Cal Sets 8 Provisional Qualifiers, 4 School Indoor Records at MPSF Championships

Cal Sets 8 Provisional Qualifiers, 4 School Indoor Records at MPSF Championships
Turner, Patterson, Carey, Coe run for Cal indoor records in 400, 60, 800 and mile, respectively


Feb. 28, 2009


Complete Results


SEATTLE - California set eight NCAA provisional qualifying times or marks as well as four indoor school records on Saturday at the MPSF Indoor Championships at Washington's Dempsey Indoor Facility, where the Golden Bears men finished tied for second and the Cal women placed sixth in the overall team standings. A pair of provisional qualifying times highlighted Cal's day, as senior Mark Matusak became the fourth-fastest runner in the men's 3000-meter run in Cal history with a fifth-place and lifetime-best time of 8:01.77, while sophomore Michael Coe became the fifth-fastest Bear in the men's one-mile run with a winning 4:00.29.

The Cal men compiled 78.50 points to tie for second with Washington State. UCLA (83.50) won the men's team title. The Bears women collected 68.50 points, with Stanford (115) taking the women's crown. The Cal men's finish tied their second-place finish from 2008, while the women wound up two spots behind last year's fourth-place finish.

"Matusak did a great job coming back in that race," Cal head coach Tony Sandoval said. "With Coe, things are really coming together for him. He had a great fall. The maturity is starting to kick in, and right now he's one of the hottest runners in the country."

Coe's time in the mile, senior Sean Carey's third-place time of 1:49.65 in the men's 800-meter run, senior Kellan Patterson's winning time of 6.77 in the men's 60-meter dash and senior Brook Turner's second-place time of 54.31 in the women's 400-meter dash are new school indoor records. Turner also ran a provisional qualifying time in the 200. Patterson's time was three hundredths of a second from a provisional qualifier.





One of the Bears Matusak trails on Cal's all-time 3000 list is Coe, who set a school and all-time record of 7:48.05 in the Husky Classic on Feb. 14.

Four more Bears posted NCAA provisional qualifiers at MPSFs, including senior Ed Wright, who won the men's high jump with a mark of 2.21 meters (7-3.00), and senior Mackenzie Pierce, who won the women's 800-meter run with a time of 2:06.45. Cal sophomore Cherrelle Garrett clocked a provisional qualifying time of 7.38 to tie for second place in the women's 60-meter dash and freshman Sebastian Sam ran a provisionally qualifying 1:49.86 to take fourth in the men's 800.

Even with all the qualifiers and indoor records Cal set today, Sandoval lauded his athletes' team effort on Saturday.

"Certainly that was what we were looking for, more than anything else - a team effort to get points," he said. "We were tied for first going into the pole vault, and we got close together today. The provisional marks were just an added bonus for us.

"After the first day, I told them, `There's a lot of the track meet left to be completed. We had ebbs and flows but stay positive. You've got to keep working.'"

Cal is back in action when it hosts a quad meet with Stanford, Fresno State and UC Davis on Saturday, March 7, at Memorial Stadium in Berkeley.

MPSF Indoor Championships

Final Team Standings

Women

1. Stanford 115 points
2. Oregon 91.50
3. Arizona State 78
4. UCLA 75.50
5. Washington 72.50
6. California 68.50
7. Arizona 62
8. Washington State 51.50
9. Cal St. Northridge 32.50
10. Long Beach State 14
Men
1. UCLA 83.50 points
2. California 78.50
2. Washington State 78.50
4. Oregon 78
5. Arizona State 76.50
6. Washington 75
7. Stanford 68
8. Cal St. Northridge 56
9. Arizona 54
10. Long Beach State 14
California's Saturday Results

Track Events

Women's 60-Meter Dash Final
2t. Cherrelle Garrett 7.38P.

Women's 400-Meter Dash Final
2. Brook Turner 54.31P. 10. Kandi Bonty 55.89. 12. Kayla Dixon 56.45. 19. Evelyn Smith 57.32.

Women's 800-Meter Run Final
1. Mackenzie Pierce 2:06.45P. 11. Brazile Clark 2:14.12. 14. Francesca Weems 2:15.47.

Women's 1-Mile Run Final
8. Taylor Bryson 4:55.32.

Women's 4x400-Meter Relay Final
5. Cal A (Kandi Bonty, Kayla Dixon, Mackenzie Pierce, Brook Turner) 3:43.29.

Men's 60-Meter Dash Final
1. Kellan Patterson 6.77. 6. Nick Porter 6.92.

Men's 60-Meter Hurdles Final
3. Jordan Paul 8.00. 7. Ryan Holmes 8.17.

Men's 400-Meter Dash Final
12. Tojsh Kennedy 48.75. 15. Keagan Wethington 49.05.

Men's 800-Meter Run Final
3. Sean Carey 1:49.65P. 4. Sebastian Sam 1:49.86P. 11. Francis Gadayan 1:51.70. 16. Eric Lee 1:53.71.

Men's 3000-Meter Run Final
5. Mark Matusak 8:01.77P. 12. Matt K. Miller 8:15.04. 24. Brad Surh 8:46.94.

Men's 1-Mile Run Final
1. Michael Coe 4:00.29P. 11. Eric Lee 4:12.56.

Men's 4x400-Meter Relay
6. Cal A (Tojsh Kennedy, Sean Carey, Sebastian Sam, Francis Gadayan) 3:15.74.

Field Events

Women's High Jump Final
2. Inika McPherson 1.82 meters (5-11.50)P. 4t. Kristen Meister 1.74 (5-8.50).

Women's Triple Jump Final
10. Mercedes Marchbanks 11.63 meters (38-2.00). - Tracey Stewart FOUL.

Women's Shot Put Final
14. Linda Oseso 12.91 meters (42-4.25).

Men's High Jump Final
1. Ed Wright 2.21 meters (7-3.00)P.

Men's Shot Put Final
8. Martin Maric 16.52 meters (54-2.50). 9. Patrick Kowalsky 16.48 (54-1.00).

Multi Events

Heptathlon: Men's 60-Meter Hurdles Final
5. Kevin Kuechler 8.54. 10. Kyle Mills-Bunje 8.86.

Heptathlon: Men's Pole Vault Final
3t. Kyle Mills-Bunje 4.55 meters (14-11.00). 9t. Kevin Kuechler 3.95 (12-11.50).

Heptathlon: Men's 1000-Meter Run Final
8. Kyle Mills-Bunje 2:53.99. 10. Kevin Kuechler 2:55.36.

Men's Heptathlon Final Standings
3. Kyle Mills-Bunje 5224. 7t. Kevin Kuechler 4883.

P NCAA Provisional Qualifying Time/Mark

Courtesy Cal