University Southern California Trojans
USC Track & FIeld Opens Season At Rossi Relays
February 26, 2011 | Track & Field
Feb. 26, 2011
The USC track and field team opened the outdoor season today (Feb. 26) by winning four individual events at the 15th Annual Rossi Relays hosted by Claremont Mudd-Scripps in Claremont, Calif.
Freshman Lauren Blackburn won the women's 100m HH with a wind-aided time of 13.81. Her time was .75 seconds faster that the second place finisher who had a time of 14.56.
Sophomore Thea Weiss, competing unattached, won the women's pole vault with a clearance of 10-6.00 (3.20m).
USC finished 1-2 in the men's high jump with sophomore Tyler Ruiz clearing 6-8.00 (2.03m) just off his PR, while freshman Viktor Fajoyomi jumped 6-6.00 (1.98).
Senior Taylor Slingsby tied for first in the men's pole vault with a clearance of 15-5.50 (4.71m).
Other men finishing in the top five in an event were freshman Douglas Bogie in the high jump (T-4th, 6-4.00), freshman Kevin Schwindt in the pole vault (T-4th, 14-5.50), senior Justin Matoesian in the pole vault (T-4th, 15-5.50), junior Jacob Aronson in the javelin throw (3rd, 176-6) and sophomore Jeffrey Churchman in the javelin (3rd, 174-5).
Other Trojan females with top 5 finishes were sophomore Jennifer Stutland in the high jump (3rd, 5-1.75), junior Katherine Chang in the triple jump (5th, 34-5.75w), freshman Jenny Ozorai in the hammer throw (2nd, 156-10, using a heavy hammer) and senior Devon Rennie in the javelin (111-9).
USC mixed and matched on most of the relays. The women's 4x400m relay took second with a time of 3:58.48, the women's distance medley teams took second (12:29.61) and fourth (12:31.33), the men's 4x100m relay team took fifth (44.26), the 4x400m relay teams took first (3:21.33, second (3:24.47), fourth (3:25.31) and fifth (3:25.36), the sprint medley teams took first (3:29.23), third (3:30.50) and 11th (3:44.71, and the distance medley teams took first (10:08.68), fourth (10:21.19), seventh (10:33.33) and 10th (10:35.41.
