2020 Usc Track & Field Media Guide
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From Left to Right: Isaiah Jewett 2020 USC TRACK & FIELD -2019 NCAA Indoor 800m All-American Chanel Brissett MEDIA GUIDE -2019 NCAA Indoor 60m Hurdles Champion -2019 NCAA Outdoor 100m hurdles runner-up, 4x100m Champion Kaelin Roberts -2019 NCAA Indoor 400m Champion -2019 NCAA Indoor & Outdoor 4x400m All-American TeeTee Terry -2019 NCAA Indoor 60m Champion -2019 NCAA Outdoor 100m – 3rd Place, 4x100m Champion From Left to Right: Anna Cockrell -2019 NCAA Outdoor 400m Hurdles Champion, 100m Hurdles & 4x100m All-American Angie Annelus -2018 & 2019 NCAA Outdoor 200m Champion -2019 NCAA Outdoor 4x100m Champion, 100m All-American Matthew Katnik -2019 NCAA Indoor & Outdoor Shot Put All-American From Left to Right: Lanae-Tava Thomas -2019 NCAA Indoor & Outdoor 200m All-American -2019 NCAA Outdoor 4x100m Champion, 2019 NCAA Indoor 4x400m All-American Earnest Sears III -2019 NCAA Indoor High Jump All-American Bailey Lear From Left to Right: -2019 NCAA Indoor & Outdoor 4x400m All-American Cameron Samuel -2019 Outdoor 400m Hurdles All-American Kyra Constantine -2019 NCAA Indoor & Outdoor 400m & 4x400m All-American Mecca McGlaston -2019 NCAA Indoor 60m Hurdles All-American UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TRACK AND FIELD |2020 SCHEDULE Date Event Location January 24-25 Dr. Martin Luther King Collegiate Invitational (Indoor) Albuquerque, N.M. January 31-Feb. 1 Texas Tech Invitational (Indoor) Lubbock, Texas February 14-15 Tiger Paw Invitational (Indoor) Clemson, S.C. February 14-15 Husky Classic (Indoor) Seatte, Wash. February 21 Matador Qualifi er (Indoor) Lubbock, Texas February 28-29 MPSF Championships (Indoor) Seattle, Wash. March 6-7 Beach Opener Long Beach, Calif. March 13-14 NCAA Championships (Indoor) Albuquerque, N.M. March 27-28 Power 5 Conference Challenge Oxford, Miss. April 2-4 Stanford Invitational Palo Alto, Calif. April 10-11 Triton Invitational San Diego, Calif. April 16-17 Mt. SAC Relays Walnut, Calif. April 17-18 Beach Invitational Long Beach, Calif. May 3 USC-UCLA Dual Meet Westwood, Calif. May 9-10 Pac-12 Multi-Event Championships Corvallis, Ore. May 16-17 Pac-12 Championships Eugene, Ore. May 28-30 NCAA West Preliminary Rounds Lawrence, Kan. June 10-13 NCAA Championships Austin, Texas 1547 NCAA ALL-AMERICANS | 200 OLYMPIANS |UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TRACK AND FIELD — PAGE 1 2020 USC TRACK & FIELD QUICK FACTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Nickname: Schedule................................................................................... 1 Trojans Contents and Quick Facts ........................................................ 2 NCAA Champion & Record-Setting 4x100m Relay ..................3 Fight Song: 2019 NCAA Championship Moments .......................................4 “Fight On” 2020 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 Team Captains/2018 Dual Meet Champions .................17 Trojan Spirit ............................................................................ 18 Enrollment: Men's 2019 NCAA Championship Results ............................. 19 47,500 (20,000 undergraduates) 2019 Season in Review ..........................................................20 Men's 2020 Roster ................................................................. 22 President: 2020 Men's Veteran Student-Athlete Bios .........................23-36 2020 Men's Newcomer Student Athlete Bios .................... 36-38 Carol L. Folt 2020 Men's Team Photo .........................................................39 2019 Men's Outdoor & Indoor Season Bests .................... 40-41 Athletic Director: Men's Year-by-Year Results .............................................. 44-45 Mike Bohn Men's NCAA Individual Champions ...................................46-47 Men's NCAA Point Scorers ................................................48-51 Director of Track & Field: Men's NCAA Point Leaders .................................................... 52 Caryl Smith Gilbert Olympic Team Members ....................................................53-54 Olympic Champions ............................................................... 55 Assistant Coaches: Hall of Famers ........................................................................ 56 Patrick Henner, Dan Lange, Nick Newman, Quincy Watts, Heritage Award Winners and Inductees ................................. 