California track & field will have three representatives at this week's USA Track & Field (USATF) Outdoor & Para National Championships, as current Golden Bear Johnny Goode and alumni Hakim McMorris, Asha Fletcher Claire Yerby are set to appear at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, in hopes of earning spots at the upcoming World Athletics Championships.
 
The meet will last Thursday-Sunday. All days will be streamed on USATF.TV, while Friday's and Saturday's contests can also be viewed on NBC and Peacock. Live results will be posted on usatf.org. To win an automatic bid to the World Championships, held this year in Tokyo from Sept. 13-21, athletes must finish in the top three in their respective events at the USATF Championships while having reached the World Athletics qualifying standard that season.
 
Goode, who will race in the men's 400m, transferred to Cal from the College of San Mateo for the 2025 season and posted an incredible breakout campaign, setting three school records as an individual (outdoor 400m, indoor and outdoor 400m) and another with the indoor 4x400m relay. His outdoor 400m personal best of 45.02, set at the ACC Outdoor Championships, shattered a 40-year-old program mark. This will be Goode's second appearance in Eugene this summer, the first being an appearance at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in June.
 
McMorris, a 2023 graduate who competed at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in both 2022 and 23 and earned All-America recognition at the 2023 Indoor Championships, will be continuing his successful professional career with an appearance in the decathlon. He holds a personal-best total of 8258 points, which he reached at the Mt. SAC Relays in April, and is the fourth-best mark of the season among the meet's 16-man field. The decathlon begins Thursday at 10:30 a.m. PT.
 
Yerby, who earned her bachelor's degree from Cal in 2024 and earned All-America honors as a graduate transfer at Washington, will compete in the women's 1500m. She posted a personal-best time of 4:07.78 in the event at the Portland Track Festival in June, then recorded a PR of 2:02.25 in the 800m one month later at the Stumptown Twilight. She will race for the first time at 6:32 p.m. Thursday.
 
McPherson, a 2016 Olympian who competed for the United States in the high jump, graduated from Cal in 2009, Her collegiate career included two All-America honors, both in 2007 when she placed among the top eight at the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships. As a professional, she has also collected two U.S. indoor titles (2013-14) and has a personal best of 1.96m (6-6), last reached at the 2017 Madrid Meeting. McPherson will compete Friday at 4:05 p.m.
 
Fletcher competed for Cal as an undergraduate through 2023, reaching the NCAA Outdoor Championships in her final year as a Bear, before finishing her eligibility at UCLA as a grad transfer. She will compete in the women's triple jump, an event in which she has a wind-aided PR of 13.56m/44-6 (set at the Franson Last Chance in May) and a wind-legal PR of 13.33m/43-8.75 (set at the NCAA West Regional in 2023). The triple jump will be contested Saturday at 12:40 p.m.
 
                                                                                                                                                                            
USA Track & Field Championships – Schedule (Cal Entries – All Times PT)
Thursday
10:30 a.m. – Decathlon 100m (McMorris)
11:20 a.m. – Decathlon Long Jump (McMorris)
12:20 p.m. – Decathlon Shot Put (McMorris)
5:45 p.m. – Decathlon High Jump (McMorris)
6:32 p.m. – Women's 1500m First Round (Yerby)
7:52 p.m. – Decathlon 400m (McMorris)
 
Friday
11:30 a.m. – Decathlon 110m Hurdles (McMorris)
12:25 p.m. – Decathlon Discus (McMorris)
2:05 p.m. – Decathlon Pole Vault (McMorris)
4:05 p.m. – Women's High Jump (McPherson)
4:24 p.m. – Men's 400m Semifinal (Goode)
5:25 p.m. – Decathlon Javelin (McMorris)
7:06 p.m. – Decathlon 1500m (McMorris)
 
Saturday
12:40 p.m. – Women's Triple Jump (Fletcher)
1:11 p.m. – Men's 400m Final (Goode – if qualified)
2:03 p.m. – Women's 1500m Final (Yerby – if qualified)
 
World Athletics – Tokyo 2025 Entry Standards
Men's 400m – 44.85
Women's 1500m – 4:01.50
Decathlon - 8550
 
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