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USC Sets Sights On The Pac-12 T&F Championships
May 09, 2018 | Track & Field, Features
The Trojans will compete at the 2018 Pac-12 Track & Field Championships hosted by Stanford in Palo Alto, Calif. on May 12-13. Entering this week, the USC women's team is ranked No. 3 and the men's team No. 9. The meet will be televised live on the Pac-12 Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. on May 12 and at 3 p.m. on May 13.
TRAVELING TROJANS - USC has 16 men and 22 women expected to compete this week at the Pac-12 Championships: Men: Barnum, Benjamin, Brock, Bultman, Ford, Gonzalez, Joyner, Morgan, Myrtue, Norman, Ponzio, Samuel, Sears, Shinnick, Sloan, Smallwood. Women: Annelus, Berry, Brissett, Cockrell, Constantine, Corrin, Ellis, Gillian, Gore, Hall, Harmon-Thomas, Hill, Jemison, Lopes, McArthur, McGlaston, Palka, Richards, Robinson, Roberts, Terry, Westbrook.
USC AT THE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS -- The USC men's team has won 16 conference team titles and has finished second four of the last five seasons. USC's women's team has captured one team title (1996) and has finished second the last four seasons. The last USC men's team title came in 2006, but USC has scored 99 or more points in 17 of the last 21 seasons. Last year, USC's men took second by scoring 115.50 points. The USC women's team has finished fourth or higher in 26 of the 31 seasons of the women's meet and has scored 99 or more points in 18 of the last 22 meets. The USC women's team scored 135 points to place second in 2017, 111.50 for second in 2016 and scored 182 points in 2015 to take second, the most points scored ever by a team not to capture the conference crown (Oregon won 185-182).
TROJAN TIDBITS AT THE PAC-12s - Since 1960, USC's men's team has won 243 event titles, 48 more than the next team (UCLA-195). The most events won in a single meet was 11 by USC in 1961. USC's men have won the most titles in 10 of the 21 events. A USC man has won the 100m and 200m dashes 19 times, including nine of the last 13 100m titles and nine of the last 15 200m titles. USC's women's team has won the second-most individual events (107) and has the most or tied for the most wins in six of the 21 events. A USC woman has won the 100m dash 11 times and the 200m race 12 times. USC has won the women's 4x100m relay 11 times since 2000 & 14 times overall, including with a then-meet-record time of 43.10 in 2015.
LOPES & GONZALEZ PLACE 4TH AT PAC-12 MULTI-EVENTS - Both Lyndsey Lopes in the heptathlon and Michael Gonzalez in the decathlon placed fourth at the Pac-12 Multi-Events Championships at Stanford from May 5-6. Lopes won the 100m hurdles and 200m dash en route to a PR of 5,719 points, which bettered her fifth-place standing on USC's all-time list. Gonzalez, in his first-ever decathlon, won the 100m dash and scored 5,925 points.
THERE IS NO NORMAL WITH NORMAN - USC sophomore sprinter Michael Norman has run in just nine outdoor meets as a Trojan, yet each time he does it is something special. He began his outdoor college career at the 2017 USC-UCLA Dual Meet and won the 400m dash with a then-USC freshman record. He then won the 2017 Pac-12 400m title with a time of 45.15, defeating the two-time defending champion on his own track. Norman then placed fourth in the NCAA 400m final with a new freshman record-time of 44.88 and the fifth-fastest time ever by a Trojan in the NCAA final. On April 7 this season, in his second outdoor 200m race, Norman ran a PR of 20.06 (-1.4), the fourth-fastest time in schoo history and a time which would have brought home the bronze medal at the 2016 Olympics. He lowered his freshman 400m record to 44.60 with a third place finish at the 2017 USA T&F Championships. He opened up in the 400m at the Mt. SAC Relays and won the invitational race with a PR and NCAA-leading time of 44.53. Norman competed during the 2018 indoor season and won the NCAA 400m title while setting the world indoor record and was part of the the relay which had the fastest 4x400m time in history.
TOP 30 TROJANS - The following USC athletes currently rank in the NCAA's descending order Top 30 in events so far this outdoor season. Angie Annelus (16th - 200m), Rai Benjamin (3rd - 400m, 4th - 400m H), Nathan Bultman (23rd - HT), Chanel Brissett (15th - 100m H), Anna Cockrell (T-10th - 100m H, 3rd - 400m H), Kyra Constantine (28th - 400m), Courtney Corrin (10th - LJ), Kendall Ellis (17th - 200m, 4th - 400m), Robert Ford (4th - 800m), Dior Hall (T-8th - 100m H), Deanna Hill (T-4th - 100m, 13th - 200m), Breana Jemison (7th - SP), Lyndsey Lopes (13th - Hep.), Ricky Morgan Jr. (17th - 400m), Michael Norman (3rd - 200m, 1st - 400m), Nick Ponzio (17th - SP), Madisen Richards (T-17th - LJ), Kaelin Roberts (8th - 400m), Cameron Samuel (19th - 400m H), Earnest Sears III (T-19th - HJ), Zach Shinnick (27th - 200m), Eric Sloan (24th - TJ), TeeTee Terry (T-2nd - 100m), W-4x100m (2nd, 8th, 14th), M-4x100m (3rd, 4th), M-4x400m (30th).
THE BOWERMAN WATCH LIST - Kendall Ellis, Rai Benjamin and Michael Norman have been named to the Pre-Conference Championships Watch List for the Bowerman by the USTFCCCA. The Bowerman is awarded annually at the end of the track and field season to the most outstanding track and field athlete.
