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USC’s Men Place Third, Women Fourth At 2022 Pac-12 Track & Field Championships
May 15, 2022 | Track & Field
Blockburger, Ford, Jones, Sears III plus the men’s 4x100m & 4x400m relays win titles on the final day of competition
Jasmine Jones in the women's 100m hurdles, Jan'Taijah Ford in the women's 400m, Johnnie Blockburger in the men's 400m and Earnest Sears III in the men's high jump won individual titles for the Trojans during the final day of the 2022 Pac-12 Track & Field Championships held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. today (May 15). The men's team finished third at the Pac-12 Championships with 101 points, while the women's team placed fourth with 78 points. USC's men's 4x100m and 4x400m relays also won event titles.
The Trojan men began the day tied for sixth with 18 points and the women's team was in 11th place with 10 points but showed their championship pedigree on the final day. The men's team has now finished in the top three in the standings in 10 of the last 13 Pac-12 Championship meets. The USC women's team had its three-year reign as champions snapped, but has now finished in the top four in 30 of the 35 seasons of the women's conference meet. Both the USC men's team (272) and the USC women's team (160) lead the conference in all-time event titles at the Pac-12 Championships.
The Trojan men began the day tied for sixth with 18 points and the women's team was in 11th place with 10 points but showed their championship pedigree on the final day. The men's team has now finished in the top three in the standings in 10 of the last 13 Pac-12 Championship meets. The USC women's team had its three-year reign as champions snapped, but has now finished in the top four in 30 of the 35 seasons of the women's conference meet. Both the USC men's team (272) and the USC women's team (160) lead the conference in all-time event titles at the Pac-12 Championships.
- Earnest Sears III won the men's high jump competition with a best clearance of 7-1.50 (2.17m). He entered the competition at 6-11 (2.11m) and only four jumpers remaining. He was clean at 7-0.25 and 7-1.50 until going out at the final height of 7-2.50 (2.20m). When the Washington State jumper could not clear the bar either, Sears had won the event on misses. Sears became only the third conference high jumper to win three titles (2018, 2019, 2022), joining Dick Fosbury of Oregon State (1967-69) and Nick Ross of Arizona (2011, 2012, 2014). Sears III became the 13th Trojan to win the high jump title at the conference meet, most of any school, and he earned USC 10 team points.
- Jan'Taijah Ford made it five consecutive women's 400m Pac-12 titles for the Trojans by winning with a PR of 51.22. Her time moved her into seventh on USC's all-time list in the event. Bailey Lear took third place with a season-best time of 51.76. USC's women earned 16 points in the event.
- Johnnie Blockburger won his second consecutive Pac-12 men's 400m title, winning this year with a season-best time of 45.19. USC won the event for the 18th time, more than any other school in the conference. Nicholas Ramey placed seventh with a time of 46.29 and together with Blockburger earned USC's men 12 more points.
- Jasmine Jones won the women's 100m hurdles title with a wind-legal season-best time of 12.92 (+0.3). She made it four consecutive titles in the event for the Trojans joining Chanel Brissett (2018, 2019) and Anna Cockrell (2021). Jalaysiya Smith took sixth with a time of 13.45 (+0.3). Together the pair earned USC 13 team points.
- The men's 4x100m relay team of Davonte Burnett, Brendon Stewart, Kasaun James and Johnnie Blockburger won the event title and set the USC school record with a winning time of 38.60. USC's previous school record of 38.69 had stood since 1980 (Williams, Mullins, J. Sanford, M. Sanford). USC won the event for the second straight time and the 18th time overall, most by any Pac-12 school. USC's men earned 10 points.
- The men's 4x400m relay team of Nicholas Ramey, Eric Allen Jr., Kasaun James and Johnnie Blockburger won the final event of the meet with a season-best time of 3:03.49. They earned USC's men 10 points. It was the fastest time at the conference meet since USC went 3:03.38 in 2011.
- The USC women's 4x100m relay team of Jasmine Jones, Celera Barnes, Chioma Okonkwo and Jan'Taijah Ford placed second with a season-best time of 43.45 despite a balky handoff between the second and third leg. The Trojans earned eight points in the event.
- USC's women's 4x400m relay team of Bailey Lear, Kim Harris, Jasmine Jones and Jan'Taijah Ford took second with a time of 3:32.49 to earn eight points. They had their eight-year event winning streak snapped.
- Tade Ojora placed second in the men's 110m hurdles with a season-best wind-legal time of 13.53 (+0.1). Ojora earned the men's team eight more points.
- Temi Ojora placed second in the women's triple jump with a best leap of 42-9/13.03m (+0.9). She actually took over second place with the final jump of the competition of 42-5.50 which proved to be a better second-best jump than an Oregon athlete and moved her up a spot. Ojora earned USC eight team points.
- Celera Barnes placed third in the women's 100m dash final with a time of 11.21 (-0.1). She earned USC's women six points.
- Kasaun James placed third in the men's 200m final with a season-best time of 20.41 (+0.1), Ashton Allen was sixth with a wind-legal season's best of 20.99 (+0.0) and Johnnie Blockburger was eighth with a time of 21.24 (+0.0). The trio earned USC's men 10 more points.
- Davonte Burnett placed third in the men's 100m final with a time of 10.22 (+0.7), but limped over the final 15 meters with an apparent left leg problem. Brendon Stewart placed fifth with a time of 10.29 (+0.7) and Ashton Allen took eighth with a time of 10.40 (+0.7). USC earned 11 points in the event.
- Karlee Freeman started the day for the Trojans by placing fourth in the women's discus throw with a best mark of 181-11 (55.45m) which came in her final attempt. She was one inch out of third place and scored at the conference meet in the discus throw for the first time.
- Bobby Poynter placed fourth in his first Pac-12 800m race with a time of 1:50.14 and Sam VanDorpe finished seventh with a time of 1:50.86. USC's men earned seven points in the event.
- Jalyn Jackson placed fifth in the men's triple jump with a best mark of 50-4.00/15.34 (+0.0) and Dallas Wise placed eighth with a season-best leap of 49-2.25/14.99m (-0.2). The pair earned USC's men five points.
- Maci Simmons took sixth in the women's 400m hurdles with a time of 60.14 and Breanna Bernard-Joseph finished eighth with a time of 61.03. The women's team picked up four more points with this result.
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