)
An asterisk (*) indicates the school record-holder in the event.
Names in bold appear on the program top-10 list.
Field Events
1 p.m. Men's Hammer – Michael Gupta, Rowan Hamilton*, Ivar Moisander, Justin Wirtz
(Following the men) Women's Hammer – Jasmine Blair, Adrianna Coleman, Destiny Okoh, Kayla Racine, Angie Schykerynec
2 p.m. Men's Long Jump – Javon Hampton Jr., Mason Mangum, Jason Plumb, Chukwunonso Udeh
(Following the men) Women's Long Jump – Torre Anderson, Asjah Atkinson, Ashanti Elie, Yuki Hamachi
2 p.m. Men's Shot Put – Jeff Duensing, Nick Godbehere, Nik Iwankiw, Tanveer Raza
2:30 p.m. Men's Pole Vault – David Brok, Luke Buddie, Skyler Magula, Will Siemens, Parker Terrill
(Following the men) Women's Pole Vault – Kylie Hilton, Paige Martin, Ali Sahaida, Amari Turner*
2:30 p.m. Women's Discus – Jasmine Blair, Caisa-Marie Lindfors*, Sara Pettinger, Kayla Racine
2:30 p.m. Men's High Jump – Victor Ezike Jr., Seth Johnson, Riley Knott, Jai Williams
(Following the men) Women's High Jump – Ashanti Elie, Adriana Ellard, Toby Lai, Mara Lampsas, Jade Neser
3:15 p.m. Men's Discus – Nick Godbehere, Nik Iwankiw, Justin Wirtz
3:30 p.m. Women's Triple Jump – Myla Canty
(Following the women) Men's Triple Jump – Jeremiah Bolaños, Victor Ezike Jr., Obi Nwafor
3:45 p.m. Women's Shot Put – Caisa-Marie Lindfors, Sara Pettinger
4:15 p.m. Men's Javelin – Luke Buddie, Seth Johnson, Riley Knott
(Following the men) Women's Javelin – Adriana Ellard, Yuki Hamachi, Mara Lampsas, Carolina Visca*
Track Events
3:15 p.m. Women's 3000m Steeplechase – Georgia McCorkle
3:30 p.m. Men's 3000m Steeplechase – Dylan Bissell
3:45 p.m. Women's 4x100m Relay – California A
3:50 p.m. Men's 4x100m Relay – California A
3:55 p.m. Women's 1500m – Addie Johnson
4:02 p.m. Men's 1500m – Caden Carney, Carrick Denker, Rowan FitzGerald, Justin Pretre
4:15 p.m. Women's 100m Hurdles – Asjah Atkinson, Yuki Hamachi, Jada Hicks, Saqqara Ruffin, Jazlynn Shearer, Mari Testa
4:20 p.m. Men's 110m Hurdles – Donovan Bradley, Luke Buddie, Seth Johnson, Riley Knott, Chukwunonso Udeh
4:25 p.m. Women's 400m – Ryan Lacefield, Mackenzie Motz, Trudy Watkins
4:30 p.m. Men's 400m – Josh Keller, Avinash Schwarzkopf, Isaiah Shaw
4:35 p.m. Women's 100m – Jada Hicks, Masina Mayo, Saqqara Ruffin, Jaymie Ruskovich, Aysha Shaheed, Jazlynn Shearer, Mari Testa, Zanae Woods
4:40 p.m. Men's 100m – Donovan Bradley, David Foster*, Javon Hampton Jr., Deon McCauley, George Monroe, Samir Thota, Christian Trapps, Chase Williams
4:50 p.m. Women's 800m – Carolina Dawson, Anastasia Snodgrass
4:55 p.m. Men's 800m – Rowan FitzGerald, Iyan Godwin, Justin Pretre
5:05 p.m. Women's 400m Hurdles – Loreal Wilson
5:10 p.m. Men's 400m Hurdles – Aiden Baker
5:15 p.m. Women's 200m – Masina Mayo, Jaymie Ruskovich, Aysha Shaheed, Zanae Woods
5:20 p.m. Men's 200m – Deon McCauley, George Monroe, Avinash Schwarzkopf, Samir Thota, Christian Trapps, Chase Williams
5:25 p.m. Women's 3000m – Addie Johnson, Georgia McCorkle, Sophie Tau
5:40 p.m. Men's 3000m – Caden Carney, Carrick Denker, Julian Doak
6 p.m. Women's 4x400m – California A
6:05 p.m. Men's 4x400m – California A
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