NCAA

Pair Of Program Top Threes Set In San Diego

Pair Of Program Top Threes Set In San Diego




Mia Zamora Johnson

Tyler Burns vaulted 5.55m on Saturday, the highest ever mark set by a Golden Bear sophomore.


Burns, Moisander Rise Up Cal Record Books

SAN DIEGO – California track & field put on a solid showing at the Aztec Invitational this weekend, improving upon its already-solid start to the outdoor season after a two-day competition against athletes from 25 other collegiate teams.
 
In all, the Golden Bears recorded 5 new program top 10s, bringing their outdoor season total to 14.
 
All three Cal representatives in the men’s hammer throw scored for the Bears, with junior Ivar Moisander’s winning toss of 69.05m (226-6) moving him from No. 5 to No. 3 on the program all-time list. Senior Kegan Schroeter finished fourth at 66.41m (217-10), while junior Michael Gupta threw a new personal best of 63.69m (208-11) to climb to No. 10 in Cal history.
 
Following their successful indoor seasons, sophomore Tyler Burns and senior Skyler Magula made their 2023 outdoor debuts on Saturday, with Burns placing first in the pole vault at 5.55m (18-25); as of Saturday morning, that mark would surpass all other collegians in the nation and also brought him up from eighth to third in program history. Magula placed third in the event at 5.35m (17-6.5), earning his own entry on Cal’s all-time program list at No. 6.
 
Senior Iffy Joyner, who finished fourth at the NCAA Outdoor Championships last year, opened his season today by placing second in the discus at 60.08m (197-1) to score for Cal, while junior Justin Wirtz added points of his own with a sixth-place whirl of 52.98m (173-10) – his best mark since last year’s Aztec Invitational. Not to be outdone, junior Jake Porter added a second-place finish of his own in the shot put, posting a mark of 17.61m (57-9.5).
 
The men’s 4x100m relay of sophomore David Foster, junior George Monroe, senior Riley Hunt and junior Samir Thota accumulated a fourth-place time of 40.01, adding further points to the Bears’ total; other scorers for the Cal men included senior Henry Larkin (fourth, 47.03) and sophomore Isaiah Shaw (fifth, 47.29) in the 400m, senior Hakim McMorris in both the long jump (fourth, 7.29m/23-11) and the 110m hurdles (seventh, 14.20), sophomore Di’Niko Bates in the 110m hurdles (sixth, 14.05) and…

CLICK HERE to Read the Full Original Article at California Golden Bears Athletics…