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USC Women Place Second At Indoor NCAAs, Win The Most (3) Individual Titles
March 10, 2019 | Track & Field, Features
Young men's squad places 17th, Sears is 4th in HJ
Chanel Brissett in the 60m hurdles, Kaelin Roberts in the 400m and TeeTee Terry in the 60m all won titles to help lead the USC women's team to a second-place finish, while Earnest Sears III placed fourth in the men's high jump to help lead the Trojan men's team to a 17th place finish at the 2019 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships being held at the Birmingham CrossPlex in Birmingham, Ala. today (March 9).  USC's women scored 51 points and the men's team scored 12 points in the two-day event.  The USC women's three individual titles in the 17 events were more than any other school and only two other teams had two individual champions.
"Wow, what a day…is all I can say," said USC Director of Track & Field Caryl Smith Gilbert. "I am so excited about this young team and the show they put on. Anna Cockrell's hamstring tightened up in the hurdle prelims yesterday so we decided not to chance her getting injured and jeopardizing her outdoor season. Even without her, we were able to capitalize on all of our scoring opportunities and earn second place. My hat goes off to Mecca McGlaston who had a huge fall in the warm-up when someone inadvertently moved a hurdle into her lane. She was able to compose herself and get two points for the team. Kaelin Roberts executes her race pattern with precision and was able to get the win. TeeTee Terry ran a phenomenal 60 final out of lane 1. She eliminated the demons from the false start at MPSFs and PR'd to win. Lauren Rain Williams just started training in December, so earning her first individual NCAA All-America honor was nice to watch. Lanae-Tava Thomas ran only her third 200 of the season to earn fourth. Dior Hall earned another All-America honor and Kyra Constantine's third-place finish in the 400 helped put us in the lead.
"Our men's team is very young and I was proud of how they competed," added Smith Gilbert. "Ayden Owens took sixth in the heptathlon which is no easy feat for a freshman and we are excited about his future. Earnest Sears had another impressive meet to take fourth in the high jump and earn his second All-America honor. It was nice to have Matthew Katnik back after sitting out the 2018 season and he picked up his first All-America honor in the shot put. And junior Isaiah Jewett has been a great addition to this year's team and it was good to see him score in the 800m, for his first All-America honor.
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"Wow, what a day…is all I can say," said USC Director of Track & Field Caryl Smith Gilbert. "I am so excited about this young team and the show they put on. Anna Cockrell's hamstring tightened up in the hurdle prelims yesterday so we decided not to chance her getting injured and jeopardizing her outdoor season. Even without her, we were able to capitalize on all of our scoring opportunities and earn second place. My hat goes off to Mecca McGlaston who had a huge fall in the warm-up when someone inadvertently moved a hurdle into her lane. She was able to compose herself and get two points for the team. Kaelin Roberts executes her race pattern with precision and was able to get the win. TeeTee Terry ran a phenomenal 60 final out of lane 1. She eliminated the demons from the false start at MPSFs and PR'd to win. Lauren Rain Williams just started training in December, so earning her first individual NCAA All-America honor was nice to watch. Lanae-Tava Thomas ran only her third 200 of the season to earn fourth. Dior Hall earned another All-America honor and Kyra Constantine's third-place finish in the 400 helped put us in the lead.
"Our men's team is very young and I was proud of how they competed," added Smith Gilbert. "Ayden Owens took sixth in the heptathlon which is no easy feat for a freshman and we are excited about his future. Earnest Sears had another impressive meet to take fourth in the high jump and earn his second All-America honor. It was nice to have Matthew Katnik back after sitting out the 2018 season and he picked up his first All-America honor in the shot put. And junior Isaiah Jewett has been a great addition to this year's team and it was good to see him score in the 800m, for his first All-America honor.
- The sophomore Brissett continued her scorching indoor campaign by winning the women's 60m hurdle title by tying her PR of 7.90 which ranks fifth in the world this season. Brissett won the 60m hurdles at all five meets she competed in this season. Redshirt senior Dior Hall took sixth with a time of 8.11 and junior Mecca McGlaston was seventh with a time of 8.48. Junior Anna Cockrell, who qualified for the final yesterday, was held out of the race as she experienced some tightness in her leg in the prelims. Together Brissett (10), Hall (3) and McGlaston (2) earned USC its first 15 points of the meet.
- Sophomore Kaelin Roberts then won the women's 400m title with a PR and the fastest indoor time in the world this season of 51.50. She won the second section by .77 seconds and bettered her second-place standing on USC's all-time list. Roberts became USC's second consecutive women's indoor 400m champion, as Kendall Ellis set the USA indoor record at the 2018 NCAA Championships. Junior Kyra Constantine won the first section of the 400m with a time of 52.32 to place third overall. Roberts (10) and Constantine (6) earned the Trojans 16 team points.
- Sophomore TeeTee Terry next won the women's 60m dash with a PR of 7.14. That time bettered her second-place standing (7.15) on USC's all-time list and earned the Trojans 10 more points.
- Sophomore Earnest Sears III placed fourth in the men's high jump with a clearance of 7-3.75/2.23m. Sears was clean all the way up to the height he went out at, 7-5. Sears earned USC five team points.
- Junior Isaiah Jewett took seventh in the men's 800m final with a time of 1:48.47. Jewett earned the USC men's team two more points.
- Freshman Lanae-Tava Thomas placed fourth in the women's 200m dash with a time of 23.06 and sophomore Lauren Rain Williams took seventh with a time of 23.22. Thomas (5) and Williams (2) earned USC seven more points.
- USC's women's relay team of Constantine, freshman Bailey Lear, Thomas and Roberts placed second in its section and sixth overall with a time of 3:32.47. USC gained three more points.
- The USC men's 4x400m relay team of sophomore Zach Shinnick, freshman Eric Allen Jr., sophomore Cameron Samuel, and Jewett placed ninth overall with a time of 3:08.82,
- Freshman Ayden Owens began the day by placing sixth in the heptathlon with 5,809 points, breaking his own school record. Owens opened the day by winning the 60m hurdles with a time of 7.84 (1,022 points), then had a season-best clearance of 14-11.50/4.56m to place 11th in the pole vault (778 points) and then had a season-best time of 2:46.81 to place ninth in the 1,000m race (799 points). Owens began the day in ninth place. He was the only freshman to score in the event and he earned USC three points.
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