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USC Hosts Annual Trojan Invitational T&F Meet On March 16-17
March 15, 2018 | Track & Field, Features
The USC Trojans will hold the annual Trojan Invitational on March 16-17 at Loker Stadium in Los Angeles, Calif. Among the teams competing at the Trojan Invitational will be CS Fullerton, BYU, Long Beach State, UC Davis, Utah, Washington and Washington State. Also as is tradition, there will be the Los Angeles city high school relay championships held on Saturday.
TROJAN INVITATIONAL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS - The Trojan Invitational will begin on March 16 with the hammer throw and discus throw competitions being held at Long Beach State beginning at noon. Then the action switches to Loker Stadium that night at 5 p.m. for a distance carnival featuring the 3000m steeplechase and 3000m races. The main portion of the meet will be on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Loker Stadium.
TROJANS SET 2 WORLD & 3 USA RECORDS AT INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS- Michael Norman won the men's 400m with a world-record time and was part of the winning world record-setting 4x400m relay, Kendall Ellis won the women's 400m with a USA-record time and was part of the winning women's relay and Randall Cunningham won the men's high jump by tying the school record at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships at Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium in College Station, Texas on March 10. The USC men's team placed second with 37 points and the women's team took seventh with 28 points.
MEN & WOMEN WIN MPSF TITLES - USC won both the men's and women's team titles at the MPSF Indoor Championships in Seatte, Wash. on Feb. 23-24. USC men winning titles were Rai Benjamin (400m), T.J. Brock (60m), Randall Cunningham (HJ), Robert Ford (800m) and Nick Ponzio (SP). Trojan women claiming crowns were: Kyra Constantine (400m), Kendall Ellis (200m), Dior Hall (60m H), TeeTee Terry (60m).
MEN'S 4X400M RELAY SETS WORLD RECORD...AGAIN - USC's men's 4x400m relay team of Zach Shinnick, Rai Benjamin, Ricky Morgan Jr. and Michael Norman shattered the world record and set a school, collegiate and USA record with a winning time of 3:00.77 at the NCAA Indoor Championships on March 10. USC had originally claimed the record at the Tiger Paw Invitational earlier this season with a time of 3:01.98, but a team from Poland broke it with a time of 3:01.77 on March 4.
USC'S RETURNING OUTDOOR ALL-AMERICANS - USC has five returning women's outdoor All-Americans in Anna Cockrell (100m H, 400m H), Kendall Ellis (400m, 4x400m), Dior Hall (100m H), Deanna Hill (200m, 4x400m), Ky Westbrook (100m). The Trojans have four returning men's outdoor All-Americans in Marquis Morris (110m H), Michael Norman (400m), Nick Ponzio (SP) and Eric Sloan (LJ).
WHO'S NEW ON THE 2018 TROJANS - There are 13 new women's athletes on this season's outdoor roster: Angie Annelus (sprints), Julia Bounds (distances), Chanel Brissett (hurdles), Jennifer Daly (distances), Mackenzie Ellison (distances), Breana Jemison (throws), Cassidy Palka (HJ), Kaelin Roberts (sprints), Shante Robinson (sprints/hurdles), Natasha Stamp (throws), Twanisha "TeeTee" Terry (sprints) and Sydney Tullai (distances). There are 8 new athletes on the men's roster: Rai Benjamin (hurdles/sprints), Cameron Collins (multis), David Hulme (distances), Jaydon Logan (hurdles/sprints), Nick Moore (sprints), Cameron Samuel (hurdles/sprints), Earnest Sears (jumps) and Zach Shinnick (sprints).
NORMAN SETS WORLD INDOOR 400M RECORD - Michael Norman won the men's 400m title at the NCAA Indoor Championships on March 10 with the fastest indoor time ever of 44.52. He broke the previous world record of 44.57 set by Kerron Clement of USA in 2005.
ELLIS SET USA WOMEN'S INDOOR 400M REORD - Kendall Ellis then won the women's 400m race at the NCAA Indoor Championships on March 10, setting the USC, collegiate and USA records with a winning time of 50.34. She broke the previous USA record of 50.46 set by Phyllis Francis in 2014.
JOHN L. WEST INVITATIONAL MILE - While a student at USC, John L. West began running to work off stress, sometimes training with the USC athletes. As a strong supporter of the USC T&F program, it has always been his desire to host a throwback invitational mile at a USC track meet. Since a meeting with the USC coaching staff in 2015, it has been his passion to create this event and for the first time, USC will be hosting the John L. West Invitational Mile race at the Trojan Invitational.
ON DECK: POWER 5 TRAILBLAZER CHALLENGE - USC is hosting the historic Power 5 Trailblazer Challenge at Loker Stadium on March 23-24. The meet between USC, Miami, Tennessee, Ohio State and Mississippi features very successful women's head coaches which are in charge of both the men's and women's programs. Caryl Smith Gilbert is in her fifth year at the helm of the Trojan program and will be joined at the meet by Miami's Amy Deem (28 seasons), Tennessee's Beth Alford-Sullivan (4 seasons), Ohio State's Karen Dennis (4 seasons) and Mississippi's Connie Price-Smith (3 seasons).
