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USC senior Akawkaw Ndipagbor shown here winning the 2014 MPSF Indoor 400m title. 22015015 TROJANTROJAN WOMEN'SWOMEN'S AATHLETETHLETE BIOGRAPHIESBIOGRAPHIES UNIVERSITYUNIVERRSITY OFOF SOUTHERNSOUTU HEERN CALIFORNIACAALIFORNIA — PAGEPAP GEE 65 2015 WOMEN OF TROY ROSTER NAME EVENTS HT BIRTHDATE YEAR HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/J.C.) Katerina Berdousi Distances 5-10 8/26/93 Junior Tripoli, Greece (Second HS of Tripoli) Amber Bragdon Distances 5-7 3/11/96 Freshman Fountain Valley, Calif. (Fourntain Valley Destinee Brown, Sprints 5-5 7/6/94 Sophomore Inglewood, Calif. (Westchester/CS Fullerton) Gabriella Cantrell Sprints 5-4 11/30/95 Freshman San Leandro, Calif. (San Leandro) Erica Capellino 1500m 5-7 1/26/93 Senior Palos Verdes, Calif. (Palos Verdes) Alexandra Collatz Discus 5-8 5/25/93 Senior Bakersfi eld, Calif. (Stockdale) Melia Cox Hurdles, Jumps 5-7 11/23/93 Senior Long Beach, Calif. (Long Beach Poly) Malia Cravens Jumps 5-9 1/28/93 Junior* Los Angeles, Calif. (Temecula Valley/Hawai'i) Nicole Davies Distances 5-4 1/7/94 Junior Coronado, Calif. (Coronado) Jerayah Davis Sprints 5-10 4/15/96 Freshman Casper, Wy. (Kelly Walsh) Kendall Ellis Sprints 5-8 3/8/96 Freshman Pembroke Pines, Fla. (St. Thomas Aquinas) Alexis Faulknor Sprints/LJ 5-5 9/22/94 Junior Los Angeles, Calif. (Serra/UCF) Tynia Gaither Sprints 5-2 3/16/93 Junior* Kissimmee, Fla. (Osceola/Georgia) Lauren Grego 800m, 1500m 5-10 6/25/94 Sophomore* Huntington Beach, Calif. (Edison) Dior Hall Hurdles 5-6 1/2/96 Freshman Denver, Colo. (Denver School of Science & Technology) Deanna Hill Sprints 5-5 4/13/96 Freshman Orlando, Fla. (Lake Highland Prep) Felicia Horvath Pole Vault 5-7 7/7/93 Junior Budapest, Hungary (Szinyei Merse Pal) Amalie Iuel Heptathlon, Hurdles 5-11 4/17/94 Sophomore Oslow, Norway (International School of Bangkok) Vanessa Jones 200m/400m 5-7 1/1/93 Senior Fontana, Calif. (Etiwanda) Emma Kao Distances 5-6 1/9/96 Freshman Laguna Niguel, Calif. (Dana Hills) Reika Kijima Distances 5-6 2/21/94 Junior Yokohama, Japan (Ojai Valley/Azusa Pacifi c) Jessica Lesser Distances 5-3 6/20/96 Freshman Irvine, Calif. (Woodbridge) Akawkaw Ndipagbor Sprints, Heptathlon 5-8 4/30/93 Senior Corona, Calif. (Long Beach Poly) Tera Novy Shot, Discus 6-0 2/10/94 Junior Montesano, Wash. (Montesano) Jenny Ozorai Throws 5-4 12/3/90 Senior* Szombathely, Hungary (Kanizsai Dorottya Gimnazium) Mackensie Peace Distances 5-8 5/12/96 Freshman Mission Viejo, Calif. (Mission Viejo) Cameron Pettigrew Sprints 5-10 4/17/95 Sophomore Chicago, Ill. (Walter Payton College Prep) Erika Peyton Throws 5-11 10/12/94 Sophomore* Studio City, Calif. (Notre Dame/Fresno State) Alyssa Reardon Distances 5-5 8/30/93 Junior Placentia, Calif. (El Dorado) Madisen Richards Jumps 5-7 11/15/96 Freshman Simi Valley, Calif. (Simi Valley) Madison Ricks 800m, 1500m 5-11 10/20/96 Freshman San Ramon, Calif. (California) Tanya Sapa Throws 5-8 6/13/95 Sophomore Riverside, Calif. (La Sierra) Kira Soderstrom Distances 5-4 5/2/92 Senior Winter Park, Fla. (Winter Park) Jaide Stepter Hurdles 5-8 9/25/94 Junior Tucson, Ariz. (Canyon Del Oro) Natasha Strickland Distances 5-11 12/9/93 Junior Laguna Beach, Calif. (Laguna Beach) Jenna Tong Distances 5-2 12/3/93 Junior Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa) Juila Tseng Javelin 5-3 3/31/92 Junior* West Covina, Calif. (South Hills) Ky Westbrook Sprints 5-9 2/29/96 Freshman Chandler, Ariz. (Chandler) PAGEPAAGE 66 — 201520115 USCUSU C TRACKTRACCK & FIELDFIELD MEDIAMEDIA GUIDEGUIDE KATERINA AMBER BRAGDON 5-7, Freshman BERDOUSI Distances 5-10, Junior Fountain Valley, Calif. Distances Tripoli, Greece POSTSEASON RESULTS 2013 Pac-12 - 16th - 3000m SC 2014 Pac-12 - 24th - 1500m THIS YEAR: Junior Katerina Berdousi from Greece returns as one of the Tro- THIS YEAR: Freshman Amber Bragdon begins her fi rst season as a distance jans' top middle distance runners. She made great strides during the 2014 cross runner on the USC track and fi eld team. She competed in cross country in the Fall. country season and looks to carry that success over into the track season. HIGH SCHOOL: Bragdon is a 2014 graduate of Fountain Valley High in Fountain 2014: Berdousi led the Trojans with a best 1500m time of 4:35.49 which she Valley, Calif...She rank a 5K best of 18:46 at the Clovis Invitational as a senior. ran in placing sixth at the Triton Invitational on April 26. Her best 800m time She has a best 3-mile XC race time of 17:52.00 to place 14th at the 2012 Orange was 2:16.85 