2015 Usc Track and Field Schedule
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2015 USC TRACK AND FIELD SCHEDULE Date Event Location Jan. 17 Washington Preview (Indoor) Seattle, Wash. Jan. 23-24 Rod McCravy Invitational (Indoor) Lexington, Kent. Feb. 6-7 Frank Sevigne Invitational (Indoor) Lincoln, Neb. Feb. 13-14 Don Kirby Elite Meet (Indoor) Albuquerque, N.M. Feb. 27-28 MPSF Championships (Indoor) Seattle, Wash. Feb. 28 Claremont Rossi Relays Claremont, Calif. March 6-7 CS Los Angeles Invitational Los Angeles, Calif. March 13-14 Ben Brown Invitational Fullerton, Calif. March 13-14 NCAA Indoor Championships Fayetteville, Ark. March 20-21 Trojan Invitational USC April 3-4 Florida Relays Gainesville, Fla. April 3-4 Cal-Nevada Championships San Diego, Calif. April 3-4 Stanford Invitational Palo Alto, Calif. April 11 Jim Click Shootout Tucson, Ariz. Apr. 16-18 Mt. Sac Relays Walnut, Calif. April 18 Long Beach Invitational Cerritos, Calif. April 24-25 Triton Invitational San Diego, Calif. May 2-3 USC-UCLA Dual Meet USC May 9-10 Pac-12 Multi-Event Championships Westwood, Calif. May 16-17 Pac-12 Championships Westwood, Calif. May 28-30 NCAA Preliminary Rounds Austin, Texas June 10-13 NCAA Championships Eugene, Ore. UNIVERSITYUNIVVEERSITY OFOF SOUTHERNSOUTHERN CALIFORNIACAALIFORNIA — PAGEPAGE 1 2015 USC TRACK & FIELD QUICK FACTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Nickname: Schedule................................................................................... 1 Trojans Contents and Quick Facts ........................................................ 2 2015 Outlook ........................................................................3-4 Fight Song: USC Director of T&F Caryl Smith Gilbert .............................. 5-6 “Fight On” Assistant Coaches ...............................................................7-12 Men's 2014 NCAA Championship Results ............................. 13 Colors: Support Staff ........................................................................... 14 Cardinal & Gold 2014 Season in Review ..........................................................15 Men's 2015 Roster ................................................................. 16 Enrollment: 2015 Men's Student-Athlete Bios ...................................... 18-32 40,000 (18,000 undergraduates) 2015 Seniors and Men's Co-captains ..................................... 33 2014 Men's Season Bests ......................................................34 University President: Men's Year-by-Year Results .............................................. 36-37 C.L. Max Nikias Men's NCAA Individual Champions ...................................38-39 Men's NCAA Point Scorers ................................................40-43 Athletic Director: Men's NCAA Point Leaders .................................................... 44 Pat Haden Olympic Team Members ....................................................45-46 Olympic Champions ............................................................... 47 Director of Track & Field: Hall of Famers ........................................................................ 48 Caryl Smith Gilbert (213) 740-4201 Heritage Award Winners and Inductees ................................. 49 Katherine B. Loker Tribute and Award ....................................50 Assistant Coaches: Men's All-Time Records ..........................................................51 David Freeman, Dan Lange, Jamie Nieto, Loreal Smith, Men's All-Time Top 10 Performers .....................................52-54 Men's Freshman and Cromwell Field Records .......................55 Quincy Watts Trojans in the World/U.S. Rankings................................... 56-57 Trojans on Track and Field News ........................................... 58 Volunteer Assistant Coaches: Paths of Glory ....................................................................59-60 Brysun Stately, DeeDeeTrotter, Ryan Wilson All-Time Men's Letterwinners ............................................ 61-64 Women's 2015 Roster ............................................................ 66 Director of Operations: 2015 Women's Student-Athlete Bios .................................67-86 Mary Angell Women's 2014 NCAA Championships Results ...................... 87 2014 Women's Season Bests................................................. 88 Assistant Director of Operations: Cross Country......................................................................... 89 Kyrah McCowan Women of Troy Year-by-Year.................................................. 90 Women's All-Time Records .................................................... 91 Strength Coach: Loker Stadium/Cromwell Field Records ................................. 92 Chris Chase, Tatyana McMahon Women's All-Time Performers ................................................ 