Bears Claim 5 Medals On Day 2 Of ACC Championships

Lucija Leko (right) and Caisa-Marie Lindfors both bettered Cal’s 26-year-old shot put record on the way to ACC podium finishes.

T&F5/16/2025 8:41 PM | By: Cal Athletics

Leko, Lindfors Surpass 26-Year-Old Program Shot Put Record

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The California track & field team posted one of its best outings at a conference meet in recent memory at Kentner Stadium on Friday afternoon, with five Golden Bears earning podium spots, five posting program top-10 entries and three qualifying to Saturday’s track finals at the ACC Outdoor Championships.
 
Shot putter Nick Godbehere earned Cal’s first medal of the day with a third-place finish in the event, posting a mark of 18.21m (59-9) for his second-best performance of the season. The Bears later picked up two more medals in the women’s competition, as both Lucija Leko (16.80m/55-1.5) and Caisa-Marie Lindfors (16.67m/54-8.25) posted PRs of nearly two feet each and surpassed the previous school record in the event to place second and third, respectively; the old program mark of 16.57m (54-4.75), belonging to alumna Kristin Heaston, had stood for 26 years.
 
Two Cal jumpers also earned silver medals in their respective events. Freshman Trevor Rogers finished just one inch out of first place in the long jump, surpassing his previous personal best by 9.5 inches for a mark of 7.66m (25-1.75). That competition also featured Riley Knott, who finished fourth with an 11-inch PR of 7.44m (24-5), and Javon Hampton Jr., who earned a spot in the final and finished ninth at 7.18m (23-6.75). In the pole vault, Tyler Burns tied for second with Louisville’s Lucas Couron and Virginia Tech’s Conner McClure, with all three men posted matching marks of 5.31m (17-5). Parker Terrill also scored for Cal in the event, picking up a point with an eighth-place clearance of 5.06m (16-7.25).
 
Heptathlete Torre Anderson finished her two days of competition with a significant personal-best point total of 5009, which included a PR of 34.95m (114-8) in the javelin. Yuki Hamachi had a career performance in the women’s long jump, recording a PR of 5.91m (19-4.75) to reach the final and earn another three attempts before finishing ninth.
 
Cal’s track athletes posted several outstanding performances, beginning with the women’s 100m…