ON DECK: NCAA WEST REGIONAL - Qualified Trojans be competing at the NCAA West Regional in Sacramento, Calif. on May 24-26. Â
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TRAVELING TROJANS - USC has 16 men and 22 women expected to compete this week at the Pac-12 Championships: Men: Barnum, Benjamin, Brock, Bultman, Ford, Gonzalez, Joyner, Morgan, Myrtue, Norman, Ponzio, Samuel, Sears, Shinnick, Sloan, Smallwood. Women: Annelus, Berry, Brissett, Cockrell, Constantine, Corrin, Ellis, Gillian, Gore, Hall, Harmon-Thomas, Hill, Jemison, Lopes, McArthur, McGlaston, Palka, Richards, Robinson, Roberts, Terry, Westbrook.
USC AT THE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS -- The USC men's team has won 16 conference team titles and has finished second four of the last five seasons. USC's women's team has captured one team title (1996) and has finished second the last four seasons. The last USC men's team title came in 2006, but USC has scored 99 or more points in 17 of the last 21 seasons. Last year, USC's men took second by scoring 115.50 points. The USC women's team has finished fourth or higher in 26 of the 31 seasons of the women's meet and has scored 99 or more points in 18 of the last 22 meets. The USC women's team scored 135 points to place second in 2017, 111.50 for second in 2016 and scored 182 points in 2015 to take second, the most points scored ever by a team not to capture the conference crown (Oregon won 185-182).
TROJAN TIDBITS AT THE PAC-12s - Since 1960, USC's men's team has won 243 event titles, 48 more than the next team (UCLA-195). The most events won in a single meet was 11 by USC in 1961. USC's men have won the most titles in 10 of the 21 events. A USC man has won the 100m and 200m dashes 19 times, including nine of the last 13 100m titles and nine of the last 15 200m titles. USC's women's team has won the second-most individual events (107) and has the most or tied for the most wins in six of the 21 events. A USC woman has won the 100m dash 11 times and the 200m race 12 times. USC has won the women's 4x100m relay 11 times since 2000 & 14 times overall, including with a then-meet-record time of 43.10 in 2015.
LOPES & GONZALEZ PLACE 4TH AT PAC-12 MULTI-EVENTS - Both Lyndsey Lopes in the heptathlon and Michael Gonzalez in the decathlon placed fourth at the Pac-12 Multi-Events Championships at Stanford from May 5-6. Lopes won the 100m hurdles and 200m dash en route to a PR of 5,719 points, which bettered her fifth-place standing on USC's all-time list. Gonzalez, in his first-ever decathlon, won the 100m dash and scored 5,925 points.
THERE IS NO NORMAL WITH NORMAN - USC sophomore sprinter Michael Norman has run in just nine outdoor meets as a Trojan, yet each time he does it is something special. He began his outdoor college career at the 2017 USC-UCLA Dual Meet and won the 400m dash with a then-USC freshman record. He then won the 2017 Pac-12 400m title with a time of 45.15, defeating the two-time defending champion on his own track. Norman then placed fourth in the NCAA 400m final with a new freshman record-time of 44.88 and the fifth-fastest time ever by a Trojan in the NCAA final. On April 7 this season, in his second outdoor 200m race, Norman ran a PR of 20.06 (-1.4), the fourth-fastest time in schoo history and a time which would have brought home the bronze medal at the 2016 Olympics. He lowered his freshman 400m record to 44.60 with a third place finish at the 2017 USA T&F Championships. He opened up in the 400m at the Mt. SAC Relays and won the invitational race with a PR and NCAA-leading time of 44.53. Norman competed during the 2018 indoor season and won the NCAA 400m title while setting the world indoor record and was part of the the relay which had the fastest 4x400m time in history.
TOP 30 TROJANS - The following USC athletes currently rank in the NCAA's descending order Top 30 in events so far this outdoor season. Angie Annelus (16th - 200m), Rai Benjamin (3rd - 400m, 4th - 400m H), Nathan Bultman (23rd - HT), Chanel Brissett (15th - 100m H), Anna Cockrell (T-10th - 100m H, 3rd - 400m H), Kyra Constantine (28th - 400m), Courtney Corrin (10th - LJ), Kendall Ellis (17th - 200m, 4th - 400m), Robert Ford (4th - 800m), Dior Hall (T-8th - 100m H), Deanna Hill (T-4th - 100m, 13th - 200m), Breana Jemison (7th - SP), Lyndsey Lopes (13th - Hep.), Ricky Morgan Jr. (17th - 400m), Michael Norman (3rd - 200m, 1st - 400m), Nick Ponzio (17th - SP), Madisen Richards (T-17th - LJ), Kaelin Roberts (8th - 400m), Cameron Samuel (19th - 400m H), Earnest Sears III (T-19th - HJ), Zach Shinnick (27th - 200m), Eric Sloan (24th - TJ), TeeTee Terry (T-2nd - 100m), W-4x100m (2nd, 8th, 14th), M-4x100m (3rd, 4th), M-4x400m (30th).
THE BOWERMAN WATCH LIST - Kendall Ellis, Rai Benjamin and Michael Norman have been named to the Pre-Conference Championships Watch List for the Bowerman by the USTFCCCA. The Bowerman is awarded annually at the end of the track and field season to the most outstanding track and field athlete.
ON DECK: NCAA WEST REGIONAL - Qualified Trojans be competing at the NCAA West Regional in Sacramento, Calif. on May 24-26. Â
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