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USC Track & Field Heads To NCAA Championships in Texas
June 04, 2023 | Track & Field
Women's team ranked No. 5, men's team No. 15
USC's track and field teams will be competing at the 2023 NCAA Track & Field Championships to be held at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin, Texas from June 7-10. The top 24 athletes in the country, 12 in each event from both the East & West Preliminary Rounds, have advanced to the championships. USC has 10 women who have qualified in individual events, plus the two relays for a total of 12 opportunities to score. The men's team has six athletes qualified in individual events, plus the two relays for a total of 8 opportunities to score at the Championships.
USC AT THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS -- The USC men's track and field team has won 26 NCAA outdoor titles, more than double the next-best program Arkansas, which has won 12. USC won a record 9-straight titles from 1935-43. The USC women's team won the 2021 team title and has won it three times overall (also 2018 & 2001). USC's men have placed in the top 10 in 18 of the last 27 seasons. USC's women have finished in the top 10 in 17 of the last 27 seasons. USC's women have finished in the top three in four of the last five NCAA Outdoor Championships. At least one Trojan man or woman has won an individual NCAA outdoor title in 23 of the last 30 championships.
Most Men's NCAA Outdoor T&F Titles Women's NCAA Outdoor T&F
1.) USC 26 1. LSU 14
2.) Arkansas 12 2. Texas 4
3.) UCLA 8 Texas A&M 4
4.) Oregon 7 4. USC 3
Oregon 3
UCLA 3
WHERE TO WATCH THE MEET - The 2023 NCAA Track & Field Championships will be televised on ESPN2, ESPNU and streamed on ESPN+. On June 7, the first day of the men's championship, ESPNU will begin coverage at 4:30 p.m. On June 8, the first day of the women's competition, ESPN2 will begin coverage at 5:30 p.m. On June 9, the men's finals, coverage on ESPN2 will begin at 6 p.m. PT. On June 10, the women's finals, coverage on ESPN2 begins at 6 p.m. All times are Pacific.
TRAVELING TROJANS -- The following are the 21 athletes which are set to represent USC at the 2023 NCAA Outdoor T&F Championships, including alternates for the relays.
Women (10): Jassani Carter (200m, 4x100m), Caisja Chandler (100m, 200m, 4x100m, 4x400m), Kimberly Harris (4x400m), Yemi John (400m, 4x400m), Allie Jones (Heptathlon), Jan'Taijah Jones (400m, 4x100m, 4x400m), Bailey Lear (400m, 4x400m), Christine M. Mallard (4x100m, 4x400m), Samirah Moody (100m, 200m, 4x100m), Temi Ojora (TJ),
Men (11): Ashton Allen (4x100m, 4x400m), Chris Borzor (4x100m, 4x400m), Johnny Brackins Jr. (110m H, 4x100m, 4x400m), Elias Gerald (HJ), William Jones (400m, 4x400m), Tade Ojora (110m H), Matthew Okonkwo (4x100m, 4x400m), Michael Phillippy (4x400m), Nikolaos Polychroniou (HT), JC Stevenson (LJ), Brendon Stewart (4x100m).
TROJANS PLACE 2ND AT THE PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS -- Both the USC men's and women's teams placed second at the 2023 Pac-12 T&F Championships. The team's combined 264 points scored were the most of any school. USC athletes won nine different conference titles during the three days: Men's 4x100m, Women's 4x400m, Allie Jones (Heptathlon), Johnnie Brackins Jr. (Long Jump), Tade Ojora (M-110m Hurdles), Caisja Chandler (W-200m), William Jones (M-400m), Jan'Taijah Jones (W-400m) and Elias Gerald (M-High Jump).
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 and Moody had the second and third-fastest wind-legal times during the NCAA Preliminary Rounds. Moody finished second (11.26) and Chandler third (11.27) in the 100m dash at the Pac-12 Championships.
