Bears Ready For NCAA Outdoor Championships

World record-holder and The Bowerman candidate Mykolas Alekna looks to claim his first NCAA title this week at Hayward Field.

T&F6/9/2025 4:03 PM | By: Cal Athletics

5 Women, 3 Men To Compete At Hayward Field

Eight student-athletes from the California track & field team will appear on one of the biggest stages of the sport this week, closing out the collegiate season with the NCAA Outdoor Championships at historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. All events from the competition will be streamed on the ESPN family of networks.
 
Each event has 24 entrants (12 from the West region and 12 from the East region). The top 8 finishers will be named First-Team All-Americans, while places 9-16 will be dubbed Second-Team All-Americans.
 

As usual, several throwers at the NCAA Championships will be wearing the Blue & Gold.
 
World record-holder Mykolas Alekna seeks his first NCAA title in the men’s discus, having placed second as a freshman in 2022 and third in 2023 before redshirting his junior season in preparation for the Olympic Games (where he earned a silver medal). At just 22 years old, he is the only man in history to have surpassed the 75-meter barrier, posting a mark of 75.56m (247-10) in Ramona, Oklahoma, in April. He later picked up the ACC title with a new meet and Kentner Stadium record, then broke both the meet and E. B. Cushing Stadium records at the NCAA West Regional with a mark of 72.12m (236-7). Last Thursday, Alekna was named to The Bowerman Watch List for the 23rd time in his career, more than any thrower and third-most of all men in history.
 
Fellow 2024 Olympian Caisa-Marie Lindfors will be the last Cal athlete to compete this week, entering the meet as the No. 6 seed in the women’s discus. Her season-best throw of 61.52m (201-10) from the 130th Big Meet, while short of her school-record PR of 62.48m (205-0), was enough to cement her as the second-best discus thrower in the conference and third in the West region. Lindfors also claimed second place at the ACC Championships, as well as a third-place finish in the shot put. She last appeared at the NCAA Championships in 2022, where she finished fourth while competing for Florida State.
 
The women’s hammer will feature three Cal throwers for the first time in program history, also the…