Recent Cal graduate Mykolas Alekna, who announced this week he will fulfill his final season of college eligibility at Oregon, dominated the men’s discus at the 50th Prefontaine Classic at Eugene, Ore., on Saturday.
Meanwhile, fellow Cal alum Camryn Rogers, the reigning Olympic champion, cut loose with a personal-best winning throw of 258 feet, 9 inches (78.88 meters). Rogers broke her own year-old meet record, improved her Canadian national standard and moved to No. 2 on the seasonal world list and No. 5 on the all-time world chart.
Alekna, the 22-year-old Lithuanian, who has broken the world record each of the past two years, had the five longest throws of the day against a field that included the past two Olympic champions and the month-old NCAA meet winner. He posted a winning mark of 232-10 (70,97)…