Twenty Trojans in 19 individual events performed well enough at this weekend's NCAA Track & Field West Preliminary Rounds to advance to the NCAA Championships in Eugene, OR next week.Click here for the full recap!
The top 12 finishers in each event at the NCAA Prelims earned a trip to the NCAA Championships. Many Trojans did that and more.
Junior Kendall Ellis (pictured) punched her ticket by breaking her own school record and the NCAA West Prelims record with a 50.45 in the 400m dash. She continued her impressive meet by helping USC's women's 4x400m relay team set a school record with a time of 3:26.09. Ellis, Cameron Pettigrew, Amalie Iuel and Deanna Hill set the collegiate record for the 4x400m relay back in March and won the event at the Pac-12 Championships earlier this month.
Ellis and Pettigrew also advanced in the 400m dash, while Iuel also advanced in the 400m hurdles.
On the men's side, redshirt junior Eric Sloan set a record of his own. His 55-6.25/16.92m (+1.9) mark in the triple jump ranked third in USC history but was an NCAA West Prelims record. Sloan also advanced in the long jump.
USC's 20 representatives at the upcoming NCAA Championships are six more than they boasted last season.
All in all, the following Trojans advanced to next week's NCAA Championships in Eugene:
Alexander Barnum (M-4x100m)T.J. Brock (M-4x100m)
Anna Cockrell (W-100m HH, W-400m IH)
Kendall Ellis (W-400m)
Robert Ford (M-800m)
Dior Hall (W-100m HH)
Deanna Hill (W-100m, W-200m)
Amalie Iuel (W-400m IH)
Matthew Katnik (M-SP)
Brittany Mann (W-SP)
Ricky Morgan Jr. (M-400m)
Marquis Morris (M-110m HH)
Michael Norman (M-400m)
Cameron Pettigrew (W-400m)
Nick Ponzio (M-SP)
Alex Rohani (M-4x400m)
Tanya Sapa (W-SP)
Eric Sloan (M-LJ, M-TJ)
Christian Sourapas (M-4x100m)
Ky Westbrook (W-100m)
Men's 4x100m relay
Men's 4x400m relay
Women's 4x400m relay
