University Southern California Trojans
USC Faces UCLA In Annual Dual Meet
May 01, 2000 | Track & Field
May. 1, 2000
THE DUAL MEET
The USC men's and women's track and field teams compete in the 67th annual dual meet against the UCLA Bruins on Saturday, May 6. All events are at Drake Stadium with the hammer starting at 9 a.m., other field events at 11 a.m. and running events at 1 p.m. The meet will be televised on a tape delay basis on Sunday, May 14 at 6:30 p.m. on Fox Net 2. There will be a press luncheon to highlight the meet on Wednesday, May 3, at noon in the clubhouse of the L.A. Tennis Center, located directly west of Pauley Pavilion on the UCLA campus.
STREAKS
The UCLA men have defeated USC 21 consecutive times in dual meet competition, while the UCLA women have defeated USC seven straight times. Several significant Bruin streaks over the Trojans have ended in the past year--football, men's and women's basketball, men's volleyball--could track be next?
RANKINGS
The Trojan men are ranked fourth in both the USTCA power rankings and the Trackwire rankings. The Women of Troy are ranked ninth by the USTCA and third by Trackwire. The UCLA women are ranked first by the USTCA and fourth by Trackwire. The UCLA men are ranked eighth by the USTCA and 19th by Trackwire.
THE 2000 USC TROJANS
USC, celebrating its centennial season, owns an unprecedented 26 NCAA Outdoor Championships (plus two indoor titles). Leading the way for the 2000 men's team is 1999 NCAA hammer runner up Norbert Horvath, 1999 Pac-10 400m IH champion Felix Sanchez, and 1999 Pac-10 100m champion Sultan McCullough. The Trojans also added a stellar recruiting class to the mix that was rated second in the nation by Track and Field News. The USC women's team is led by four school record holders: 1999 NCAA 100m champion Angela Williams (11.04), 1999 Pac-10 800m champion Brigita Langerholc (1:59.87), 1999 Pac-10 400m IH champion Natasha Danvers (55.69) and 1999 hammer All-American Jennifer Vail (202-7).
LAST MEET
USC traveled to Austin, Tex., to take part in the USTCA Team Championships last weekend (April 21-22). However, with final exams imminent, the Trojans opted not to bring a full squad to the meet. USC concentrated mainly on getting qualifying times, but still managed a fine showing, though, with the men's squad taking fifth and the women eighth. Highlights for the Trojans: on the women's side, Jennifer Vail recorded a school-record hammer throw of 202-7 (NCAA automatic mark), Brigita Langerholc ran a 52.93 400m (fourth-best in school history, NCAA provisional time), Natasha Danvers ran a wind-aided 13.19 in the 100m hurdles (NCAA provisional time) and the women's 1,600m relay squad ran an NCAA automatic 3:31.31. On the men's side, freshman Ryan Wilson ran a wind-aided 13.90 (+2.5) 110m hurdles (an NCAA provisional mark) in the semifinals and then finished third in the finals with another windy time of 13.79 (+4.5), Szabolcs Maroti won the hammer with a throw of 224-4, and Van Mounts finished second in the shot with a PR mark of 61-5 1/2.
YOUNG AND FAST
The Trojan track and field program features three of the fastest young sprinters in the world. USC's Angela Williams (the 1999 NCAA 100m champion) and Sultan McCullough (the 1999 Pac-10 100m champion) ran the fastest 100m times in the world for the under-20 age group in 1999. Both were freshmen in 1999. Williams' 11.04 time not only won her the NCAA 100m title, but also broke the school record previously set by Torri Edwards and the 23-year old national junior record held by Brenda Morehead of Tennessee State. McCullough's time of 10.17 (which he ran twice in 1999) was a USC freshman and Cromwell Field record (since broken), as well as sixth best in Trojan history. Meanwhile, freshman Kareem Kelly (who will not participate in the dual meet) set a junior world record when he ran the 50-meter dash in 5.67 back on Feb. 19.
THE CHAMP
The aforementioned Angela Williams is the defending NCAA 100m champion and the USC 100m record-holder at 11.04--and she's only a sophomore! Already one of the top female sprinters in the world (she is ranked ninth in the world) , Williams finished third at the U.S. Track and Field Championships last summer and has a good shot at competing in Sydney for the U.S. Olympic team. The 5-2 Williams has a season-best of 11.03w this season and ran the leadoff leg on USC's school-record 43.27 400m relay.
POLE POSITION
Junior pole vaulter Denis Kholev broke Dave Kenworthy's school record on April 1 when he vaulted 18-3 [5.56] to finish second at the Centennial Invitational. Kholev, who finished seventh at the NCAAs in 1999, is a native of the Ukraine who later served three years in the Israeli Defense Forces.
