2020 USC Track & Field Roster
Roster
Longjohn, Katherine

Katherine Longjohn
- Position:
- Throws
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Torrance
- Hometown:
- Torrance, Calif.
Bio
THIS YEAR: Sophomore Katherine (Katie) Longjohn is in her second season as a thrower on the USC track and field team.
2019: Longjohn competed in one meet during her first season. She had a mark of 124-6 (37.96m) to finish 12th in the hammer throw at the Trojan Invitational.
HIGH SCHOOL: Longjohn is a 2018 graduate of Torrance High School where she was named the Most Valuable Athlete for the track and field team as a senior. She is the Torrance High school record holder in the discus throw with a mark of 119-9. She won the Pioneer League title in the shot put and discus throw as a junior and senior. She was a CIF finals alternate in the discus throw in 2018. She placed 11th in the discus throw with her PR of 119-9, which was a six-foot PR, at the CIF-Southern Section Division 2 Prelims and was 13th in the shot put with a PR of 35-3. She was a member of the National Honor Society in 2017 and 2-018 and was given the Social Science Achievement Award in 2018. She also was an outside hitter on the volleyball team.
PERSONAL: Katie was born on December 16, 1999 in Torrance, Calif…Her parents are Mary and Donald Longjohn and she has one sister, Rachel…Her father did his residency at the USC Keck School of Medicine and is an Orthopedic Knee and Hip surgeon at Keck…Lists her favorite foods as cheese pizza and chocolate chip cookies…Says her favorite movie is Forrest Gump and favorite television shows are The Good Place, How I Met Your Mother and The Office…Her favorite musical artists are Bruno Mars, Journey, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, Ed Sheeran and Shaw Mendes…She would like to become a lawyer or a judge and is majoring in Political Science at USC.
CAREER BESTS: HT – 124-6 DT – 119-9 SP – 35-3
2019: Longjohn competed in one meet during her first season. She had a mark of 124-6 (37.96m) to finish 12th in the hammer throw at the Trojan Invitational.
HIGH SCHOOL: Longjohn is a 2018 graduate of Torrance High School where she was named the Most Valuable Athlete for the track and field team as a senior. She is the Torrance High school record holder in the discus throw with a mark of 119-9. She won the Pioneer League title in the shot put and discus throw as a junior and senior. She was a CIF finals alternate in the discus throw in 2018. She placed 11th in the discus throw with her PR of 119-9, which was a six-foot PR, at the CIF-Southern Section Division 2 Prelims and was 13th in the shot put with a PR of 35-3. She was a member of the National Honor Society in 2017 and 2-018 and was given the Social Science Achievement Award in 2018. She also was an outside hitter on the volleyball team.
PERSONAL: Katie was born on December 16, 1999 in Torrance, Calif…Her parents are Mary and Donald Longjohn and she has one sister, Rachel…Her father did his residency at the USC Keck School of Medicine and is an Orthopedic Knee and Hip surgeon at Keck…Lists her favorite foods as cheese pizza and chocolate chip cookies…Says her favorite movie is Forrest Gump and favorite television shows are The Good Place, How I Met Your Mother and The Office…Her favorite musical artists are Bruno Mars, Journey, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, Ed Sheeran and Shaw Mendes…She would like to become a lawyer or a judge and is majoring in Political Science at USC.
CAREER BESTS: HT – 124-6 DT – 119-9 SP – 35-3
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