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May 04, 2018 | Track & Field, Features
 The Trojans will compete at the Pac-12 Multi-Events Championships hosted by Stanford in Palo Alto, Calif. on May 5-6. The multi-events are the first event of the 2018 Pac-12 Championships which will conclude with the final 20 events at Stanford on May 12-13. Entering this week, the USC women's team is ranked No. 2 and the men's team No. 9.
TROJANS IN THE MULTI-EVENTS -- Lyndsey Lopes will be competing in her third Pac-12 Multi-Events Championships. Last season as a sophomore, she placed third with a total of 5,371 points. This season she competed in the heptathlon at the Sam Adams Combined Events and had a PR of 5,574 points which ranks fifth on USC's all-time list. This is the first college decathlon for Michael Gonzalez. Gonzalez is the Trojans' top pole vaulter and currently ranks seventh in the conference in the event.
USC PRs   100m HH   SP   HJ       200m   LJ           JT       800m
Lopes       13.58       36-0   5-9.25   24.08   19-9.75   126-9   2:18.67
Gonzalez   100m   LJ           SP       HJ       400m
                   N/A   21-5.50*   N/A       N/A   55.93*
Gonzalez   110m HH   DT       PV       JT   1500m
                   18.56       N/A   16-10   N/A   N/A      *HS marks
USC SWEEPS ANNUAL DUAL MEET WITH UCLA - The Trojans swept the annual USC-UCLA Dual Meet held at Drake Stadium on the campus of UCLA in Westwood, Calif. on April 29. The men won 103-53 and the women won 86-77. It was the first sweep of the Dual Meet for USC since 2015 and the first sweep at UCLA since 2010. The women's meet wasn't clinched until the final event, the 4x400m relay, and the men's team won the meet early, scoring its most points since registering 108 points in 1968. Trojans winning events were: Angie Annelus (W-200m), Alexander Barnum (M-100m, M-200m), Rai Benjamin (M-400m H), Chloe Berry (W-3000m), Nathan Bultman (M-DT), Anna Cockrell (W-400m H), Courtney Corrin (W-LJ), Kendall Ellis (W-400m), Robert Ford (M-800m), Michael Gonzalez (M-110m H, PV), Dior Hall (W-100m H), Deanna Hill (W-100m), Michael Norman (M-400m), Nick Ponzio (M-SP), Earnest Sears (M-HJ), Eric Sloan (M-TJ) and Dominic Smallwood (M-LJ), plus the M-4x100m, the W-4x100m, the M-4x400m and the W-4x400m.
TOP 30 TROJANS - The following USC athletes currently rank in the NCAA's descending order Top 30 in events so far this outdoor season. Angie Annelus (16th - 200m), Rai Benjamin (3rd - 400m, 4th - 400m H), Nathan Bultman (21st - HT), Chanel Brissett (15th - 100m H), Anna Cockrell (T-10th - 100m H, 3rd - 400m H), Kyra Constantine (27th - 400m), Courtney Corrin (8th - LJ), Kendall Ellis (17th - 200m, 4th - 400m), Robert Ford (4th - 800m), Dior Hall (T-8th - 100m H), Deanna Hill (T-4th - 100m, 13th - 200m), Breana Jemison (7th - SP), Lyndsey Lopes (16th - Hep.), Ricky Morgan Jr. (16th - 400m), Michael Norman (3rd - 200m, 1st - 400m), Nick Ponzio (17th - SP), Madisen Richards (T-14th - LJ), Kaelin Roberts (8th - 400m), Cameron Samuel (19th - 400m H), Earnest Sears III (T-19th - HJ), Zach Shinnick (T-21st - 200m), Eric Sloan (21st - TJ), TeeTee Terry (T-2nd - 100m, 30th - 200m), W-4x100m (2nd, 8th, 14th), M-4x100m (3rd, 4th), M-4x400m (28th).
THERE IS NO NORMAL WITH NORMAN - USC sophomore sprinter Michael Norman has run in just nine outdoor meets as a Trojan, yet each time he does it is something special. He began his outdoor college career at the 2017 USC-UCLA Dual Meet and won the 400m dash with a then-USC freshman record. He then won the 2017 Pac-12 400m title with a time of 45.15, defeating the two-time defending champion on his own track. Norman then placed fourth in the NCAA 400m final with a new freshman record-time of 44.88 and the fifth-fastest time ever by a Trojan in the NCAA final. On April 7 this season, in his second outdoor 200m race, Norman ran a PR of 20.06 (-1.4), the fourth-fastest time in schoo history and a time which would have brought home the bronze medal at the 2016 Olympics. He lowered his freshman 400m record to 44.60 with a third place finish at the 2017 USA T&F Championships. He opened up in the 400m at the Mt. SAC Relays and won the invitational race with a PR and NCAA-leading time of 44.53. Norman competed during the 2018 indoor season and won the NCAA 400m title while setting the world indoor record and was part of the the relay which had the fastest 4x400m time in history.
THE BOWERMAN WATCH LIST - Kendall Ellis, Rai Benjamin and Michael Norman have been named to the Pre-Conference Championships Watch List for the Bowerman by the USTFCCCA. The Bowerman is awarded annually at the end of the track and field season to the most outstanding track and field athlete.