MAMBO NUMBER TWO
Junior triple jumper Djeke Mambo (whose older brother Kedjeloba is also a jumper for Troy) jumped a career-best 53-10 3/4 at the Trojan Invitational to automatically qualify for the NCAAs. It was also the second best triple jump in USC history (behind Tom Cochee's 54-4 1/2). Djeke earned All Pac-10 honors in the long jump last season.
HAMMER TECH
USC has an outstanding hammer tradition, but this year's unit, led by throws coach Dan Lange, may be the deepest in recent memory. Five current Trojan hammer throwers are on the USC all-time top 10 chart. Four of them have thrown over 200 feet in 2000. Two have automatically qualified for the NCAAs, while two are provisionally qualified. Troy returns the 1999 Pac-10 champ and NCAA runner up in junior Norbert Horvath (PR: 241-11), while junior Szabolcs Maroti (225-9) and senior Dagan Massey (209-3) were both Pac-10 finalists last season. Senior David Spitz (206-1) and freshman Lucais MacKay (198-0) round out the unit.
LITTLE TREE
Sophomore Candace Young--one of three daughters of former USC and NFL great Charle "Tree" Young who compete for USC track and field--is one of the most improved athletes on the west coast in 2000. Young has a personal-best of 11.49 in the 100m and 23.75 in the 200m. She also runs the second leg on the Women of Troy's school-record 400m relay squad.
DYNAMIC DUO
The Women of Troy feature a pair of throwers who are currently in three of the all-time USC top-10 charts. Junior hammer All-American Jennifer Vail and sophomore Cynthia Ademiluyi are both triple threats in the hammer, discus and the shot put. Vail finished seventh at the NCAA meet in 1999 and is the Women of Troy record-holder in the hammer (202-7). Ademiluyi shattered her PR with a mark of 52-10 1/2 in the shot that landed her in second on the all-time school charts (it would have easily automatically qualified for the NCAAs, but it was recorded before March 1 when marks did not count toward qualifying.)
SENIOR LEADERSHIP
USC has two of the finest 400m hurdlers around in senior team captain Felix Sanchez and senior Natasha Danvers. Sanchez is second on the all-time Trojan list with a PR of 48.60 and is a good bet this year to top the record of 48.56 set by Tom Andrews in 1976. So far he has the best time in the nation this season (48.86). Sanchez has dual citizenship (U.S.-Dominican Republic) and will be competing for the Dominican Republic in the 2000 Olympics. Danvers is perhaps the best athlete on the USC squad. The London native is the Woman of Troy record-holder in the 400m IH at 55.69 and has the best mark in the Pac-10 this season at 56.71. She is also accomplished in the 100m HH with a season-best of 13.19w and is a stellar high-jumper as well, with a season-best jump of 5-8 1/2. Sanchez and Danvers are also vital parts of the Trojans' 1600m relay squad.
THE INCREDIBLE LANGERHOLC
Junior Brigita Langerholc tops the Women of Troy in two events this season. Already the school-record holder in the 800m (1:59.87), she has a nation-leading 2:02.01 so far this season and will be one of the favorites in that event at the NCAA Championships in June. Langerholc, who hails from Slovenia, also ran USC's best 400m time this year at the USTCA Invitational (52.93-NCAA Provisional) and is a member of USC's school-record 1600m relay team.
TREPAGNIER RETURNS
Saturday will see the return of one of the best high jumpers in the Pac-10. Jeff Trepagnier, a starting guard for the USC basketball team will return to competition after placing second at the Pac-10 meet last season. The 6-4 Trepagnier is seventh on the all-time Trojan chart with a best of 7-0 1/2....and he's only taken part in two competitions!
KINSHASA RISING
Sophomore Kinshasa Davis came to USC as one of the most celebrated female athletes in prep history. Slowed by injuries her first two years (she redshirted her first season), Davis is back on track for greatness. She owns the fastest 200m time in the nation this season at 22.69--second fastest all-time on the Women of Troy and Pac-10 charts--and has an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 53.04 in the 400m (sixth on the USC charts). Davis also is the anchor for USC's school-record 400m and 1600m relays. At the 1999 NCAA Championships in Boise, she ran the anchor leg on USC's 1,600m squad that overtook UCLA in dramatic fashion to deny the Bruins a share of the national title.
NEW STADIUM
USC's Cromwell Track & Field, which is named after legendary Trojan coach Dean Cromwell who led USC track teams to 12 NCAA Championships, will soon be expanded to include a new 3,000-seat stadium (complete with offices and locker rooms), which will be named after Katherine B. Loker, who made the project possible through a generous gift to the University. Construction is expected to begin this June.