93 Women's Pac-12 and Freshman Record-Holders ..................94 Managers: Women's NCAA Individual Champions................................... 95 Errin Baynes, Adrienne Liu Women's All-Time NCAA Finalists .....................................96-97 Women's All-Time All-Americans By Year .............................. 98 Women's All-Time NCAA Point Leaders .................................99 Academic Counselors: Women's Olympic Members .................................................100 Angela Munger Women in the World Top 10 ................................................. 103 2015 Women's Captains....................................................... 103 Compliance: Women's Letterwinners ........................................................ 102 Joyce Bell, Aaron Price USC Experience Section ...............................................103-112 Track & Field Athletic Trainer: Dunford Rodill, Sophia Gonzalez (PT Resident) USC SPORTS INFORMATION Historian: Tracy Sundlun Track and Field SID David Tuttle -- (213) 740-3806 (offi ce) Trojan Force President: (213) 725-3102 (cell) Ari Monosson For all the latest news, facts and fi gures The 2015 USC Track & Field Media Guide has been prepared by the sports informa- tion offi ce for use during the 2015 season. The guide was written and edited by David on Trojan track and fi eld, visit the offi cial USC Tuttle, USC assistant sports information director. Cover design and layout by Ross athletics website at the following internet address: Yoshida. Printing provided by Pro Graphics. Some photographic services provided by Kirby Lee/Image of Sport, Dan Avila, Patrick Gee, Glenn Hundley, Jon SooHoo, Dan Lange and David Tuttle. Additional historical support provided by Russ Reabold. www.usctrojans.com Copies of this guide are available to the general public by sending $10 payable to USC to the USC Sports Information Offi ce, Heritage Hall 103, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0601. PAGEPAAGE 2 — 2015202 155 USCUSCS TRACKTRAR CKK & FIELDFIELD MEDIAMEDE IA GUIDEGUIDE 2015 USC Season Outlook THE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT FOR THE USC TRACK & FIELD PROGRAM The second season of the USC track and fi eld program under the vis and Loudia Laarman to run the second-fastest 4x100m time leadership of Director of Track & Field Caryl Smith Gilbert is set in school history and place second at the NCAA Championships, to get rolling and if the fi rst season was any indication, big things but all is not lost. Replacing the dynamic Davis and the steady are about to happen. Laarman on relay team will not be easy, but along with a strong 400m group, USC has added freshmen sprinters Gabriella Cantrell, In the fi rst season under Smith Gilbert, USC won the 2014 MPSF Jerayah Davis, Deanna Hill and Ky Westbrook, along with transfer indoor title, the men’s and women’s teams both placed second Destinee Brown. All fi ve runners have run 11.64 or under, with the at the Pac-12 Championships while winning 12 titles, and then best time being 11.33 by the multi-talented Westbrook. the men tied for fourth and the women tied for 16th at the NCAA Championships. USC posted 22 top 10 school marks and had a The Trojans have several extremely talented athletes that can run combined 28 fi rst-team All-America selections in the indoor and up to 400m in seniors Vanessa Jones and Akawkaw Ndipagbor and outdoor seasons. The Trojans have added an extremely talented freshman Kendall Ellis. Team co-captain Jones ranks fourth on and large recruiting class to the strong returning core group and USC’s all-time list with a time of 52.15 and was third in the event there seems to be the feeling that this is the beginning of something at the 2014 Pac-12 Championships. Ndipagbor won the 400m title special for the track and fi eld program. at the 2014 MPSF Indoor Championships and outdoors advanced to the 2104 NCAA West Regional in the event. Ellis comes to USC A staple of the USC program has always been the sprints and with a personal best of 52.95 in high school and won the Florida this season will be no different. The men’s team returns seniors state title all four seasons. Sophomore Cameron Pettigrew has BeeJay Lee, Bryan Mercado, Jovonte Slater and Davonte Stew- made great strides as a 400m and 800m runner and will also be art to key the Trojan strike force in the sprints. Team co-captain key at this distance. Lee is a former Pac-12 champion at 100m and advanced to both the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships last season. He The middle distances for the men has a best 100m time of 10.07 which is tied for fourth on USC’s again will center around senior Myles all-time list. Mercado continues to post PRs each season, last Andrews, but this year he has com- year running a 10.56 100m and a 21.48 200m, and no doubt has pany. Andrews has a best 800m time saved his best for last. Slater