TROJAN INVITATIONAL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS - The Trojan Invitational will begin on March 16 with the hammer throw and discus throw competitions being held at Long Beach State beginning at noon. Then the action switches to Loker Stadium that night at 5 p.m. for a distance carnival featuring the 3000m steeplechase and 3000m races. The main portion of the meet will be on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Loker Stadium.
TROJANS SET 2 WORLD & 3 USA RECORDS AT INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS- Michael Norman won the men's 400m with a world-record time and was part of the winning world record-setting 4x400m relay, Kendall Ellis won the women's 400m with a USA-record time and was part of the winning women's relay and Randall Cunningham won the men's high jump by tying the school record at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships at Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium in College Station, Texas on March 10. The USC men's team placed second with 37 points and the women's team took seventh with 28 points.
MEN & WOMEN WIN MPSF TITLES - USC won both the men's and women's team titles at the MPSF Indoor Championships in Seatte, Wash. on Feb. 23-24. USC men winning titles were Rai Benjamin (400m), T.J. Brock (60m), Randall Cunningham (HJ), Robert Ford (800m) and Nick Ponzio (SP). Trojan women claiming crowns were: Kyra Constantine (400m), Kendall Ellis (200m), Dior Hall (60m H), TeeTee Terry (60m).
MEN'S 4X400M RELAY SETS WORLD RECORD...AGAIN - USC's men's 4x400m relay team of Zach Shinnick, Rai Benjamin, Ricky Morgan Jr. and Michael Norman shattered the world record and set a school, collegiate and USA record with a winning time of 3:00.77 at the NCAA Indoor Championships on March 10. USC had originally claimed the record at the Tiger Paw Invitational earlier this season with a time of 3:01.98, but a team from Poland broke it with a time of 3:01.77 on March 4.
USC'S RETURNING OUTDOOR ALL-AMERICANS - USC has five returning women's outdoor All-Americans in Anna Cockrell (100m H, 400m H), Kendall Ellis (400m, 4x400m), Dior Hall (100m H), Deanna Hill (200m, 4x400m), Ky Westbrook (100m). The Trojans have four returning men's outdoor All-Americans in Marquis Morris (110m H), Michael Norman (400m), Nick Ponzio (SP) and Eric Sloan (LJ).
WHO'S NEW ON THE 2018 TROJANS - There are 13 new women's athletes on this season's outdoor roster: Angie Annelus (sprints), Julia Bounds (distances), Chanel Brissett (hurdles), Jennifer Daly (distances), Mackenzie Ellison (distances), Breana Jemison (throws), Cassidy Palka (HJ), Kaelin Roberts (sprints), Shante Robinson (sprints/hurdles), Natasha Stamp (throws), Twanisha "TeeTee" Terry (sprints) and Sydney Tullai (distances). There are 8 new athletes on the men's roster: Rai Benjamin (hurdles/sprints), Cameron Collins (multis), David Hulme (distances), Jaydon Logan (hurdles/sprints), Nick Moore (sprints), Cameron Samuel (hurdles/sprints), Earnest Sears (jumps) and Zach Shinnick (sprints).
NORMAN SETS WORLD INDOOR 400M RECORD - Michael Norman won the men's 400m title at the NCAA Indoor Championships on March 10 with the fastest indoor time ever of 44.52. He broke the previous world record of 44.57 set by Kerron Clement of USA in 2005.
ELLIS SET USA WOMEN'S INDOOR 400M REORD - Kendall Ellis then won the women's 400m race at the NCAA Indoor Championships on March 10, setting the USC, collegiate and USA records with a winning time of 50.34. She broke the previous USA record of 50.46 set by Phyllis Francis in 2014.
JOHN L. WEST INVITATIONAL MILE - While a student at USC, John L. West began running to work off stress, sometimes training with the USC athletes. As a strong supporter of the USC T&F program, it has always been his desire to host a throwback invitational mile at a USC track meet. Since a meeting with the USC coaching staff in 2015, it has been his passion to create this event and for the first time, USC will be hosting the John L. West Invitational Mile race at the Trojan Invitational.
ON DECK: POWER 5 TRAILBLAZER CHALLENGE - USC is hosting the historic Power 5 Trailblazer Challenge at Loker Stadium on March 23-24. The meet between USC, Miami, Tennessee, Ohio State and Mississippi features very successful women's head coaches which are in charge of both the men's and women's programs. Caryl Smith Gilbert is in her fifth year at the helm of the Trojan program and will be joined at the meet by Miami's Amy Deem (28 seasons), Tennessee's Beth Alford-Sullivan (4 seasons), Ohio State's Karen Dennis (4 seasons) and Mississippi's Connie Price-Smith (3 seasons).
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