ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The California track & field team posted another impressive outing at the Albuquerque Convention Center on Friday, returning for their second of two meets at the venue with a hunger for more top-10 marks and personal bests at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic. On that front, the Golden Bears more than delivered, totaling five new program all-time top 10s and 12 career marks.
Of all of Cal’s outstanding performances, none stood out more than the outing from senior Ali Sahaida, who posted a jaw-dropping eight-inch PR of 4.49m (14-8.75) and struck down the program’s eight-year-old record set by alumnae Lauren Martinez. Sahaida cleared her first three bars in one try each before surpassing 4.39m (14-4.75) to clinch the Bears’ all-time mark. She then followed up with a clearance of 4.44m (14-6.76) on her second attempt for the best mark ever reached by a female Bear indoors or outdoors, then bettered that to the final winning height on her third jump to clinch her third straight event title as well as a new facility record.
The men’s weight throw was once again a red-hot event for the Bears, with freshman superstar Pietro Camilli crushing Cal’s freshman record for the third consecutive meet with a third-place heave of 20.44m (67-0.75) that surpassed his previous best by a foot and a half and moved him up to No. 2 in program history. Redshirt freshman Miles Clark, who posted Cal’s No. 10 all-time performance two weeks ago, moved up one spot in the program rankings with a mark of 19.49m (63-11.5), which was also more than a foot over his career best…