USC track & field dominated across the board and across the country last week as a host of Trojans competed in the Florida Relays in Gainesville and the California Collegiate Invitational in San Diego. Nine USC student-athletes posted school all-time Top 10 marks between the two meets, and the Trojans swept the Pac-12 Athlete of the Week Honors thanks to the performances of Andre De Grasse, Deanna Hill, Conor McCullough and Tera Novy.
Click here for a complete recap of the Trojans' showing at the Florida Relays and California Collegiate Invitational.
USC opened up the Florida Relays on Friday in fantastic fashion with 15 Trojans posting personal records. Senior BeeJay Lee took second in the men's 100m in a blazing fast time of 10.09 and De Grasse placed third with a PR of 10.11. De Grasse's time moved him into eighth place on USC's all-time list. The duo now have the two fastest legal college 100m dash times in the country this season.
De Grasse also secured a spot in the USC all-time top 10 in both the 200m and 4x100m relay earning him Pac-12 Men's Track Athlete of the Week honors. His PR of 20.20 in the 200m, the fastest time in the country this season, vaulted him to fourth on the school's all-time list. The junior then ran the second leg of the 4x100m relay which finished first among college teams in 38.97. The mark is eighth on USC's all-time list and is the fastest Trojan time in the event since 2005.
The freshman Hill, who was named the Pac-12 Women's Track Athlete of the Week, was the top college runner and second overall in the 200m dash with a PR of 22.88. Her time is the fastest in the country by a college runner this year and ties her for eighth on USC's all-time list. She also set a PR in in the 100m of 11.44 and ran the lead off leg for the team's winning 4x100-meter relay which clocked a time of 43.85.
Fellow freshman Randall Cunningham (pictured) rounded out the action for the Trojans in Florida on Saturday, finishing second in the high jump with a mark of 7-4.25 which moved him into fifth on USC's all-time list and just a quarter of an inch away from the school's freshman record.
Back home in California, a duo of throwers dominated for the Trojans with McCullough winning the men's hammer throw with a mark of 233-7 and Novy winning both the discus and shot put competitions with throws of 182-10 and 45-4.25 respectively. McCullough's winning throw is the best in the country this year and moved him to fifth on USC's all-time list. The pair were named the Pac-12 Men's and Women's Field Athletes of the Week.
The men's team is currently ranked No. 5 and the women's team is No. 7 in the most recent USTFCCCA rankings announced on Monday. Next up, a handful of Trojans will compete in the Jim Click Shootout on April 11 in Tucson before heading to the annual Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, Calif. from April 16-17.
