Four Bears Record Top-10s At Hornet Invitational

Johnny Goode posted the third-fastest outdoor 200m time in Cal history on Friday.

T&F3/21/2025 9:52 PM | By: Cal Athletics

Johnny Goode Runs Fastest 200m Time By Cal Athlete Since 1988

SACRAMENTO – The California track & field team posted four new program top-10s and another three event wins at Sacramento State’s Hornet Stadium on Friday, not slowing down in the slightest after its historic indoor season and ending the first day of the Hornet Invitational in first place on both the men’s and women’s sides.
 
Junior Johnny Goode, the Golden Bears’ biggest breakout track star of the year, raised eyebrows once again as he took second place in the 200m with a time of 20.71 – the fastest by any Cal athlete since Atlee Mahorn set the current school record of 20.20 in 1988. Goode, who owns the indoor school records in the 200m, 400m and 4x400m, is set to appear for the Bears again Saturday in the 400m along with teammate Isaiah Shaw, who ranks No. 2 in outdoor school history.
 
In addition to Goode, four other Cal men in the 200m race – sophomore Avinash Schwarzkopf (21.20) and freshmen Wazell Wright (21.55), Aidan Orias (22.14) and Aaron Yang (22.62) – posted personal bests, each by .23 seconds or better. Two of the team’s 400m hurdlers (both freshmen) similarly notched career-low times, with Luke Tanguay shaving nearly a second off his PR to finish in 55.15 and Owen Foley posting a time of 56.90.
 
Cal’s male distance runners found plenty of success as well, with senior Garrett MacQuiddy taking the 800m win at 1:49.25 and sophomore Justin Pretre finishing third in a personal-best 1:51.18. Three more Bears improved their collegiate or career bests in the event, as sophomore Lamarr Kirk Jr. completed the race in 1:52.23 followed by freshmen Gabriel Rodriguez (1:53.18) and Zac Gibson (1:54.00). Later, in the 5000m, redshirt sophomore Dylan Bissell (14:38.91) and true sophomore Roland Ruckmann-Barnes (14:44.00) notched career-best times, with Bissell’s a 23-second improvement.
 
In the men’s field events, freshman Brandon Cheeks II took home the win for the Bears in the high jump open section with a mark of 1.97m (6-5.5) for a new collegiate PR, while senior Riley Knott placed second in the elite section at 2.02m (6-7.5). Over in the triple jump pit, sophomore