FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. –Two women from the California track and field team concluded events at John McDonnell Field on Saturday, with sophomore Inara Ukawuba (100m hurdles) and freshman Avery Hart (triple jump) as the Golden Bears' final competitors at the NCAA Outdoor West Regionals. 

Hart finished with a wind-aided personal best performance of 12.90m (42-4) in the triple jump while Ukawuba capped off her 2026 season by clocking in a personal best time of 13.07 to finish as the No.3 all-time 100m hurdler in program history. Ukawuba improved her wind-legal personal record by .30 seconds and her all-time conditions personal record by .10 seconds.  

Cal will send four individuals to Eugene. Ore., for the NCAA Outdoor Championships on June 10-13. Out of the four qualified individuals, three will make their first career NCAA Outdoor Championship appearance.

In a sensational season so far, redshirt junior Seth Johnson pre-qualified for his first career NCAA Outdoor Championship as the current No. 6 all-time decathlete in Cal history. He is the first Bear to qualify in a decathlon event since Hakim McMorris in 2022. Sophomore Trevor Rodgers is the program's first male long jumper to qualify in 11 years. After his regionals performance, Rodgers posted his personal-best leap at 7.76m/25-5.5 - the No. 10 mark in Cal history. On the second day of regionals, a pair of Bears punched their tickets to the season finale -  Valentina Savva (hammer) and Ali Sahaida (pole vault). Savva, the ACC women's hammer champion, threw a remarkable 69.18m (227-0) in her second attempt to make her second consecutive outdoor championship appearance. Sahaida is the first Cal women's pole vaulter to qualify for both the NCAA Indoor and NCAA Outdoor Championships in the same year since Lauren Martinez in 2018. She is also the Bears' first women's pole vaulter to advance since 2023. Sahaida finished regionals with a mark of 4.43m/14-6.25 to punch her ticket to Eugene. 
 

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Cal will close out the 2026 season at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore. on June 10-13. 

 

NCAA WEST REGIONALS-DAY 3 RESULTS

Women's Triple Jump-29. Avery Hart- 12.90m (42-4)

Women's 100m Hurdles-14. Inara Ukawuba-13.07

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