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USC’s Men’s & Women’s Teams Place Second At Pac-12 T&F Championships
May 12, 2024 | Track & Field
Blockburger named Outstanding Male Athlete Of The Meet; Jones sets meet 400m H record
USC athletes won 11 events on the final day led by two individual titles each by Jasmine Jones and Johnnie Blockburger to lead the Trojan men's and women's teams to a second-place finish at the Pac-12 Track & Field Championships at Potts Field in Boulder, Colo. today (May 12). The USC men scored 141 points and the women's team 136, 122 on the final day. It was the second consecutive season that both the men's and women's teams took second at the Pac-12 T&F Championships.
The USC women won five of the nine events they competed in today, while the men's team won six of the 10 events it competed in on the final day of the three-day championships. The combined 277 points scored by the USC track and field program were more than any other conference school by 44 points (Oregon 233 total combined points).
Johnnie Blockburger was named Outstanding Male Athlete of the Meet as he accounted for 22.5 points, winning the 200m, 400m and anchoring the winning 4x100m relay. Blockburger has won eight conference titles in his career.
The USC women won five of the nine events they competed in today, while the men's team won six of the 10 events it competed in on the final day of the three-day championships. The combined 277 points scored by the USC track and field program were more than any other conference school by 44 points (Oregon 233 total combined points).
Johnnie Blockburger was named Outstanding Male Athlete of the Meet as he accounted for 22.5 points, winning the 200m, 400m and anchoring the winning 4x100m relay. Blockburger has won eight conference titles in his career.
- The women's 4x100m relay team of Christine M. Mallard, Madison Whyte, Samirah Moody and Jassani Carter got the running portion of the meet started by winning the conference title with a time of 42.87, which ranks seventh on USC's all-time list. Carter made up a 2-3 meter deficit on the anchor leg to lead the Trojans to their first 10 points of the day. USC won the event for the 17th time, most by any Pac-12 school.
- The men's 4x100m relay of Travis Williams, Max Thomas, JC Stevenson and Johnnie Blockburger then cruised to the title with a time of 38.84. It was the Trojans' fourth consecutive win in the event and 20th all-time, most by any conference school.
- Jasmine Jones captured her second Pac-12 100m hurdles title as she won and tied a season best with a time of 12.86 (-2.4) today. A Trojan has won the event five times in the last six meets and USC's 14 titles are tied for the most by any conference school. Jalaysiya Smith finished fourth in the event with a time of 13.37 (-2.4) and Simone Ballard was sixth with a time of 13.52 (-2.4). The trio earned the Trojans 18 points.
- Johnny Brackins Jr. won the men's 110m hurdles title with a time of 13.52 (-1.8). He was second to teammate Tade Ojora in 2023 and a Trojan now has won the event 17 times, most of any conference team. Di'Niko Bates stumbled over the second hurdle, but got up to finish with a time of 23.11 (-1.8) and earn USC another point. The pair earned USC 11 points in the event.
- The Trojan women finished 1-2-3 in the women's 400m race to earn 24 more points in the team competition. Jan'Taijah Jones won her third consecutive title, today with a season-best time of 51.07. She became the third Pac-12 woman to win the title three-straight times, joining Keshia Baker and Phyllis Francis. It was the seventh consecutive win in the event for USC and ninth overall, tied for the most by any school. Yemi John took second with a time of 51.85 and Madison Whyte finished third with a time of 52.25.
- Johnnie Blockburger won his third Pac-12 400m title, along with one second-place finish, today winning with a PR of 44.51. That time moved him from eighth to tied for third on USC's all-time list and to second on the NCAA descending order list. William Jones, who edged Blockburger for the 2023 title, posted a season-best time of 45.27 to finish third. A USC athlete has won the event 20 times, more than double the next closest conference school. The duo teamed up to earn USC's men 16 more points.
- Johnnie Blockburger came back to win the men's 200m title with a wind-aided best of 20.19 (+2.2w) and teammate Max Thomas took second with a windy best of 20.28 (+2.2w). The pair earned 18 points in the event for the men's team.
