Bears Kick Off Home Schedule With Cal Multi Event Apr 3, 2008
The California track and field team hosted its 2008 home opener at the Cal Multi Event today at Edwards Stadium. In the men's decathlon, redshirt freshman competed for the Golden Bears in the decathlon. (Calbears.com)
Cal Wins Six Events at Sacramento State Nike Elite Meet Mar 30, 2008
SACRAMENTO - The California track and field team won six events and earned 12 NCAA regional qualifiers at the Sacramento State Elite meet today at Hornet Stadium. The event winners who regionally qualified were junior (discus), freshman (100 meters), sophomore (100-meter hurdles), junior (400-meter hurdles), junior (800 meters) and the women's 4x100-meter relay consisting of Broom, Garrett, junior and freshman. (Calbears.com)
Cal Opens Outdoor Season at Hornet Invitational Mar 24, 2008
SACRAMENTO - The California track and field team won four events and earned three NCAA regional qualifiers at the Hornet Invitational today at Hornet Stadium. In addition, numerous PRs were set in the opening meet of the 2008 outdoor season. (Calbears.com)
Cal Set To Compete In Hornet Invitational Mar 20, 2008
BERKELEY - The California track and field team will participate in the Sacramento State Hornet Invitational Saturday, March 22, at Hornet Stadium, the same venue where senior All-American won the NCAA Outdoor 800-meter title last year. The meet begins at 9 a.m. with the hammer throw. (Calbears.com)
Bears Compete in Washington Last Chance Meet Mar 9, 2008
- Junior , junior and freshman from the California track and field team competed at the Washington Last Chance Meet today at the Dempsey Indoor Track Facility. Stokke and Morgan each tied their season highs on the pole vault, while McPherson participated in the high jump. (Calbears.com)
Mack Wins 60-Meter Hurdles at Last Chance Qualifier Mar 8, 2008
- Senior from the California track and field team won the 60-meter hurdles at the Arkansas Last Chance Qualifier today at the Randal Tyson Track Center. Also competing for the Golden Bears was freshman in the 60-meter dash. (Calbears.com)
Bears Gear Up For Last Chance Meets Mar 5, 2008
Bears Head To Last Chance Meets The California track and field team continues the 2008 indoor season at two Last Chance Meets this weekend ... Interim Director of Track and Field , a familiar name in San Francisco Bay Area track and field circles, continues his 26th year of association with the California track and field program and his first as the interim Director of Track and Field, after serving the past 17 seasons as the associate director of track and field. (Calbears.com)
Cal Men Place Second, Women Fourth at MPSF Championships Mar 2, 2008
- The California track and field team claimed four conference titles at the MPSF championships, Saturday at the Dempsey Indoor Track Facility. The Golden Bear men took second overall as a team, while the Cal women took fourth. (Calbears.com)
Records Set in Day One of MPSF Championships Mar 1, 2008
- Four members of the California track and field team set new school indoor records in the first day of the MPSF Championships Friday at the Dempsey Indoor Track Facility. In addition, the Golden Bears got four more individual NCAA Indoor provisional qualifiers and the men's distance medley relay also provisionally qualified and set a school indoor record. (Calbears.com)
Bears Complete First Day of United Heritage Invitational Feb 2, 2008
NAMPA, Idaho - The California track and field team had a strong first day at the United Heritage Invitational, Friday at the Jacksons Indoor Track, hosted by Boise State. The Golden Bear women dominated the prelims, taking first in the 60 meters, 200 meters and 400 meters. (Calbears.com)
Cal Continues Indoor Season in Nampa, Idaho Jan 30, 2008
Bears Kickoff Season in Nampa, Idaho The California track and field team continues the 2008 indoor season at the United Heritage Invitational -Event from Feb. 1-2 at the Jacksons Indoor Track Facility in Nampa, Idaho ... Interim Director of Track and Field , a familiar name in San Francisco Bay Area track and field circles, continues his 26th year of association with the California track and field program and his first as the interim Director of Track and Field, after serving the past 17 seasons... (Calbears.com)
Cal Opens Indoor Season at Blue & Orange Classic Jan 23, 2008
Bears Kickoff Season in Nampa, Idaho The California track and field team kicks off the 2008 indoor season at the Blue e Classic Saturday, Jan. 26, at the Jacksons Indoor Track Facility in Nampa, Idaho ... Interim Director of Track and Field , a familiar name in San Francisco Bay Area track and field circles, begins his 26th year of association with the California track and field program and his first as the interim Director of Track and Field, after serving the past 17 seasons as the associate... (Calbears.com)
Synthetic track surface wins over skeptics Tapeta Footings proves safer... Dec 25, 2007
" Golden Gate Fields is the only California track to install Tapeta Footings. Hollywood Park and Santa Anita use Cushion Track, and Del Mar uses Polytrack. Santa Anita's winter-spring season begins Wednesday, and the track had to spend 2 1/2 weeks totally renovating the surface because of drainage problems during rainy weather. At Golden Gate Fields, trainers raved about the effectiveness of the vertical drainage system that sits below layers of rock, asphalt and a wax-coated mixture of sand,... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Bringing on the heat Oct 15, 2007
