University Southern California Trojans
Nellum And Coach Johnson Receive USTFCCCA Honors
June 03, 2013 | Track & Field
June 3, 2013
EUGENE, ORE. - USC sprinter Bryshon Nellum was named the West Region Male Track Athlete of the Year and John Henry Johnson was named the West Region Men's Assistant Coach of the Year by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) today (June 3). The track and field team is currently in Eugene, Ore. for the 2013 NCAA Track & Field Championships being held June 5-8.
Nellum, a senior from Los Angeles, Calif., ran an NCAA-leading time at 400 meters in 44.76 and the third-fastest at 200 in 22.23 (+1.5m/s) for Pac-12 titles in both events, becoming only the second Pac-12 male ever to do so, en route to Pac-12 Track Athlete of the Meet honors. His 200 time is seventh all-time in the Pac-12 and the fastest in the Pac-12 since 2000. He will compete at the NCAA Finals at 200 and 400 meters.
In his nineteenth season as a sprints coach at USC, Johnson had his athletes go 1-2-3 at 200 meters and 1-2 at 100 meters at the Pac-12 Championships. Aaron Brown and BeeJay Lee both ran 10.07 tied for the third-fastest in school history and fourth in Pac-12 history. West Region Track Athlete of the Year Bryshon Nellum, Brown and Davonte Stewart swept the 200 with Nellum's time of 20.23 the third-fastest in USC history, seventh-fastest on conference history and fastest in the Pac-12 since 2000. Johnson qualified three entrants to the NCAA Finals.