- Elias Gerald won his second consecutive men's high jump title with a personal-best clearance of 7-1.75 (2.18m). The last athlete to win consecutive men's high jump titles was USC's Earnest Sears III who won the 2018 and 2019 titles. USC has now won the high jump title five of the last six Pac-12 meets and 15 times overall in the event, most of any conference school. Gerald earned USC 10 more team points. Since the event was moved indoors due to weather conditions, Gerald improved his indoor PR slightly and moved from tied for fifth to fifth on USC's indoor list in the HJ.
- Jasmine Jones came back to win the women's 400m hurdles title with a PR, meet-record and world-leading time of 53.87. That time also moved her from seventh to second on USC's all-time list. Rae-Anne Serville placed seventh with a PR of 57.11, just .002 out of sixth place. She moved from 10th to 9th on USC's all-time list. The pair earned the Trojans 12 points in the team competition. Jones broke the meet record of 54.21 set by Kori Carter of Stanford in 2013. Since then, USC has won seven of the last 10 women's 400m hurdles titles. It was USC's 13th win in the event, tied for most by any conference school. There was a great deal of angst a few minutes after the race as she was temporarily disqualified for a trail-leg violation, but later was reinstated as the winner.
- Temi Ojora won the women's triple jump title with a best leap of 44-5.25/13.54m (-1.2). She became the first Trojan to win the event since Melia Cox in 2014. Lauren Reed placed third by jumping 41-9.25/12.73m (-1.3) in her final jump, which moved her from sixth to third. The pair earned the USC women's team 16 points.
- Racquil Broderick won the men's discus throw title with a best mark of 192-5 (58.65m) to earn the USC men 10 points. He took the lead with his fourth throw and became the first Trojan male to win the event at the conference meet since Gordon Hovey won the title in 1999.
- Gavin Champ took second in the men's triple jump with a wind-legal PR of 51-4.50/15.66 (-0.9). He entered the finals in fifth and moved into second with his big fourth-round jump. He earned the Trojans eight points.
- The USC women's sprinters finished second, third and fourth in the women's 100m dash to earn 19 team points. Jassani Carter took second with a PR of 11.19 (+0.1), Samirah Moody was third with a season-best time of 11.26 (+0.1) and Christine M. Mallard placed fourth with a PR of 11.30 (+0.1).
- The men's 100m dash runners earned 18 points as they finished second, third and fifth. Max Thomas took second with a PR of 10.13 (+0.5), just 0.005 seconds ahead of JC Stevenson who also had a PR of 10.13 (+0.5). Their difference in the race was 10.123 to 10.128 and moved the pair into a tie for 10th on USC's all-time list. Travis Williams placed fifth with a season-best time of 10.16 (+0.5).
- Jassani Carter came back to place second in the women's 200m dash final with a PR of 22.62 (+0.9) to move to ninth on USC's all-time list. Madison Whyte ran a personal-best time of 22.69 (+0.9) to place third and tie for 11th on USC's all-time list. Her time is also 0.04 seconds behind the USC freshman record of 22.65 set by Lanae-Tava Thomas in 2019. Christine M. Mallard placed sixth in the event with a time of 23.30 (+0.9). USC's women picked up 17 more points.
- The women's 4x400m relay team of Yemi John, Madison Whyte, Jassani Carter and Jan'Taijah Jones placed third with a season-best time of 3:29.79 to earn the Trojans' final six points.
- With second place secured and first place out of reach, USC ran a men's 4x400m relay team of Jacob Andrews, Tamaal Myers, Max Thomas and Darius Rainey. The quartet posted a time of 3:06.93 to place fifth and earn four points in the team competition.
- Tamaal Myers placed fifth in the men's 400m hurdles final with a PR of 50.48. Yougendy Mauricette placed seventh in the event with a time of 52.23 and Johnny Brackins Jr. was eighth with a time of 52.37. USC's men earned seven points in the event.
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