The race completed a cycle for trainer William Morey Jr., whose horses had won at every California track except Fresno. "No longer," Morey said. (Fresno Bee -- Sports)
The long road back Oct 13, 2007
"Once I recovered, it made me more determined to get my license."Gladney, 5 feet, 4 inches and 116 pounds, has gone on to win at every California track except Ferndale. But in January 2002 at Los Alamitos, his career almost ended. (Fresno Bee -- Sports)
Rembao, Gipson and Lewy Join Cal's Staff Sep 7, 2007
The California track and field program has named three assistant coaches to the staff, Golden Bears' interim director of track and field announced today. Cal hired John Rembao as an assistant coach and director of operations for track and field, Mike Gipson as an assistant coach for sprinters, hurdlers and relays, as well as recruiting coordinator, and Magdalena Lewy, a Cal alumna who will serve as an assistant coach for cross country and track and field. (Calbears.com)
Tony Sandoval Named Interim Director of Track and Field Aug 28, 2007
Berkeley - Longtime University of California track coach has been named interim director of track for the 2007-08 season, Director of Athletics Sandy Barbour announced today. "We conducted a national search for the position and had a highly qualified applicant pool," Barbour said. (Calbears.com)
Fairs riding highs, lows of horse racing Jul 19, 2007
Stockton, the first California track to host live racing after parimutuel gambling was legalized in 1932, just completed its 75th San Joaquin County Fair season with its 76th season in doubt. State racing officials were "pleasantly surprised" by Stockton's initial results. (Fresno Bee -- Sports)
Kelechi Anyanwu - Discus Champion Jun 18, 2007
Coach Joyce probably - if privately - found some vindication in Anyanwu's accomplishment after being singled out for criticism by John Crumpacker in an unbalanced article on the California Track program in the San Francisco Chronicle. Although Kelechi was ranked second nationally coming into last week's meet, she knew she had her work cut out for her given the level of competition at the meet. (GoCyberBears.com)
USF Track And Field Competes In California Collegiate Track Championships Apr 29, 2007
For complete results from the California Track Championships please click on the links above. (Usfdons.com)
California Track and Field Kicks off California Collegiate Challenge Apr 29, 2007
California Golden Bears - Official Athletic Site. HISTORY TIONS TRAVEL CENTER. (Calbears.com)
Flanagan, Powell off to record-breaking start to season Apr 21, 2007
Shalane Flanagan was running the 5,000 meters virtually by herself on a California track. Suzy Powell was throwing at a discus-only meet in Hawaii. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
'Stampede' softball rates as high quality Apr 17, 2007
Mt. Sac update: Bay Area athletes made another big impact at another highly regarded Southern California track and field event, the Mt. Sac Relays in Walnut (Los Angeles County) on Friday and Saturday. UCLA-bound pole-vaulter Tori Anthony (Castilleja-Palo Alto) set the state outdoor record with a mark of 13 feet, 10 inches. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Cal Opens Outdoor Season in Arizona Mar 22, 2007
BERKELEY - The California track and field team opens its 2007 outdoor season at the Jim Klick Combined Events and the Jim Klick Shootout hosted by the University of Arizona this Thursday through Saturday, March 22-24, in Tucson, Ariz. The Golden Bears are fresh off a successful indoor season, in which they produced eight All-Americans at the recent NCAA Indoor Championships: Juniors , , , and , seniors and , and sophomore. (Pac-10.org)
Del Mar awaits OK on track surface Dec 9, 2006
Hollywood Park became the first Southern California track to race on an artificial surface with the start of its fall meeting on Nov. 1. A Cushion Track-brand surface was installed over the summer. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Cal Adds Slover as Pole Vault Coach Oct 27, 2006
BERKELEY - The California track and field program hired Scott Slover as an assistant coach in charge of the pole vault, Golden Bears director of track and field announced. Slover, a former pole vault star for UCLA, joined the Bears this past summer. (Pac-10.org)
Cal Track and Field Loses Binkley, Anderson Sep 19, 2006
BERKELEY - California track and field lost two important friends this summer in Dr. Frederick M. "Ted" Binkley and Andy Anderson. Binkley passed away at a convalescent hospital in Orinda last May at the age of 84. (Pac-10.org)
Olympian Mathias dies at 75 Sep 4, 2006
Dean Cromwell, University of Southern California track coach, urged him to give up football advice he ignored. "I just loved to play, and so I did," Mr. Mathias said in 1989. (Fresno Bee)
Tagliani, Tracy bury the hatchet Aug 1, 2006
