The USC men's and women's track teams joined former and future Trojans at the Mt. SAC Relays at Cerritos College on Saturday with sophomores Kendall Ellis and Ricky Morgan Jr. and senior Jaide Stepter (pictured) winning events for Troy. The current Trojans seem to be peaking at just the right time as they head into the final lap of their outdoor regular season. Ellis defeated former Trojan All-Americans Carol Rodriguez and Vanessa Jones in the 400m dash with a PR of 51.82, while Morgan won the men's 400m dash with a time of 46.43. Ellis' time moves her from eighth to fifth on USC's all-time list, but she's still behind her teammate, Jaide Stepter's time of 50.91 that is best in the nation.
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Stepter and fellow senior Amalie Iuel finished first and second in the women's invite 400m IH race, both with season-best times of 55.90 and 56.37 respectively. Freshman Margaux Jones also got a PR with a wind-aided mark of 21-2.75/6.47m (+3.4w) in the long jump, finishing second overall.
Sophomore sensation Adoree' Jackson tied his season-best long jump of 25-8.00/7.82m (+1.9) finishing in fourth place. Fellow sophomore Randall Cunningham also finished fourth but in the high jump, behind USC record-holder and Olympian Jesse Williams, who won the event with a clearance of 7-3.25 (2.23m).
The other Trojan alumni competing in the relays included Andre de Grasse, Ginnie Crawford, BeeJay Lee, Allyson Felix and Bryshon Nellum.