OJORA CLEARING ALL HURDLES - Two-time All-American senior Tade Ojora ran a then fastest collegiate time of 13.35 (+3.0) in the 110m hurdles at the Florida Relays on March 31, which ranked fourth heading to the NCAA Prelims. He ranks fifth on USC's all-time 110m hurdles list with a time of 13.38 set in 2021. Ojora won the 2023 Pac-12 110m hurdles title with a time of 13.48 (-1.3) on May 14. 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.
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.
USC AT THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS -- The USC men's track and field team has won 26 NCAA outdoor titles, more than double the next-best program Arkansas, which has won 12. USC won a record 9-straight titles from 1935-43. The USC women's team won the 2021 team title and has won it three times overall (also 2018 & 2001). USC's men have placed in the top 10 in 18 of the last 27 seasons. USC's women have finished in the top 10 in 17 of the last 27 seasons. USC's women have finished in the top three in four of the last five NCAA Outdoor Championships. At least one Trojan man or woman has won an individual NCAA outdoor title in 23 of the last 30 championships.
Most Men's NCAA Outdoor T&F Titles Women's NCAA Outdoor T&F
1.) USC 26 1. LSU 14
2.) Arkansas 12 2. Texas 4
3.) UCLA 8 Texas A&M 4
4.) Oregon 7 4. USC 3
Oregon 3
UCLA 3
WHERE TO WATCH THE MEET - The 2023 NCAA Track & Field Championships will be televised on ESPN2, ESPNU and streamed on ESPN+. On June 7, the first day of the men's championship, ESPNU will begin coverage at 4:30 p.m. On June 8, the first day of the women's competition, ESPN2 will begin coverage at 5:30 p.m. On June 9, the men's finals, coverage on ESPN2 will begin at 6 p.m. PT. On June 10, the women's finals, coverage on ESPN2 begins at 6 p.m. All times are Pacific.
TRAVELING TROJANS -- The following are the 21 athletes which are set to represent USC at the 2023 NCAA Outdoor T&F Championships, including alternates for the relays.
Women (10): Jassani Carter (200m, 4x100m), Caisja Chandler (100m, 200m, 4x100m, 4x400m), Kimberly Harris (4x400m), Yemi John (400m, 4x400m), Allie Jones (Heptathlon), Jan'Taijah Jones (400m, 4x100m, 4x400m), Bailey Lear (400m, 4x400m), Christine M. Mallard (4x100m, 4x400m), Samirah Moody (100m, 200m, 4x100m), Temi Ojora (TJ),
Men (11): Ashton Allen (4x100m, 4x400m), Chris Borzor (4x100m, 4x400m), Johnny Brackins Jr. (110m H, 4x100m, 4x400m), Elias Gerald (HJ), William Jones (400m, 4x400m), Tade Ojora (110m H), Matthew Okonkwo (4x100m, 4x400m), Michael Phillippy (4x400m), Nikolaos Polychroniou (HT), JC Stevenson (LJ), Brendon Stewart (4x100m).
TROJANS PLACE 2ND AT THE PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS -- Both the USC men's and women's teams placed second at the 2023 Pac-12 T&F Championships. The team's combined 264 points scored were the most of any school. USC athletes won nine different conference titles during the three days: Men's 4x100m, Women's 4x400m, Allie Jones (Heptathlon), Johnnie Brackins Jr. (Long Jump), Tade Ojora (M-110m Hurdles), Caisja Chandler (W-200m), William Jones (M-400m), Jan'Taijah Jones (W-400m) and Elias Gerald (M-High Jump).
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 and Moody had the second and third-fastest wind-legal times during the NCAA Preliminary Rounds. Moody finished second (11.26) and Chandler third (11.27) in the 100m dash at the Pac-12 Championships.
OJORA CLEARING ALL HURDLES - Two-time All-American senior Tade Ojora ran a then fastest collegiate time of 13.35 (+3.0) in the 110m hurdles at the Florida Relays on March 31, which ranked fourth heading to the NCAA Prelims. He ranks fifth on USC's all-time 110m hurdles list with a time of 13.38 set in 2021. Ojora won the 2023 Pac-12 110m hurdles title with a time of 13.48 (-1.3) on May 14. 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.
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.
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