Cal Men's DMR Sets School Mark, NCAA Qualifying Time at MPSF Indoor Championships

Men's DMR Sets School Mark, NCAA Qualifying Time at MPSF Indoor Championships
Bears run 9:29.71 to win relay at Washington's Dempsey Indoor Facility


Feb. 27, 2009

Results

SEATTLE - California's men's distance medley relay ran an NCAA automatic qualifying time, set a school record and set a meet record by winning the race in 9:29.71 on Friday at the MPSF Indoor Championships at Washington's Dempsey Indoor Facility. The quartet of senior Mark Matusak, senior Jake Hanson, freshman Sebastian Sam and junior Michael Coe broke the school mark of 9:33.77 Cal set in the 2007 NCAA Indoor championships. The Cal women stand in fourth place and the Bears men stand 10th after the first day of the conference meet.

"That was the third-fastest time behind Arkansas [9:28.35] and Oregon [9:29.39] right now," Cal head coach Tony Sandoval said. "Any other year, that would be the nation's leading time, and we would be the preeminent favorite to win the event [at the NCAA Indoor Championships]. Not this year. Nevertheless, we're excited to run so fast and that we're going to NCAAs."

The Bears also hit NCAA provisional qualifiers in the women's 60-meter dash preliminaries, with sophomore Cherrelle Garrett tying her season-best time of 7.34, the women's 5000-meter run, with sophomore Alison Greggor running a 16:30.56 to place fourth, and the women's pole vault, with sophomore Allison Stokke posting a mark of 4.00 meters (13-1.50) to tie for seventh place. Garrett ran the fastest 60-meter time and qualified for tomorrow's final.





"The first day doesn't mean a lot as far as standings," Sandoval said. "We have a lot of stronger events coming tomorrow, but we did have some surprising performances. Alison Greggor ran a provisional time in the 5000. That was phenomenal. The women's DMR ran very well in third place. We looked pretty good in Kyle Mills-Bunje and Kevin Kuechler in the multis. And Allison Stokke jumped well in the pole vault."

Cal's women's DMR, which consisted of redshirt freshman Taylor Bryson, sophomore Kayla Dixon, senior Francesca Weems and freshman Deborah Maier, ran a time of 11:41.10 for third.

After four events in the men's heptathlon, Mills-Bunje stands in fourth place with 2948 points. Kuechler, a redshirt freshman, is eighth with 2719 points.

The final day of the MPSF Indoor Championships begins Saturday at 11 a.m. with the men's heptathlon 60-meter hurdles, women's triple jump final, men's high jump final and women's shot put final.

MPSF Indoor Championships

Friday's Team Standings

Women

1. Stanford 56 points
2. Arizona State 47
2. Oregon 47
4. California 28
5. Washington 25.50
6. Arizona 22
6. UCLA 22
8. Cal St. Northridge 11
9. Long Beach State 8
10. Washington St. 5.50
Men

1. Arizona State 28 points
2. Washington 25
3. Cal St. Northridge 24
4. Stanford 20.50
4. Oregon 20.50
6. UCLA 20
7. Arizona 19
8. Washington State 15
9. Long Beach State 13
10. California 10
California's Friday Results

Track Events

Women's 60-Meter Dash Preliminary
1. Cherrelle Garrett 7.34P. 12. Kristin Holmes 7.78. 16. Robyn Hunte 7.93.

Women's 200-Meter Dash Final
2. Cherrelle Garrett 24.03. 6. Kandi Bonty 24.64. 10. Brook Turner 24.73. 21. Robyn Hunte 25.87.

Women's 5000-Meter Run Final
4. Alison Greggor 16:30.56P.

Women's Distance-Medley Relay
3. Cal A (Taylor Bryson, Kayla Dixon, Francesca Weems, Deborah Maier) 11:41.10.

Women's 60-Meter Hurdles Preliminary
- Emani Truluck DNF.

Men's 60-Meter Dash Preliminary
4. Kellan Patterson 6.83. 5t. Nick Porter 6.84. 15t. Shane Vereen 6.96.

Men's 200-Meter Dash Final
18t. Nick Porter 22.16. 21. Kellan Patterson 22.22.

Men's 5000-Meter Run Final
10. Kari Karlsson 14:15.87. 15. Steve Sodaro 14:31.15. 17. Matt H. Miller 14:35.32.

Men's 60-Meter Hurdles Preliminary
4. Jordan Paul 8.08. 6t. Ryan Holmes 8.17. 12. Aaron Burney 8.43.

Men's Distance-Medley Relay
1. Cal A (Mark Matusak, Francis Gadayan, Sebastian Sam, Michael Coe) 9:29.71AM.

Field Events

Women's Long Jump Final
9. Jackie Lewis 5.70 meters (18-8.50). 16. Robyn Hunte 5.26 (17-3.25). - Tracey Stewart FOUL.

Women's Weight Throw Final
5. Kiely Smith 16.67 meters (54-8.25). 11. Linda Oseso 15.26 (50-0.75).

Women's Pole Vault Final
7t. Allison Stokke 4.00 meters (13-1.50)P. 9t. Cyrena Giordano 3.85 (12-7.50). 12t. Theresa Raub 3.70 (12-1.50).

Men's Weight Throw Final
14. Miles Palacios 16.41 meters (53-10.25).

Multi Events

Heptathlon: Men's 60-Meter Dash Final
6. Kevin Kuechler 7.24. 7. Kyle Mills-Bunje 7.29.

Heptathlon: Men's Long Jump Final
3. Kyle Mills-Bunje 6.92 meters (22-8.50). 7. Kevin Kuechler 6.56 (21-6.25).

Heptathlon: Men's Shot Put Final
3. Kyle Mills-Bunje 12.56 meters (41-2.50). 7. Kevin Kuechler 11.60 (38-0.75).

Heptathlon: Men's High Jump Final
5t. Kyle Mills-Bunje 1.92 meters (6-3.50). 11. Kevin Kuechler 1.80 (5-10.75)

A NCAA Automatic Qualifying Time/Mark
P NCAA Provisional Qualifying Time/Mark
M MPSF Meet Record

Courtesy University of California