at the Cal-Nevada Championships on April 4. Helped lead the USC Country XC Championships...She was a 2012 All-Orange County honoree, 2011 women's team to a win over UCLA at the Dual Meet on May 4 by winning the Sunset League First Team selection and 2012 FVHS cross country MVP...She 1500m race with a time of 4:38.28. She placed 24th in the 1500m with a time placed 10th at the 2013 Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational with a time of 18:43 of 4:38.69 at the Pac-12 Championships. She did not compete in XC in the fall. on a 2.93-mile course...she has a best 2.93-mile time of 18:22 in taking 10th at the 2012 CIF Southern Division prelims...In track, Bragdon was the 2013 Sunset 2013: Berdousi won the 1500m race at the Northridge Invitational with a time of 4:34. At the Trojan Invite she ran the eighth-fastest women's 3000m race in USC League 3200m champion and has bests times of 2:21.15 in the 800m, 5:08.22 in history and fi nished sixth with a time of 9:45.42. She had a season-best 1500m the 1600m and 10:51.84 in the 3200m races. time of 4:31.06 at Mt. SAC on April 19. She also took third in the steeplechase at the USC-UCLA Dual Meet on April 27 with a time of 11:09.82 to move into ninth PERSONAL: Amber was born on March 11, 1996 in Fountain Valley, Calif. 28, place on USC's all-time list. It was her fi rst 3000m steeplechase at USC and she 1991 in Dana Point, Calif....Her parents are Shawn and Cynthia Bragdon. tripped on the second to last hurdle and went fully underwater or she would have taken second place. In the 2012 cross country campaign, she had a good fi rst CAREER BESTS: 800m -- 2:21.15 season and capped it off with a season-best 6K time of 22:24 to fi nish as USC's fourth runner at the Pac-12 Championships hosted by UCLA on Oct. 27. HIGH SCHOOL: Berdousi is a 2012 graduate of Second High School of Tripoli in Greece. She has personal bests of 2:13 in the 800m, 4:23.68 in the 1500m, 9:37.56 in the 3000m and 17:00.98 in the 5000m races and fi gures to challenge for Trojan top-10 times in all four events. In 2012, Berdousi placed second in the 1500m and third in the 5000m at the Greek Outdoor Championships with her PRs in both events. In 2010, she took third place in the 3000m race at the Euro- pean Youth Olympic Trials with a time of 9:48.56 which qualifi ed her for the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore where she placed fourth with her PR of 9:37.56. Berdousi won the Greek Junior Cross Country Championships in 2012 and is a member of the Greek National Athletics Team. She was voted the best Greek Female Athlete in April of 2010. In July of 2011, Berdousi won the 5000m and placed second in the 3000m races at the Greek Junior Outdoor Championships. PERSONAL: Katerina was born on August 26, 1993 in Tripoli, Greece...Her parents are Konstantinos and Evangelia and she has two siblings, Eustathios and Nikoleta...Likes to listen to music and watch movies in her spare time...Also enjoys exploring new countries and cities and would like to travel to Paris and San Francisco...Lists her favorite actor as Will Smith, favorite musician as David Guetta and favorite movie as Recordman...Her favorite foods are chicken and pasta...Biggest sports hero is Yiannis Kouros because he is the best athlete she has ever met...After school would like to compete in the Olympics. CAREER BESTS: 800m -- 2:13 1500m -- 4:23.68 3000m -- 9:37.56 3000m SC -- 11:09.82 5000m -- 17:00.98 UNIVERSITYUNIVERRSITY OFOF SOUTHERNSOUTU HEERN CALIFORNIACAALIFORNIA — PAGEPAP GEE 67 DESTINEE BROWN GABRIELLA 5-5, Sophomore Sprints CANTRELL Inglewood, Calif. 5-4, Freshman Sprints San Leandro, Calif. THIS YEAR: Sophomore Destinee Brown begins her fi rst season of competing THIS YEAR: Freshman Gabriella Cantrell begins her fi rst season as a Trojan in the sprints and relays for USC. She attended Cal State Fullerton in 2014 before competing in the 100m, 200m and relays. transferring to USC. HIGH SCHOOL: Cantrell graduated with the class of 2014 from San Lean- BEFORE USC: Brown attended Cal State Fullerton as a freshman. She had dro High in San Leandro, Calif. after running her fi rst three seasons at Bishop 13 top fi ve fi nishes in her 2014 season, holding the top three times for Cal State O'Dowd in Oakland, Calif. Cantrell placed second in the 200m (23.85) and fi fth Fullerton for the 100m dash, with her best time coming in at the UC Riverside in the 100m (11.73) at the 2014 California State meet, despite working her way Invitational, where she placed fi rst with a time of 11.64.