2019 USC Track & Field Roster
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McGlaston, Mecca

Mecca McGlaston
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Oakland, Calif.
Bio
THIS YEAR: Graduate student Mecca McGlaston is in her final season as a hurdler and sprinter on the USC track and field team. She ranks seventh on USC's all-time 100m hurdles list and fifth on the Trojans' indoor 60m hurdles list. She also ran the leadoff leg on USC's second-fastest all-time women's 4x100m relay.
2021: Placed 12th in the 100m hurdles with a season-best time of 13.01 (+1.1) in the NCAA semifinals. She took third in the event with a time of 13.23 (+0.0) at the Pac-12 Championships, finishing in the top five at the Conferemce meet all four seasons. Won the 100m hurdles with a time of 13.16 (+0.4) at the Cal Dual Meet.
2020: McGlaston had a season indoor best of 8.01 to take third in the 60m hurdles at the Tiger Paw Invitational. The outdoor season was cancelled due to COVID-19.
2019: McGlaston had a season-best 100m hurdles time of 13.06 (+0.2) in the Pac-12 Championships prelims and finished third in the finals with a time of 13.13 (+0.7)...she also placed sixth in the 200m dash at the Conference Meet with a time of 23.45. She set her 200m PR of 23.27 (+0.7) in a win at the Mt. SAC Relays. McGlaston also ran leadoff on the 4x100m relay in the Pac-12 prelims and the team won with the second-fastest time in school history of 42.44. Indoors, McGlaston earned All-America honors by finishing seventh in the 60m hurdles finals with a time of 8.48 at the NCAA Indoor Championships...she set a PR with the sixth-fastest time ever by a Trojan of 8.00 in the prelims.
2018: She placed second in the 100m hurdles with a time of 13.32 (-2.4) and third in the 400m hurdles with a PR of 60.95 at the USC-UCLA Dual Meet. Took fifth with a then-PR of 13.06 (+1.7) in the 100m hurdles at the Pac-12 Championships. Advances out of the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds 12th in the hurdles with a time of 13.27 (2.6w). Ran a PR of 12.98 (+2.0) to place 11th in the NCAA semifinals and move to seventh on USC's all-time list. Made it to the USATF Championship semifinals in the 100m hurdles and finished 16th with a time of 13.46 (-0.6).
2017: McGlaston placed third in her first collegiate 400m hurdles race with a time of 61.38 at the USC-UCLA Dual Meet. She set a then 400m hurdles PR with a time of 61.28 at the Pac-12 Preliminary Rounds...the next day she placed eighth in the finals with a time of 62.80. She also finished fifth in the 100m hurdles with a season-best time of 13.46 (+0.5) at the Pac-12 Championships. Slowed by injuries early in the season, she opened her outdoor season by running 13.66 (+2.3w) to finish fourth at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Meet.
HIGH SCHOOL: McGlaston graduated from Dublin HS in 2016. She has a best of 13.18 in the 100m HH to finish second at the 2015 CIF state meet. Her time was the World Junior leader and the third-fastest in state history and sixth-fastest ever by a high school hurdler at that time. She cautiously came back from a quadriceps injury as a senior and had a best 100m HH time of 13.85 and finished 10th at the 2016 CIF Championships.
PERSONAL: Mecca was born on July 23, 1998 in Oakland, Calif....Parents are Darrell McGlaston and Donna Harris and she has seven siblings, Jojo, Jason, Brittany, Rachael, Erica, Andy and Luis...Sports hero is Allyson Felix...Lists favorite food as sushi...One day would like to travel to Greece...Enjoys dancing and listening to music in her free time...Favorite actor is Will Smith and favorite musical artist is Michael Jackson…Hopes to run professionally and become a director and producer…She is a Communication major and a Cinematic Arts minor at USC.
CAREER BESTS: 100m HH – 12.98 400m IH – 60.95
2021: Placed 12th in the 100m hurdles with a season-best time of 13.01 (+1.1) in the NCAA semifinals. She took third in the event with a time of 13.23 (+0.0) at the Pac-12 Championships, finishing in the top five at the Conferemce meet all four seasons. Won the 100m hurdles with a time of 13.16 (+0.4) at the Cal Dual Meet.
2020: McGlaston had a season indoor best of 8.01 to take third in the 60m hurdles at the Tiger Paw Invitational. The outdoor season was cancelled due to COVID-19.
2019: McGlaston had a season-best 100m hurdles time of 13.06 (+0.2) in the Pac-12 Championships prelims and finished third in the finals with a time of 13.13 (+0.7)...she also placed sixth in the 200m dash at the Conference Meet with a time of 23.45. She set her 200m PR of 23.27 (+0.7) in a win at the Mt. SAC Relays. McGlaston also ran leadoff on the 4x100m relay in the Pac-12 prelims and the team won with the second-fastest time in school history of 42.44. Indoors, McGlaston earned All-America honors by finishing seventh in the 60m hurdles finals with a time of 8.48 at the NCAA Indoor Championships...she set a PR with the sixth-fastest time ever by a Trojan of 8.00 in the prelims.
2018: She placed second in the 100m hurdles with a time of 13.32 (-2.4) and third in the 400m hurdles with a PR of 60.95 at the USC-UCLA Dual Meet. Took fifth with a then-PR of 13.06 (+1.7) in the 100m hurdles at the Pac-12 Championships. Advances out of the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds 12th in the hurdles with a time of 13.27 (2.6w). Ran a PR of 12.98 (+2.0) to place 11th in the NCAA semifinals and move to seventh on USC's all-time list. Made it to the USATF Championship semifinals in the 100m hurdles and finished 16th with a time of 13.46 (-0.6).
2017: McGlaston placed third in her first collegiate 400m hurdles race with a time of 61.38 at the USC-UCLA Dual Meet. She set a then 400m hurdles PR with a time of 61.28 at the Pac-12 Preliminary Rounds...the next day she placed eighth in the finals with a time of 62.80. She also finished fifth in the 100m hurdles with a season-best time of 13.46 (+0.5) at the Pac-12 Championships. Slowed by injuries early in the season, she opened her outdoor season by running 13.66 (+2.3w) to finish fourth at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Meet.
HIGH SCHOOL: McGlaston graduated from Dublin HS in 2016. She has a best of 13.18 in the 100m HH to finish second at the 2015 CIF state meet. Her time was the World Junior leader and the third-fastest in state history and sixth-fastest ever by a high school hurdler at that time. She cautiously came back from a quadriceps injury as a senior and had a best 100m HH time of 13.85 and finished 10th at the 2016 CIF Championships.
PERSONAL: Mecca was born on July 23, 1998 in Oakland, Calif....Parents are Darrell McGlaston and Donna Harris and she has seven siblings, Jojo, Jason, Brittany, Rachael, Erica, Andy and Luis...Sports hero is Allyson Felix...Lists favorite food as sushi...One day would like to travel to Greece...Enjoys dancing and listening to music in her free time...Favorite actor is Will Smith and favorite musical artist is Michael Jackson…Hopes to run professionally and become a director and producer…She is a Communication major and a Cinematic Arts minor at USC.
CAREER BESTS: 100m HH – 12.98 400m IH – 60.95
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