Four members of the California track & field team will conclude their indoor seasons this week as Giavonna Meeks, David Foster, Tyler Burns and Seth Johnson head to Virginia Beach, Virginia, for the NCAA Indoor Championships on March 14-15. The meet will take place at the Virginia Beach Sports Center, with the first day’s events starting at 6:15 a.m. PT and the second day’s events at 6:30 a.m.
The Golden Bears’ highest seed in the championships is redshirt sophomore weight thrower Giavonna Meeks, who is ranked No. 2 nationally this year and No. 2 all-time at Cal. Meeks threw her personal best of 23.59m (77-4.75) at the ACC Indoor Championships two weeks ago to earn her first conference gold and set a new meet record. She is one of five women in this weekend’s competition who have thrown over 23 meters this year, a group which is led by Minnesota’s Anthonett Nabwe at 24.22m (79-5.5).
The highest that a Cal female weight thrower has ever placed at the NCAA Indoor Championships is third, achieved by alumna Camryn Rogers in 2022. This will be the fifth appearance by a Cal woman in the event, following Chioma Amaechi in 2014 and Rogers in 2021-23. Meeks placed sixth at last year’s NCAA Indoor Championships while competing for Vanderbilt.
Senior David Foster has yet to place lower than second this year in the 60m but will have his work cut out for him in this weekend’s competition, where he is the No. 8 seed with his school-record 6.54 that is tied for sixth-fastest in the nation this year. Like Meeks, Foster also won his first conference title at the ACC Indoor Championships, outracing the rest of the field by .08 seconds.
Ten men in this weekend’s contest have run 6.55 or better this year. Foster’s top competition will be Auburn’s Kanyinsola Ajayi and Israel Okon, who have each run 6.51 this year, as well as USC’s JC Stevenson, who has a season-best time of 6.50 (adjusted for altitude to 6.52). This will be Foster’s second-straight appearance at the NCAA Indoor Championships, following an 11th-place finish in 2024 when he was also the first men’s 60m sprinter in program history to qualify for the meet.
Pole vaulter Tyler Burns, a redshirt junior, is ranked sixth in the nation with a school-record PR of 5.62m (18-5.25). He took third place at the ACC Indoor Championships for his second conference medal and is one of 10 men who have posted marks higher than 5.60 meters this year. The favorite this weekend will be Texas A&M’s…
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