" Tracy, of Toronto, who drives for Forsythe Championship Racing, caused the crash, which possibly robbed Tagliani of a top-three finish in a season that's been difficult for the native of Lachenaie, Que. While the incident at the California track continued a history of clashes between the two, Tagliani insisted the friendship they've built over the past year ensured that they would work out their differences. "I consider him a friend, and no matter what happens on the racetrack, you should be... (Globe and Mail -- Sports)
Winless Gordon looking for jump-start Jun 24, 2006
In last years visit to the Northern California track, Gordon started second and led 32 laps before a broken transmission left him in 33rd-place. Because of our success here, its easy to look at last years result as playing a big role in us missing the Chase, Gordon said. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Feds want S.F. judge to push leak probe Jun 23, 2006
Hollywood Park will replace its dirt main track with a synthetic surface in July, making it the first California track to do so. The project, with an estimated cost of $8 million, will begin after the current spring-summer meeting ends July 16. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Hollywood Park to install synthetic racing surface Jun 22, 2006
INGLEWOOD Hollywood Park will replace its dirt main track with a synthetic surface in July, making it the first California track to do so. The state's other major thoroughbred tracks Santa Anita, Del Mar, Los Alamitos, Bay Meadows and Golden Gate face a Dec. 31, 2007, deadline by the California Horse Racing Board to install synthetic surfaces. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
High school stars saluted Jun 10, 2006
California track and field athlete David Klech and Carondelet girls basketball player Jayne Appel repeated as the boys and girls Times Athletes of the Year. It was the first time the same male and female athlete won the award in back-to-back years. (Contra Costa Times -- Sports)
Athletes of the week May 24, 2006
Eden track), Eve King (University track and field), David Klech (California track and field), Jesse Krompier (Campolindo swimming), Michele McMahon (Washington softball), Molly Scheufler (Marin Catholic soccer), Scott Vogelgesang (California swimming), Heather White (Miramonte swimming). Page D - 7. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
The Golden Bears Travel to the Pac-10 Championships May 10, 2006
California Track and Field Notes ... IN THE STARTING BLOCKS: The California track and field team will travel to the Pac-10 Track Championships, presented by 76 ProClean Gasoline on Saturday-Sunday, May 13-14, in Eugene, Ore. (Calbears.com)
Golden Bears travel to Pac-10 Multi Events and Modesto Relays May 3, 2006
California Track and Field Notes. May 2, 2006. (Calbears.com)
High school sports page May 1, 2006
California track star posts the season's best high school time in the U.S. with his effort in the 110-meter high hurdles California High School's David Klech didn't get a good start in the invitational boys 110-meter high hurdles Saturday at the Sacramento Meet of Champions. SCOREBOARD Baseball JC BVC Los Medanos 6, Laney 2 Los Medanos 300 -000 -030 -- 6 9 2 Laney 000 -002 -000 -- 2 8 1 At College of Alameda Kyle Dunn, Spencer Kberg (7), Kevin Simmons (9) and Dustin Hughes. (Contra Costa Times -- Sports)
California Track and Field Opens at Drake Relays Apr 29, 2006
DES MOINES, Iowa - The California track and field team braved through wind, rain and cold weather to opened competition at the 97th annual Drake Relays on Friday in Des Moines, Iowa. A bright spot for the Bears on the cloudy day was the 4 x 100m women's relay team of senior , senior , sophomore and senior whom reached tomorrow's finals with their prelim time of 45. (Calbears.com)
The Golden Bears Travel to the 97th Annual Drake Relays Apr 26, 2006
California Track and Field Notes ... IN THE STARTING BLOCKS: The California track and field team will travel to the Drake Relays on April 28-29, in Des Moines, Iowa. (Calbears.com)
Golden Bears Host the 112th Annual Big Meet Apr 20, 2006
California Track and Field Notes ... IN THE STARTING BLOCKS: The California track and field team will host Stanford for the 112th Big Meet at Edwards Stadium on Saturday, April 22. (Calbears.com)
Track & Field Apr 19, 2006
The California track and field team will split the team between the ninth annual Brutus Hamilton Invitational and the Mount Sac Relays on Saturday, April 15 ... The California track and field team competed at the Johnny Mathis Invitational on Saturday at San Francisco State ... The California track and field team wrapped up action at the 79th annual Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays in Austin, Texas on Saturday, with a successful run in the men's javelin and again in the men's and women's relays... (Calbears.com)
Track and Field Host Ninth Annual Brutus Hamilton Apr 19, 2006
BERKELEY - The California track and field team hosted the ninth annual Brutus Hamilton Invitational on a cold, rainy day in Berkeley, Calif. However several Golden Bear athletes braved the elements to showcase their talents. (Calbears.com)
Daytona 500: Second, third, top ... Feb 20, 2006
The test that we had in Vegas, if it's indicative if the California track is anything like the Vegas track, which it's very similar, I feel pretty good about going into it. You know, we'll just have to wait and see. (Motor Sport)
