Fresh off an impressive USC performance at the MPSF Indoor Track & Field Championships, USC Director of Track & Field Caryl Smith Gilbert was named the 2017 MPSF Women's Coach of the Year and junior Randall Cunningham was named Men's Athlete of the Meet.Click here for the full release!
Over the weekend, USC's sixth-ranked women's team took home the title for the third time in four years by winning four individual events. Kendall Ellis set a track record with a 23.09 in the 200m, while Cameron Pettigrew set a PR with a 52.27 in the 400m. Pettigrew, Ellis, Amalie Iuel and Deanna Hill tied the meet record of 3:32.54 in the 4x400 relay and Margaux Jones won the long jump for the second year in a row. Smith Gilbert has now won MPSF Women's Coach of the Year three times and Men's Coach of the Year once.
Smith Gilbert has seen the No. 10 men's team, especially Cunningham, flourish under her direction. Last year's NCAA high jump champion won the MPSF title this weekend with a 7-5.25 (2.27m) -- a meet record and the top jump in indoor collegiate track and field this season.
Now, the Trojans prepare for NCAA Indoor Championships, which take place next Friday and Saturday (March 10-11).