57 Katherine B. Loker Tribute and Award ....................................58 Skyler Willis Men's All-Time Records ..........................................................59 Men's All-Time Top 10 Performers .....................................60-62 Volunteer Assistant Coaches: Men's Freshman and Cromwell Field Records .......................63 Joanna Hayes, Joe Utzurrum Trojans in the World/U.S. Rankings........................................ 64 Trojans at the 2019 IAAF World Championships.................... 65 Senior Director of Operations, Media & Publicity: Trojans on Track and Field News ........................................... 66 Kyrah McCowan Paths of Glory ....................................................................67-68 All-Time Men's Letterwinners ............................................ 69-74 Women's 2019 Roster ............................................................ 76 Director of Operations: 2020 Women's Veteran Student-Athlete Bios ................... 77-88 Andrew DeKruyf 2020 Women's Newcomer Student-Athlete Bios ...............89-90 2020 Women's Team Photo .................................................... 91 Strength Coach: Women's 2019 NCAA Championships Results ...................... 92 Tatyana McMahon 2019 Women's Outdoor & Indoor Season Bests ...............93-94 Cross Country......................................................................... 95 Academic Counselor: Women of Troy Year-by-Year.................................................. 96 Angela Munger-Rivera Women's All-Time Records .................................................... 97 Loker Stadium/Cromwell Field Records ................................. 98 Compliance: Women's All-Time Performers ................................................ 99 De-Neita Peoples and Katherine Cresser Women's Pac-12 and Freshman Record-Holders ................100 Women's NCAA Individual Champions................................. 101 Women's All-Time NCAA Finalists .................................102-103 Track & Field Athletic Trainer: Women's All-Time All-Americans By Year ..................... 104-105 Dunford Rodill and Justin Shibel Women's All-Time NCAA Point Leaders ...............................106 Women's Olympic Members .................................................107 Historian: Women in the World Top 10 ................................................. 108 Tracy Sundlun Women's Letterwinners ................................................. 109-110 Around The Track In 2019 .....................................................111 Trojan Force President: USC Experience Section ...............................................112-121 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 2020 USC Track & Field Media Guide has been prepared by the sports information offi ce. The guide was written and edited by David Tuttle, USC as- sociate sports information director. Cover design and layout by Jennifer Griner. www.usctrojans.com 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. PAGE 2 — UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TRACK & FIELD | 30 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS | 177 NCAA CHAMPIONS NNCAACAA CCHAMPIONSHAMPIONS AANDND UUSC'sSC's RRECORD-SETTINGECORD-SETTING 44X100MX100M RRELAYELAY TTEAMEAM TOP (L-R): TEETEE TERRY AND ANGIE ANNELUS BOTTOM (L-R): LANAE-TAVA THOMAS AND CHANEL BRISSETT 1547 NCAA ALL-AMERICANS | 200 OLYMPIANS |UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TRACK AND FIELD — PAGE 3 Chanel Brissett 2019 NCAA OUTDOOR TRACK 100m Hurdles Runner-Up & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS Angie Annelus 200m Champion Anna Cockrell 400m Hurdles Champion PAGEPAGE 4 — UNIVERSITYUNIVERSIS TY OFOF SOUTHERNSOOUUTHEERNN CALIFORNIACALIFORNIA TRACKTRT AACK & FIFIELDELD | 30 NNATIONALATIONAL CHCHAMPIONSHIPSAMMPIONSSHHIPS | 171777 NCNCAAAA CCHAMPIONSHAMPIONS 2020 USC Season Outlook all-time 800m indoor list and seventh on its all-time outdoor list. Rus- sell has a best 800m time of 2:04.81 and missed out by one spot of USC SET TO BE A NATIONAL FACTOR AGAIN qualifying for the NCAA Championships in the event, after taking fourth at the Pac-12 Championships. The sophomore ranks eighth on USC’s The 2019 track and fi eld season once again proved that the USC all-time outdoor list and second on the school’s indoor list with the USC Track & Field Program is one of the elite programs in the country with freshman record. USC also has a strong returning middle distance the women’s team fi nishing runner-up at the NCAA Indoor & Outdoor crew in seniors Chloe Berry and Kamryn Weber, juniors Jennifer Daly Championships and capturing its second consecutive Pac-12 title, while and Sydney Tullai, and sophomore Brynn Sauer. USC has also added the young men’s team established