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A dozen Cal Bears qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

Eugene, Oregon will host this championships on June 8-11

Ruey Yen
May 30, 2022
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A dozen Cal Bears qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

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Needing a top-12 finish to advance out of the NCAA West Region Preliminary this past week, 11 Cal Bears were able to achieve that and earn a trip to the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

This group qualified for 8 events and one relay and join teammate Hakim McMorris who had already qualified for decathlon.

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After four days of competition at the NCAA West Region Preliminary, the total of Golden Bears headed to the NCAA Championships has rises to TWELVE. Congratulations to all of our competitors!! #GoBears🐻 calbea.rs/3PHTqfL
3:51 AM ∙ May 29, 2022
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Cal's 2022 NCAA Qualifiers
-Ezinne Abba, 100m/4x100m
-Busola Akinduro, Triple Jump
-Mykolas Alekna, Discus
-Jada Hicks, 4x100m
-Josh Johnson, Shot Put
-Iffy Joyner, Discus
-Hakim McMorris, Decathlon
-Ivar Moisander, Hammer
-Anna Purchase, Hammer
-Camryn Rogers, Hammer
-Aysha Shaheed, 4x100m
-Maisie Stevens, 4x100m

Ezinne Abba will participate in two events. The senior will race as an individual in 100m sprint thanks to a 5th place finish as well as with Jada Hicks, Aysha Shaheed, and Maisie Stevens in the 4x100m relay since the quartet placed 6th.

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Another event for @ezzyneh !! She’ll be representing the Bears in two events at the NCAA Championships! #GoBears🐻
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12:27 AM ∙ May 29, 2022
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Add another 4️⃣ to the Eugene trip. The women’s 4x100m relay is moving on!!! #GoBears🐻
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10:56 PM ∙ May 28, 2022
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Also making the NCAA Championships for the first time is Cal sophomore Busola Akinduro. She earned the last spot available by placing 12th with a wind-aided Personal Record jump.

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🎟 to NCAAs!! Congratulations, Busola! #GoBears🐻
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1:26 AM ∙ May 29, 2022
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The rest of the Cal Bears, including Hakim McMorris who will have to toss shot put, discus, and javelin as a part of the decathlon, will all be tossers.

Leading the way is Canadian “Calympian” Camryn Rogers, who will be seeking a COVID-interrupted three-peat as the outdoor hammer throw champion. Rogers broke her own collegiate record from earlier this season when she achieved 76.46m (250-10) en route to a totally-expected win at the West Prelim.

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KABOOM. 🔨 For the 4th time in her career and the 2nd time this year, @Camryn_Throws has broken the collegiate record in the women’s hammer throw - and has set a new Canadian record!! 😱 🇨🇦 #GoBears 🐻
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6:20 PM ∙ May 26, 2022
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By the way, Camryn Rogers now owns the top-5 best collegiate women’s hammer throws in history.

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@CalTFXC Here are the all-time top-5 performances in collegiate history in the women's hammer... Camryn Rogers, 76.46m (250-10) Rogers (2), 75.73m (248-6) Rogers (3), 75.52m (247-9) Rogers (4), 74.97m (246-0) Rogers (5), 74.80m (245-5) It's ALL Camryn Rogers!
5:44 PM ∙ May 26, 2022
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Freshman Mykolas Alekna may not have broken his men’s discus collegiate record set at the Pac-12 Championships, but the 19-year-old was able to tie the NCAA West Prelim record with his winning throw of 64.87m.

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No. 1️⃣ heading into Nationals. #GoBears🐻
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10:28 PM ∙ May 27, 2022
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Alekna also became the first Cal male athlete to win a yearly track and field award. He won both the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year award as well as the Pac-12 Field Athlete of the Year.

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For the first time in HISTORY, a Cal athlete has received a @pac12 men’s yearly track & field award… Mykolas Alekna won two. 🔥 Congratulations to our first-ever Pac-12 Men’s Field Athlete of the Year AND Pac-12 Men’s Freshman of the year!! 🐻 #GoBears
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6:08 PM ∙ May 19, 2022
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Both Rogers and Alekna won Pac-12 titles leading up to the NCAA West Prelim. The third Cal Pac-12 champ is Josh Johnson, who will also make it back to Eugene, Oregon by placing 3rd in men’s shot put with a new Personal Record.

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He’s moving on to Nationals - with a new PR, to boot!! 🐻 Congratulations, Josh!! #GoBears
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2:47 AM ∙ May 26, 2022
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Also heading to the NCAA is Ivar Moisander. The Swedish sophomore placed 9th in men’s hammer throw.

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We have our first NCAA Championships qualifier!! 🎉 Congratulations to Ivar Moisander, who will be representing Cal in the men’s hammer throw in Eugene! #GoBears 🇸🇪 🐻
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7:00 PM ∙ May 25, 2022
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Finishing two spots behind Camryn Rogers is teammate Anna Purchase. The junior from England placed 3rd in women’s hammer throw.

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Our fourth qualifier so far… Congratulations, Anna!! #GoBears 🐻
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6:53 PM ∙ May 26, 2022
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Rounding out the Cal throw contingent is Iffy Joyner, who placed two spots behind Alekna in men’s discus throw. Joyner also made it to the NCAA Championships last year when he placed 13th overall in this same event.

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Cal’s SIXTH qualifier is penciled in. Congrats, Iffy!! #GoBears🐻
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10:34 PM ∙ May 27, 2022

Congratulations to all of the Cal NCAA Championships qualifiers. This sleuth of Cal Bears will rest and train for the next two weeks before vying for national titles in what should be the last Cal Athletics event of the 2021-22 school year.

THROW (RUN AND JUMP) ON YOU BEARS!

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