2016 USC TRACK AND FIELD SCHEDULE Date Event Location Jan. 16 Washington Preview (Indoor) Seattle, Wash. Jan. 22-23 Conference Clash (Indoor) Birmingham, Ala. Feb. 5-6 New Mexico Classic (Indoor) Albuquerque, N.M. Feb. 12-13 Tyson Invitational (Indoor) Fayetteville, Ark. Feb. 26-27 MPSF Championships (Indoor) Seattle, Wash. March 11-12 NCAA Indoor Championships Birmingham, Ala. March 18-19 Trojan Invitational USC March 25-26 Power Conference Cardinal & Gold Challenge USC April 2 California Collegiate San Diego, Calif. April 9 Pepsi Invitational Eugene, Ore. April 14-16 Beach Invitational Long Beach, Calif. Apr. 14-16 Mt. Sac Relays Walnut, Calif. April 15 Bryan Clay Invite Azusa, Calif. April 22-23 Triton Invitational La Jolla, Calif. May 1 USC-UCLA Dual Meet Westwood, Calif. May 7-8 Pac-12 Multi-Event Championships Seattle, Wash. May 14-15 Pac-12 Championships Seattle, Wash. May 26-28 NCAA Preliminary Rounds Lawrence, Kan. June 8-11 NCAA Championships Eugene, Ore. UNIVERSITYUNIVVEERSITY OFOF SOUTHERNSOUTHERN CALIFORNIACAALIFORNIA — PAGEPAGE 1 2016 USC TRACK & FIELD QUICK FACTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Nickname: Schedule................................................................................... 1 Trojans Contents and Quick Facts ........................................................ 2 2016 Outlook ........................................................................3-4 Fight Song: USC Director of T&F Caryl Smith Gilbert .............................. 5-6 “Fight On” Track & Field Staff ...............................................................7-12 Men's 2015 NCAA Championship Results ............................. 13 Colors: Support Staff ........................................................................... 14 Cardinal & Gold 2015 Season in Review ..........................................................15 Men's 2016 Roster ................................................................. 16 Enrollment: 2016 Men's Student-Athlete Bios ...................................... 18-29 43,000 (19,000 undergraduates) A Typical Season For USC T&F ............................................. 30 Andre De Grasse' Special Season ......................................... 31 University President: 2015 Men's Season Bests ......................................................32 C.L. Max Nikias Men's Year-by-Year Results .............................................. 34-35 Men's NCAA Individual Champions ...................................36-37 Athletic Director: Men's NCAA Point Scorers ................................................38-41 Pat Haden Men's NCAA Point Leaders .................................................... 42 Olympic Team Members ....................................................43-44 Director of Track & Field: Olympic Champions ............................................................... 45 Caryl Smith Gilbert Hall of Famers ........................................................................ 46 Heritage Award Winners and Inductees ................................. 47 Assistant Coaches: Katherine B. Loker Tribute and Award ....................................48 Sheldon Blockburger, David Freeman, Dan Lange, Men's All-Time Records ..........................................................49 Men's All-Time Top 10 Performers .....................................50-52 Loreal Smith, Quincy Watts Men's Freshman and Cromwell Field Records .......................53 Trojans in the World/U.S. Rankings................................... 54-55 Volunteer Assistant Coach: Trojans on Track and Field News ........................................... 56 DeeDeeTrotter Paths of Glory ....................................................................57-58 All-Time Men's Letterwinners ............................................ 59-62 Directors of Operations: Women's 2015 Roster ............................................................ 64 Mary Angell 2016 Women's Student-Athlete Bios .................................65-80 Kyrah McCowan 2016 Team Photos .................................................................. 81 Sights From The Women's Pac-12 Championships ...............82 Strength Coach: Women's 2015 NCAA Championships Results ...................... 83 Ivan Lewis, Tatyana McMahon 2015 Women's Season Bests................................................. 84 Cross Country......................................................................... 85 Managers: Women of Troy Year-by-Year.................................................. 86 Errin Baynes, Adrienne Liu Women's All-Time Records .................................................... 