Bears Topple Records As Cal’s Men Finish Third At ACC Championships

Mykolas Alekna remained undefeated on the year after recording a new meet and facility record in the discus.

T&F5/17/2025 8:20 PM | By: Cal Athletics

Cal Finishes Meet With 12 Conference Medals

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The California track & field team closed out a successful three days at the ACC Outdoor Championships on Saturday night, earning another four medals at Wake Forest’s Kentner Stadium to bring its weekend total to 12. The Golden Bears’ men finished third in the team standings with 79.83 points, just behind second-place North Carolina (82) and winner Duke (86). The Bears placed sixth in the women’s competition with 61 points, while Virginia claimed the team title with 93 points.
 

“I think we did really well, and I’m really proud of how the team performed and stepped up,” Director of Track & Field/Cross Country Robyne Johnson said. “It was top-to-bottom excellent effort from our athletes – we had so many PRs that it’s not even funny, but that’s exactly what we expect in a championship season and they answered the call. I’m super proud of all of them.”
 
Cal’s first event of the day was the men’s discus, where world record-holder and The Bowerman candidate Mykolas Alekna continued his dominant season with the third conference title of his career, out-throwing the rest of the field by over 10 feet on the way to a new facility and meet record of 69.86m (229-2). Two other Bears – Jared Freeman (53.19m/174-6) and Charlie Dang (52.85m/173-4) – placed fourth and fifth, respectively, to score points for the squad, while Nik Iwankiw threw a personal-best 50.69m (166-3). On the women’s side, Caisa-Marie Lindfors picked up her second medal of the meet, placing second with a throw of 58.81m (192-11), while Lucija Leko placed sixth at 50.98m (167-3) to pick up three points.
 
A pair of Bears also picked up medals on the track. Garrett MacQuiddy posted the second-fastest final 400m split in the men’s 1500m, outrunning rival Stanford’s Leo Young on the way to a second-place time of 3:45.25, while Johnny Goode obliterated alumnus Peter Howard’s 40-year-old school record in the 400m to place third in 45.02; that time was also a .7-second personal best, giving Goode his fourth program record of the year.
 
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