LAST SEASON's MEET
The UCLA men's and women's track and field teams defeated USC in dual meet action before a capacity crowd of 3,291 at Cromwell Stadium last May 1. The Bruin men's team beat the Trojans in a nail-biter, 82-81, recording their 21st consecutive victory over the Trojans. The margin of victory was th smallest in the 66-meet history of the crosstown rivalry. UCLA trimmed USC's lead in the overall series to 38-28. The Bruin women downed the Women of Troy, 91-63, and now lead the series 13-3. The last time the USC women got by the Bruins in a dual meet was in 1992 (80-30).
USC'S NCAA TITLE HISTORY
The Trojan men's program has won an unprecedented 26 NCAA outdoor national titles (including nine straight in 1935-43), plus two NCAA indoor crowns. USC's men also have had 105 individual champions over the years. The Women of Troy have had nine individual collegiate champions, including defending 100m champ Angela Williams, and seven Top 10 NCAA team finishes in school history, including last season's third-place showing at the 1999 meet in Boise, Idaho. This year's NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships will be held at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, on May 31-June 4.
RON ALLICE
Under the guidance of Director of Track and Field Ron Allice, the Trojan men are on a run of six consective top 10 finishes - a feat last accomplished during the 1970s under Verne Wolfe. Meanwhile, the Women of Troy have finished in the top 10 three of the last four years - a level of success not seen since the late 1980s. Last year the men's track team won its second Pac-10 title in three years under Allice. Then, at last year's NCAA Outdoor Championships, he led the USC men's team to fifth place and the Women of Troy to third. It was the women's best showing since 1987. As a combined men's and women's program, that performance was the best in school history. In fact, USC was the only school in the country in 1999 that finished in the top five in both men's and women's track and field. In 1998, the Trojan men's team finished in seventh place while the women's team finished in fifth place. In 1997, Allice directed the Trojan men's team to its first Pacific-10 Conference title since 1977 (and 30th overall) before finishing third at the NCAAs. In 1996, Allice guided the USC women's team to its first-ever Pac-10 title and directed the men's squad to a 10th-place finish at the NCAAs. And in his first year at USC in 1995, he led the men's team to a fourth-place finish at the NCAAs. At last year's NCAA Outdoor Championship Allice is well known for his ability to win. His overall dual meet coaching mark is 192-36-1 in 33 years at five schools, including 11 state championships in 16 years at Long Beach City College, his previous stop before landing at Troy. Allice's programs have produced more than 200 All-Americans, plus 16 Olympians, four world record holders and seven American record holders. He has coached at his high school, junior college and college alma maters on the way to compiling his outstanding coaching statistics.
USC TRACK & FIELD HISTORY
In addition to Troy's 26 NCAA outdoor titles (including nine straight, 1935-43), two indoor NCAA titles and 31 conference crowns, the USC men's program has had 38 unbeaten and untied seasons, including a string of 16 in a row (1946-61). Since starting the track and field program in 1900, the Trojan men have compiled a dual-meet record of 403-109-4 (.786). Since 1912, 61 USC trackmen have equalled or bettered world records, and there have been 105 NCAA individual or relay winners from Troy. Seventy-four Trojan men and 13 Women of Troy have won 117 places on national Olympic teams over the years. Trojans have won 27 individual Olympic titles and shared in 13 relay wins.
COMBINED EXCELLENCE
USC was the only school in the nation in 1999 to place both its men's and women's programs in the top five at the NCAA Championships.
USC TRACK AND FIELD'S TWO-SPORT ATHLETES
Name Event(s) Other Sport/Position
Sultan McCullough 100m, 400m relay Football/Tailback -413 yards rushing as a 1999 freshman, had team-long 48 yard run. Darrell Rideaux 100m, 400m relay Football/Cornerback -31 Tackles, Sporting News Freshman All-American Second-Team. Marcell Allmond 110m HH, Decathlon Football/Receiver -14 receptions for 233 yards and one touchdown, three-game starter. Kareem Kelly 100m, 400m relay Football/Receiver -54 receptions for 902 yards (Pac-10 freshman records), -Pac-10 Freshman of the Year. Miguel Fletcher 100m, 200m Football/Tailback -Redshirt freshman tailback. Kori Dickerson High Jump Football/Linebacker -2000 projected starting strongside linebacker, 14 tackles in 1999. Lucais MacKay Throws Football/Offensive Line -Redshirt freshman offensive lineman. Jeff Trepagnier High Jump Basketball/guard -Averaged 15.9 ppg, 6.6 rbs, 3.24 spg, Honorable-mention All-Pac 10.