87 Loker Stadium/Cromwell Field Records ................................. 88 Academic Counselors: Women's All-Time Performers ................................................ 89 Women's Pac-12 and Freshman Record-Holders ..................90 Angela Munger Women's NCAA Individual Champions................................... 91 Women's All-Time NCAA Finalists .....................................92-93 Compliance: Women's All-Time All-Americans By Year .............................. 94 Joyce Bell, Aaron Price Women's All-Time NCAA Point Leaders .................................95 Women's Olympic Members ...................................................96 Track & Field Athletic Trainer: Women in the World Top 10 ................................................... 97 Dunford Rodill, Sophia Gonzalez (PT Resident) Women's Letterwinners .......................................................... 98 USC Experience Section .................................................99-112 Historian: Tracy Sundlun USC SPORTS INFORMATION Trojan Force President: Track and Field SID Ari Monosson David Tuttle -- (213) 740-3806 (offi ce) (213) 725-3102 (cell) For all the latest news, facts and fi gures The 2016 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 Chromatic. Some photographic services provided by Kirby Lee/Image of Sport, Dan Avila, Patrick Gee, Glenn Hundley, Jon SooHoo, Dan Lange, Hali Helfgott and David Tuttle. Additional historical support provided by www.usctrojans.com Russ Reabold. 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 — 2016202 166 USCUSCS TRACKTRAR CKK & FIELDFIELD MEDIAMEDE IA GUIDEGUIDE 2016 USC Season Outlook TROJANS EYE CHAMPIONSHIPS AND MEDALS DURING 2016 SEASON Every four years the world takes notice of the USC track and fi eld Sloan has PRs of 54-0.00 (16.46m) in the triple jump and 25-8 (7.82m) program like they will this year at the 2016 Rio Olympics, but nation- in the long jump. The last time USC had a triple jumper top 52-8 was ally the Trojans are turning heads every season. Since Caryl Smith in 2003 when Allen Simms set the school record of 56-4 (17.17m). Gilbert took over the program for the 2014 season, the men’s and women’s teams have fi nished in the top 10 a combined three times The sprints are always a strength for the Trojans and this year’s group and won three individual titles at the NCAAs, won two MPSF indoor under the guidance of Smith Gilbert and Olympic gold medalist Quincy titles, 52 athletes have earned All-America honors and fi ve outdoor Watts should be no exception. Senior Just’N Thymes had a solid fi rst school records have been set. USC returns 17 athletes which have season at USC, but the coaches expect bigger things from him in 2016. posted 24 all-time Trojan top 10 marks and are parts of seven top 10 Thymes set a 200m PR of 20.46 (-0.1) at the Florida Relays last sea- relays, as well as having added an outstanding group of newcomers. son and owns a best 100m time of 10.18 (+1.0) set in 2014. He also No wonder there is great excitement and anticipation for the 2016 ran on USC’s All-American 4x100m relay team which placed fourth track and fi eld season. at the NCAAs with the second-fastest time in school history. He will be joined in the sprints this season by redshirt freshman transfer from The men’s team is coming off consecutive top 5 fi nishes at the NCAA Florida State Zyaire Clemes. Clemes has high school bests of 46.26 Championships (tied for fi fth in 2015) and fi gures to be in the mix again. in the 400m, 21.29 in the 200m and 10.45 in the 100m. Senior sprinter Andre De Grasse was so spectacular last season, win- ning the NCAA 100m and 200m titles, setting the school records in Sophomore Ricky Morgan Jr. is USC’s top returning 400m runner. both and earning a bronze medal at the World Championships, that he Morgan set a PR of 46.51 in the 400m at the NCAA Regionals and parlayed his success into a lucrative professional deal. He will remain advanced to the NCAA semifi nals in the event. He placed fi fth at the in school and earn his degree, but his departure and the graduation Pac-12 Championships with a time of 46.63 and took second in the of NCAA hammer throw champion Conor McCullough will leave the MPSF Indoor Championships with a time of 47.32. His indoor best of Trojans with some big shoes to fi ll. 47.14 set the USC freshman record. Also, redshirt sophomore Alex Rohani returns to action after a season away from the track due to injury. He fi nished fourth in the 400m at the 2014