2021 Media Guide
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Date Event Location January 22 Woo Pig Invitational (Indoor) Fayetteville, Ark. January 29-30 Razorback Invitational (Indoor) Fayetteville, Ark. February 12-13 Texas Tech Shootout (Indoor) Lubbock, Texas February 19 Texas Tech Matador Qualifi er (Indoor) Lubbock, Texas February 26-27 Championships at the Peak (Indoor) Colorado Springs, Colo. March 5-6 Beach Opener Long Beach, Calif. March 12-13 NCAA Championships (Indoor) Fayetteville, Ark. March 19-20 Trojan Invitational Loker Stadium March 27 Aztec Invitational San Diego, Calif. April 1-3 Florida Relays Gainesville, Fla. April 2-3 Stanford Invitational Palo Alto, Calif. April 9-10 Triton Invitational San Diego, Calif. April 15-17 Mt. SAC Relays Walnut, Calif. April 16-17 Beach Invitational Long Beach, Calif. April 24 CSUN Invitational Northridge, Calif. May 2 USC-UCLA Dual Meet Westwood, Calif. May 14-16 Pac-12 Championships Loker Stadium May 27-29 NCAA West Preliminary Rounds College Station, Texas June 9-12 NCAA Championships Eugene, Ore. June 18-27 U.S. Olympic Trials Eugene, Ore. Nickname: Schedule................................................................................... 1 Trojans Contents and Quick Facts ........................................................ 2 Women's Sprint Veterans Annelus and Terry ........................... 3 Fight Song: 2019 NCAA Championship Moments ....................................... 4 “Fight On” 2021 Season Outlook ........................................................... 5-6 USC Director of T&F Caryl Smith Gilbert .............................. 7-8 Colors: Track & Field Staff and Support Staff .................................. 9-16 Cardinal & Gold 2020 Academic and Athletic Honors ....................................... 17 Trojan Spirit ............................................................................ 18 Enrollment: Men's 2021 Roster ................................................................. 20 47,500 (20,000 undergraduates) 2021 Men's Veteran Student-Athlete Bios ......................... 21-33 2021 Men's Newcomer Student Athlete Bios .................... 34-36 President: 2020 Men's Outdoor & Indoor Season Bests .................... 37-38 Men's Year-by-Year Results .............................................. 41-42 Carol L. Folt Men's NCAA Individual Champions ................................... 43-44 Men's NCAA Point Scorers ................................................ 45-48 Athletic Director: Men's NCAA Point Leaders .................................................... 49 Mike Bohn Olympic Team Members .................................................... 50-51 Olympic Champions ............................................................... 52 Director of Track & Field: Hall of Famers ........................................................................ 53 Caryl Smith Gilbert Heritage Award Winners and Inductees ................................. 54 Katherine B. Loker Tribute and Award .................................... 55 Assistant Coaches: Men's All-Time Records .......................................................... 56 Jebreh Harris, Dan Lange, Nick Newman, Quincy Watts, Men's All-Time Top 10 Performers ..................................... 57-59 Men's Freshman and Cromwell Field Records ....................... 60 Skyler Willis Men's All-Time Top 10 Indoor Perfromers .............................. 61 Trojans in the World/U.S. Rankings........................................ 62 Volunteer Assistant Coaches: USC at 2019 World Championships ....................................... 63 Joanna Hayes, Rayshawn Walton Trojans on Track and Field News ........................................... 64 Paths of Glory .................................................................... 65-66 Senior Director of Operations, Media & Publicity: All-Time Men's Letterwinners ............................................ 67-72 Kyrah McCowan Women's 2021 Roster ............................................................ 74 2021 Women's Veteran Student-Athlete Bios ................... 75-88 2021 Women's Newcomer Student-Athlete Bios ............... 88-90 Director of Operations: 2020 Women's Outdoor & Indoor Season Bests ............... 91-92 Andrew DeKruyf Cross Country......................................................................... 93 Women of Troy Year-by-Year.................................................. 94 Strength Coach: Women's All-Time Records .................................................... 95 Tatyana McMahon Loker Stadium/Cromwell Field Records ................................. 96 Women's All-Time Outdoor Top 10 ......................................... 97 Academic Counselor: Women's All-Time Indoor Top 10 ............................................ 