Chase Wheeler Class: RS Junior Hometown: San Ramon, Calif. High School: De La Salle HS Event: Sprints-Jumps Experience: 2V

• Qualified for the 2012 NCAA Championships in the long jump
• Won the 2009 California state championship in the long jump with a distance of 25-2.25, the second-best prep mark in the nation

Sophomore (2012): Posted a wind-aided mark of 25-2.75 in the long jump at the West Preliminary meet (11th place) to qualify for the NCAA Championships ... however, recorded an NM at the national meet ... legal best is 25-0.0 from the Pac-12 Championships ... also went 25-0.50w to take sixth place at the conference meet ... paced the Bears in the 100m with a time of 10.45w and was a member of the 4x100m relay ... top indoor long jump distance was 23-0.00. Redshirt-Freshman (2011): Cal's top 200m sprinter in 2011 with a best of 21.47 at the Big Meet ... also ranked second on the squad in the 100m, covering the distance in a fastest time of 10.62 ... posted a best legal distance of 23-5.25 at week later at Brutus Hamilton Invitational ... finished 14th in the long jump at the Pac-12 meet (23-2.75) ... during the indoor season, was fourth in the long jump at the MPSF Championships with an indoor PR 23-10.75. Freshman (2010): Competed indoors and had a best mark of 22-5.00 in the long jump at the UW Invitational ... redshirted outdoors. High School: Established PRs of 10.70 in the 100m and 21.68 in the 200m ... long jumped 23-1.25 indoors at the National Scholastic meet ... named the De La Salle HS Athlete of the Year as a senior ... also played on the football team. Personal: Born Aug. 27, 1991, in Berkeley, Calif. ... parents are Clyde and Sylvia Wheeler ... has an older sister, Chelsea ... American studies major.

Career Best Marks
Event                  Mark   Date
60m                   7.02i   Jan. 22, 2011
100m                  10.62   April 16, 2011
200m                  21.47   April 16, 2011
Long Jump   25-0.00 (7.62m)   May 12, 2012