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USC Track & Field Competing At 63rd Annual Mt. SAC Relays This Week
April 13, 2023 | Track & Field
Trojans to be in action from April 12-15
The USC track and field team will be competing at the 63rd Annual Mt. SAC Relays held at Hilmer Lodge Stadium in Walnut, Calif. from April 12-15. Allie Jones will be competing in the heptathlon on April 12-13, Morgan Fierro (3000m SC) and Vienna Gao (10000m) on April 13 and the rest of the team seeing action on April 14-15. The women's team enters the week ranked No. 1 nationally and the men's team No. 15.
YOU MIGHT NEED A PROGRAM -- USC has added 31 new athletes to its track and field program since the end of the 2022 season. In fact, 41.3 percent of the roster is new from last season with 15 of the 40 women and 16 of the 35 men on the rosters competing in their first season as a Trojan.
TROJANS EXPECTED TO COMPETE THIS WEEKEND --Â Â
Men: Ashton Allen, Kennie Arriola, Johnnie Blockburger, Chris Borzor, Johnny Brackins Jr., Bryce Brock, Morgan Fierro, Dylan Gatua, Elias Gerald, Christian Johnson, Dylan Lange, Josh Ligas, Matteo Mitchell, Tade Ojora, Michael Phillippy, Nikolaos Polychroniou, Bobby Poynter, JC Stevenson, Dallas Wise
Women: Breanna Bernard-Joseph, Alyssa Blockburger, Janiah Brown, Jassani Carter, Caisja Chandler, Annabel Doherty, Jacqueline Duarte, Kamryn Elgersma, Karlee Freeman, Ashlee Gallegos, Vienna Gao, Kimberly Harris, Yemi John, Allie Jones, Jan'Taijah Jones, Abbey Knoll, Maya Lacamp, Bailey Lear, Christine M. Mallard, Mihajla Milovanovic, Samirah Moody, Summer Mosley, Temi Ojora, Lauren Reed, Maci Simmons, Jalaysiya Smith.
ALLYSON FELIX FIELD NAMING CELEBRATION AND LUNCHEON -- The official naming of Allyson Felix Field took place during a ceremony on April 10 with USC president Carol L. Folt, Athletics Director Mike Bohn, Director of Track & Field And Cross Country Quincy Watts, current athletes Gigi Maccagnini and Rae-Anne Serville and Felix speaking. Felix, who graduated from USC in 2008, is the most decorated woman in Olympic T&F history with 11 medals, 7 gold. She also won two gold medals at the 2022 World Championships to push her career WC medal total to 20.
CHANDLER & MOODY BREAK LOKER STADIUM RECORD -- Graduate transfer Caisja Chandler set the Allyson Felix Field and Loker Stadium women's 100m dash record with a time of 10.99 (+1.1) at the Trojan Invitational on April 8. Also, breaking the previous record in that race was sophomore Samirah Moody who had a time of 11.02 (+1.1). The pair's times rank third and fourth on USC's all-time 100m dash list. The previous Loker Stadium record of 11.10 was set by TeeTee Terry when USC hosted the Pac-12 Championships in 2021.
CHANDLER NAMED PAC-12 WOMEN'S TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK - Caisja Chandler was named the Pac-12 Women's Track Athlete of the Week for April 3-9. During the week Chandler ran the NCAA wind-legal leading time of 10.99 (+1.1) in the 100m dash. That time set the Allyson Felix FIeld/Loker Stadium record and ranks third on USC's all-time list. She also rank on the winning 4x100m at the Trojan Invitational and on the 4x400m relay which ran 3;26.96, third in the country this season and fifth on USC's all-time list.
NICK IS QUICK AROUND THE RING - Sophomore hammer thrower Nikolaos Polychroniou had a PR of 234-2 (71.37m) to win the hammer throw competition at the Trojan Invitational on April 7 at the new Colich Throws Center. Five of his six throws on the day broke his previous PR of 224-7. Polychroniou moved into eighth on USC's all-time list.
WOMEN RUN 5TH-FASTEST 4X400M RELAY IN USC HISTORY -- USC's 4x400 relay team of Christine M. Mallard, Caisja Chandler, Bailey Lear and Jan' Taijah Jones posted a time of 3.26.96 at the Trojan Invitational on April 8 to move into fifth on USC's all-time list. USC's 4x400m relay team enters the week ranked third in the country.
OJORA ON TOP OF THE HURDLES - Senior Tade Ojora ran the fastest collegiate time of 13.35 (+3.0) in the 110m hurdles at the Florida Relays on March 31. He currently ranks fifth on USC's all-time 110m hurdles list with a time of 13.38 set in 2021. During the 2023 indoor season he set the USC record with a time of 7.53, which was the NCAA leader heading into the NCAA Championships.