98 Angela Munger-Rivera Women's Pac-12 and Freshman Record-Holders .................. 99 Women's NCAA Individual Champions................................. 100 Compliance: Women's All-Time NCAA Finalists ................................. 101-102 De-Neita Peoples and Katherine Cresser Women's All-Time All-Americans By Year ..................... 103-104 Women's All-Time NCAA Point Leaders ............................... 105 Women's Olympic Members ................................................. 106 Track & Field Athletic Trainer: Women in the World Top 10 ................................................. 107 Dunford Rodill and Brandee Barbee Women's Letterwinners ................................................. 108-109 Remembering the Last Full Season ......................................110 Historian: Tracy Sundlun Trojan Force President: Treani Swain USC SPORTS INFORMATION Track and Field SID For all the latest news, facts and fi gures David Tuttle -- (213) 740-3806 (offi ce) (213) 725-3102 (cell) on Trojan track and fi eld, visit the offi cial USC athletics website at the following internet address: The 2021 USC Track & Field Media Guide has been prepared by the sports information offi ce for use during the 2019 season. The guide was written and edited by David Tuttle, USC associate sports information director. Cover design www.usctrojans.com and layout by Jesse Wu. Some photographic services provided by Kirby Lee/ Image of Sport, Dan Avila, Patrick Gee, Jon SooHoo, Dan Lange, Hali Helfgott and David Tuttle. Additional historical support provided by Russ Reabold. Rounds in both events. In addition, junior transfer Zion Corrales Nelson comes to USC with bests of 11.41 in the 100m and 23.16 in the 200m. USC developed an impressive pair of freshmen women’s 800m run- If you thought the Trojans were quick out of the block before, well you ners during the 2019 season in Alyssa Brewer and Jemima Russell. can only imagine how they will shoot out of the blocks now after a year The junior Brewer set her 800m PR of 2:04.93 which ranks seventh of lockdown in the middle of a global pandemic. Just about everyone on USC’s all-time outdoor list and had an indoor PR of 2:05.68 which is back from a team that was expected to make some serious noise at set the Trojans’ all-time indoor 800m record. Russell has a best 800m the 2020 NCAA Championships and the Trojans have added another time of 2:04.81 and missed out by one spot of qualifying for the 2019 stellar recruiting class on top of that group. All of that adds up to the NCAA Championships in the event, after taking fourth at the Pac-12 Trojans being very optimistic about the 2021 indoor and outdoor sea- Championships. The sophomore ranks eighth on USC’s all-time outdoor sons and a belief that USC might be adding on to its impressive list of list and third on the school’s indoor list with the USC freshman record. Pac-12 and NCAA titles. USC also has a solid returning middle distance crew in seniors Jennifer Daly and Sydney Tullai, junior Abygail Paez, sophomore Brooke Rodi The mastermind behind it all is well-decorated Director of Track & Field and freshman Alicia Liera. Caryl Smith Gilbert. The three-time USTFCCCA Women’s Coach of the Year Smith Gilbert has a loaded team that seemed on the verge of some If the Trojan women’s team strength is not the sprints, then it certainly is special things during the 2020 season before the indoor championships the hurdles led by senior All-American Anna Cockrell. She won the 2019 and the outdoor season were cancelled. USC’s women were ranked NCAA 400m hurdles title after fi nishing runner-up for two seasons and No. 2 and the men No. 11 heading into the NCAA Indoor Championships also placed fi fth in the 100m hurdles at nationals. Cockrell ranks third so expectations are soaring for the 2021 teams. on USC’s all-time 100m and 400m hurdles lists. USC’s other returning All-America hurdler is senior Mecca McGlaston who placed seventh in The sprints again look to be key for the Trojan women’s team as all fi ve the 60m hurdles at the 2019 NCAA Indoor Championships and ranks athletes who scored at the 2019 NCAA Championships return, including seventh all-time on USC’s outdoor list. USC will also have the services two-time NCAA 200m champion senior Angie Annelus. Annelus won of junior Breanna Bernard-Joseph who was injured most of her freshman the 2019 NCAA 200m title with a school-record time of 20.16 and then season but returned to fi nish 14th in the 400m hurdles at the Pac-12 qualifi ed for the World Championships, where she placed fourth in the Championships, sophomore Kenya Payne and freshmen Markalah Hart event. Annelus also scored in the 100m dash and with the 4x100m and Jasmine Jones. Hart was the Florida state 100m hurdles champion relay at the NCAA Championships, which won