BERKELEY – A total of 26 Golden Bears – 12 women and 14 men – have earned selection into the field for the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds, which will be contested May 25-27 in Austin, Texas. The top 12 finishers in each event at the regional meet will qualify for the NCAA Championships next month in Eugene, Ore.
 
Leading the way is a pair who rank third regionally in their respective events – Ashtyn Davis in the men's 110-meter hurdles and Peter Simon in the men's shot put. Both Davis and Simon captured Pac-12 titles last week and set lifetime bests in the process.
 
Davis won the 110 hurdles in 13.50 seconds to become the No. 3 performer in the event in school history. Simon, meanwhile, recorded a distance of 64-9.25 on his final attempt to claim the crown. The mark also puts him No. 3 all-time at Cal and was the top effort for the Bears in 13 years.
 
Bethan Knights is the top-rated Cal woman, holding down the sixth seed in the 10,000 meters. She placed third in the 10K at the Pac-12 meet with a personal-best 33:30.13, also No. 3 on the Bears' record charts.
 
Three Golden Bears have qualified to compete in two events – Robert Brandt (men's 5000 and 10,000 meters), McKay Johnson (men's shot put and discus) and Malik McMorris (men's shot put and discus).
 
The following is the full list of Cal qualifiers for the regional meet (event, regional ranking, name, mark):
 
Women's 800 meters – 12. Jordyn Colter (2:05.46), 15. Rebecca Croft (2:05.81)
Women's 1500 meters – 37. Xochitl Navarrete (4:24.34); 43. Georgia Bell (4:25.58)
Women's 3000-meter steeplechase – 32. Megan Bordes (10:22.24)
Women's 5000 meters – 24. Marissa Williams (16:06.86)
Women's 10,000 meters – 6. Bethan Knights (33:30.13)
Women's pole vault – 19. Lauren Martinez (13-8.25)
Women's triple jump – 16. Ashley Anderson (42-11.00)
Women's discus – 22. Kendall Mader (174-7)
Women's hammer – 17. Destiny Parker (202-4); 22. Ilse Kaaja (200-7)
 
Men's 1500 meters – 32. Thomas Joyce (3:44.56)
Men's 3000-meter steeplechase – 21. Takeshi Okada (8:53.35); 36. Max Leach (8:57.84)
Men's 5000 meters – 11. Robert Brandt (13:45.45); 26. Garrett Corcoran (13:37.36)
Men's 10,000 meters – 9. Robert Brandt (28:48.38); 21. Trent Brendel (29:20.52)
Men's 110-meter hurdles – 3. Ashtyn Davis (13.50); 25. Tyler Brendel (14.06)
Men's 400-meter hurdles – 17. Connor Meech (51.01)
Men's triple jump – 36. Karsten Wethington (50-3.25)
Men's shot put – 3. Peter Simon (64-9.25); 17. McKay Johnson (61-4.75); 40. Malik McMorris (58-8.50)
Men's discus – 19. Malik McMorris (182-11); 39. McKay Johnson (176-1)
Men's javelin – 40. Scott Chiesa (206-11)