LET'S KEEP IT GOING - At least one USC man, woman or relay team has won an NCAA outdoor title in each of the last seven championships.
YOU MIGHT NEED A PROGRAM -- USC has added 31 new athletes to its track and field program since the end of the 2022 season. In fact, 41.3 percent of the roster is new from last season with 15 of the 40 women and 16 of the 35 men on the rosters competing in their first season as a Trojan.
TROJANS EXPECTED TO COMPETE THIS WEEKEND --Â Â
Men: Ashton Allen, Kennie Arriola, Johnnie Blockburger, Chris Borzor, Johnny Brackins Jr., Bryce Brock, Morgan Fierro, Dylan Gatua, Elias Gerald, Christian Johnson, Dylan Lange, Josh Ligas, Matteo Mitchell, Tade Ojora, Michael Phillippy, Nikolaos Polychroniou, Bobby Poynter, JC Stevenson, Dallas Wise
Women: Breanna Bernard-Joseph, Alyssa Blockburger, Janiah Brown, Jassani Carter, Caisja Chandler, Annabel Doherty, Jacqueline Duarte, Kamryn Elgersma, Karlee Freeman, Ashlee Gallegos, Vienna Gao, Kimberly Harris, Yemi John, Allie Jones, Jan'Taijah Jones, Abbey Knoll, Maya Lacamp, Bailey Lear, Christine M. Mallard, Mihajla Milovanovic, Samirah Moody, Summer Mosley, Temi Ojora, Lauren Reed, Maci Simmons, Jalaysiya Smith.
ALLYSON FELIX FIELD NAMING CELEBRATION AND LUNCHEON -- The official naming of Allyson Felix Field took place during a ceremony on April 10 with USC president Carol L. Folt, Athletics Director Mike Bohn, Director of Track & Field And Cross Country Quincy Watts, current athletes Gigi Maccagnini and Rae-Anne Serville and Felix speaking. Felix, who graduated from USC in 2008, is the most decorated woman in Olympic T&F history with 11 medals, 7 gold. She also won two gold medals at the 2022 World Championships to push her career WC medal total to 20.
CHANDLER & MOODY BREAK LOKER STADIUM RECORD -- Graduate transfer Caisja Chandler set the Allyson Felix Field and Loker Stadium women's 100m dash record with a time of 10.99 (+1.1) at the Trojan Invitational on April 8. Also, breaking the previous record in that race was sophomore Samirah Moody who had a time of 11.02 (+1.1). The pair's times rank third and fourth on USC's all-time 100m dash list. The previous Loker Stadium record of 11.10 was set by TeeTee Terry when USC hosted the Pac-12 Championships in 2021.
CHANDLER NAMED PAC-12 WOMEN'S TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK - Caisja Chandler was named the Pac-12 Women's Track Athlete of the Week for April 3-9. During the week Chandler ran the NCAA wind-legal leading time of 10.99 (+1.1) in the 100m dash. That time set the Allyson Felix FIeld/Loker Stadium record and ranks third on USC's all-time list. She also rank on the winning 4x100m at the Trojan Invitational and on the 4x400m relay which ran 3;26.96, third in the country this season and fifth on USC's all-time list.
NICK IS QUICK AROUND THE RING - Sophomore hammer thrower Nikolaos Polychroniou had a PR of 234-2 (71.37m) to win the hammer throw competition at the Trojan Invitational on April 7 at the new Colich Throws Center. Five of his six throws on the day broke his previous PR of 224-7. Polychroniou moved into eighth on USC's all-time list.
WOMEN RUN 5TH-FASTEST 4X400M RELAY IN USC HISTORY -- USC's 4x400 relay team of Christine M. Mallard, Caisja Chandler, Bailey Lear and Jan' Taijah Jones posted a time of 3.26.96 at the Trojan Invitational on April 8 to move into fifth on USC's all-time list. USC's 4x400m relay team enters the week ranked third in the country.
OJORA ON TOP OF THE HURDLES - Senior Tade Ojora ran the fastest collegiate time of 13.35 (+3.0) in the 110m hurdles at the Florida Relays on March 31. He currently ranks fifth on USC's all-time 110m hurdles list with a time of 13.38 set in 2021. During the 2023 indoor season he set the USC record with a time of 7.53, which was the NCAA leader heading into the NCAA Championships.
LET'S KEEP IT GOING - At least one USC man, woman or relay team has won an NCAA outdoor title in each of the last seven championships.
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