ON DECK: PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS - USC's will next be competing at the Pac-12 Championships hosted by Stanford on May 12-13. The meet will be televised live on the Pac-12 Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. on May 12 and at 3 p.m. on May 13.
TROJANS IN THE MULTI-EVENTS -- Lyndsey Lopes will be competing in her third Pac-12 Multi-Events Championships. Last season as a sophomore, she placed third with a total of 5,371 points. This season she competed in the heptathlon at the Sam Adams Combined Events and had a PR of 5,574 points which ranks fifth on USC's all-time list. This is the first college decathlon for Michael Gonzalez. Gonzalez is the Trojans' top pole vaulter and currently ranks seventh in the conference in the event.
USC PRs   100m HH   SP   HJ       200m   LJ           JT       800m
Lopes       13.58       36-0   5-9.25   24.08   19-9.75   126-9   2:18.67
Gonzalez   100m   LJ           SP       HJ       400m
                   N/A   21-5.50*   N/A       N/A   55.93*
Gonzalez   110m HH   DT       PV       JT   1500m
                   18.56       N/A   16-10   N/A   N/A      *HS marks
USC SWEEPS ANNUAL DUAL MEET WITH UCLA - The Trojans swept the annual USC-UCLA Dual Meet held at Drake Stadium on the campus of UCLA in Westwood, Calif. on April 29. The men won 103-53 and the women won 86-77. It was the first sweep of the Dual Meet for USC since 2015 and the first sweep at UCLA since 2010. The women's meet wasn't clinched until the final event, the 4x400m relay, and the men's team won the meet early, scoring its most points since registering 108 points in 1968. Trojans winning events were: Angie Annelus (W-200m), Alexander Barnum (M-100m, M-200m), Rai Benjamin (M-400m H), Chloe Berry (W-3000m), Nathan Bultman (M-DT), Anna Cockrell (W-400m H), Courtney Corrin (W-LJ), Kendall Ellis (W-400m), Robert Ford (M-800m), Michael Gonzalez (M-110m H, PV), Dior Hall (W-100m H), Deanna Hill (W-100m), Michael Norman (M-400m), Nick Ponzio (M-SP), Earnest Sears (M-HJ), Eric Sloan (M-TJ) and Dominic Smallwood (M-LJ), plus the M-4x100m, the W-4x100m, the M-4x400m and the W-4x400m.
TOP 30 TROJANS - The following USC athletes currently rank in the NCAA's descending order Top 30 in events so far this outdoor season. Angie Annelus (16th - 200m), Rai Benjamin (3rd - 400m, 4th - 400m H), Nathan Bultman (21st - HT), Chanel Brissett (15th - 100m H), Anna Cockrell (T-10th - 100m H, 3rd - 400m H), Kyra Constantine (27th - 400m), Courtney Corrin (8th - LJ), Kendall Ellis (17th - 200m, 4th - 400m), Robert Ford (4th - 800m), Dior Hall (T-8th - 100m H), Deanna Hill (T-4th - 100m, 13th - 200m), Breana Jemison (7th - SP), Lyndsey Lopes (16th - Hep.), Ricky Morgan Jr. (16th - 400m), Michael Norman (3rd - 200m, 1st - 400m), Nick Ponzio (17th - SP), Madisen Richards (T-14th - LJ), Kaelin Roberts (8th - 400m), Cameron Samuel (19th - 400m H), Earnest Sears III (T-19th - HJ), Zach Shinnick (T-21st - 200m), Eric Sloan (21st - TJ), TeeTee Terry (T-2nd - 100m, 30th - 200m), W-4x100m (2nd, 8th, 14th), M-4x100m (3rd, 4th), M-4x400m (28th).
THERE IS NO NORMAL WITH NORMAN - USC sophomore sprinter Michael Norman has run in just nine outdoor meets as a Trojan, yet each time he does it is something special. He began his outdoor college career at the 2017 USC-UCLA Dual Meet and won the 400m dash with a then-USC freshman record. He then won the 2017 Pac-12 400m title with a time of 45.15, defeating the two-time defending champion on his own track. Norman then placed fourth in the NCAA 400m final with a new freshman record-time of 44.88 and the fifth-fastest time ever by a Trojan in the NCAA final. On April 7 this season, in his second outdoor 200m race, Norman ran a PR of 20.06 (-1.4), the fourth-fastest time in schoo history and a time which would have brought home the bronze medal at the 2016 Olympics. He lowered his freshman 400m record to 44.60 with a third place finish at the 2017 USA T&F Championships. He opened up in the 400m at the Mt. SAC Relays and won the invitational race with a PR and NCAA-leading time of 44.53. Norman competed during the 2018 indoor season and won the NCAA 400m title while setting the world indoor record and was part of the the relay which had the fastest 4x400m time in history.
THE BOWERMAN WATCH LIST - Kendall Ellis, Rai Benjamin and Michael Norman have been named to the Pre-Conference Championships Watch List for the Bowerman by the USTFCCCA. The Bowerman is awarded annually at the end of the track and field season to the most outstanding track and field athlete.
ON DECK: PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS - USC's will next be competing at the Pac-12 Championships hosted by Stanford on May 12-13. The meet will be televised live on the Pac-12 Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. on May 12 and at 3 p.m. on May 13.
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