USC Track & Field 2000 NCAA Outdoor Qualifiers
MEN (15)
Sultan McCullough 100m 10.22 (P) Kareem Kelly 100m 10.33 (P) Ryan Wilson 110m HH 13.90w (P) Djeke Mambo 110m HH 13.92w (P) Felix Sanchez 400m IH 48.86 (A) Djeke Mambo Triple Jump 53-10 3/4 (A) Kedjeloba Mambo Triple Jump 52-10 3/4 (P) Denis Kholev Pole Vault 18-3 (A) Norbert Horvath Hammer 228-0 (A) Szabolcs Maroti Hammer 225-9 (A) Dagan Massey Hammer 209-3 (P) David Spitz Hammer 206-1 (P) Denis Kholev Pole Vault 18-3 (A) Darrell Rideaux Sultan McCullough Vince Williams Kareem Kelly 400m Rly 39.18 (A) Leroy Jordan, Vince Williams, Andre Ammons, Felix Sanchez 1600m Rly 3:04.10 (P)
(A) - Automatic qualifying mark -- currently 7 (P) - Provisional qualifying mark -- currently 8
WOMEN (14)
Angela Williams 100m 11.03w (A) Candace Young 100m 11.48w (P) Kinshasa Davis 200m 22.69 (A) Brigita Langerholc400m 52.93 (P) Kinshasa Davis 400m 53.04 (P) Brigita Langerholc800m 2:02.01 (A) Natasha Danvers 100m HH 13.19w (P) Myriam Tschomba 100m HH 13.62w (P) Natasha Danvers 400m IH 56.71 (A) Stephanie Jones Long Jump 20-5 3/4 (P) Cynthia Ademiluyi Discus 172-4 (P) Jennifer Vail Hammer 202-7 (A) Angela Williams, Candace Young, Malika Edmonson, Kinshasa Davis 400m Rly 43.27 (A) Brigita Langerholc Natasha Danvers, Malika Edmonson, Kinshasa Davis 1600m Rly 3:31.31 (A)
(A) - Automatic qualifying mark -- currently 7 (P) - Provisional qualifying mark -- currently 7
USC vs. UCLA
MEN
1934 USC 87-44 * 1935 USC 104.2-25.8 * 1936 USC 74.5-56.5 * 1937 USC 91-40 * 1938 USC 98-35 * 1939 USC 115-16 * 1940 USC 98-38 * 1941 USC 103.3-27.7 * 1942 USC 108-23 * 1943 USC 71-60 * 1944 USC 89-42 * 1945 USC 82-49 = USC 83-48 * 1946 USC 95-36 # 1947 USC 81.5-49.5 # 1948 USC 81.2-49.8 * 1949 USC 90.5-40.5 # 1950 USC 120-11 * 1951 USC 92.5-36.5 # 1952 USC 95-26 # 1953 USC 75-36 # 1954 USC 95.5-35.5 * 1955 USC 79-52 # 1956 USC 74-54 * 1957 USC 68-63 * 1958 USC 78-53 + 1959 USC 86.5-44.5 # 1960 USC 80-51 + 1961 USC 81.3-49.7 # 1962 USC 86-45 * 1963 USC 99-46 # 1964 USC 89-56 * 1965 USC 83-62 * 1966 UCLA 86-59 * 1967 UCLA 83-62 * 1968 USC 108-36 * 1969 USC 94-60 # 1970 UCLA 100-54 * 1971 USC 75-70 # 1972 UCLA 76-69 * 1973 UCLA 89-55 # 1974 UCLA 82-63 * 1975 UCLA 75-70 # 1976 USC 83-62 # 1977 USC 91-63 # 1978 UCLA 83-71 #^ 1979 UCLA 93.5-60.5 # 1980 UCLA 83-71 # 1981 UCLA 107-47 # 1983 UCLA 88-55 # 1984 UCLA 93-68 # 1985 UCLA 89-73 # 1986 UCLA 104-59 * 1987 UCLA 104-59 # 1988 UCLA 97-66 * 1989 UCLA 93-68 # 1990 UCLA 94-68 * 1991 UCLA 114-38 # 1992 UCLA 123-39 # 1993 UCLA 103.5-57.5 # 1994 UCLA 97-61 # 1995 UCLA 90-71 @ 1996 UCLA 109-52 # 1997 UCLA 88-75 @ 1998 UCLA 84-74 # 1999 UCLA 82-81@
WOMEN
1984 UCLA 76-74 # 1985 UCLA 89-43 # 1986 USC 69-67 * 1987 USC 69-67 # 1988 UCLA 72-50 * 1989 UCLA 101.5-28.5 # 1990 UCLA 90-40 * 1991 UCLA 95-40 # 1992 USC 80-30 # 1993 UCLA 87-47 # 1994 UCLA 94-42 # 1995 UCLA 81-48 @ 1996 UCLA 74-70 # 1997 UCLA 82-63 @ 1998 UCLA 104-50 # 1999 UCLA 91-63@
* at L.A. Memorial Coliseum # at UCLA @ at Cromwell Track & Field = at Berkeley, Calif. + at East L.A. College ^ rescored, originally USC, 84-70
