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USC Track & Field Wins Six Events During First Day Of Eagle Elite Invitational

February 09, 2024 | Track & Field

Sullivan sets the USC women’s indoor 800m record

USC student-athletes won six events and Marne Sullivan set the Trojan women's indoor 800m record during day one of the Eagle Elite Invitational held at the TRACK at New Balance in Boston, Mass. today (Feb. 9). Trojans winning events today were Johnny Brackins Jr. (M-60m H), Justin Braun (M-60m), Jasmine Jones (W-60m H), Samirah Moody (W-60m), JC Stevenson (M-LJ) and Madison Whyte (W-400m).

Junior Samirah Moody led a 1-2-3 finish in the women's 60m dash, winning the title with a season-best time of 7.27. Sophomore Jassani Carter placed second in the 60m with a time of 7.30 and sophomore Christine M. Mallard was third with a time of 7.31. Graduate student Chioma Okonkwo placed seventh in the 60m dash final with a time of 7.56. In the prelims, Moody had a time of 7.34, Mallard a time of 7.40, Carter a time of 7.40 and Okonkwo a time of 7.52.
The Trojans went 1-2 in the men's 60m dash with sophomore Justin Braun edging junior Travis Williams. Braun won with a time of 6.61 (6.603) with Williams taking second with a season-best time of 6.61 (6.606). Williams moved from 11^th to tied for eighth on USC's all-time 60m dash list. One of the athletes he is tied at eighth on the list with is Stevenson who placed fourth today with a time of 6.68. 2020 Olympic 100m silver medalist Fred Kerley placed sixth in the final with a time of 6.70. In the prelims, Williams had a time of 6.67, Braun 6.68 and Stevenson 6.70.
Sophomore JC Stevenson won the men's long jump with a leap of 25-7.50 (7.81m). He fouled in his first two attempts and had to land a legal jump to advance, then jumped 24-3.50 (7.40m) in the third round. He won the meet in the fourth round with his next jump of 25-7.50.
Senior Jasmine Jones won the women's 60m hurdles with a time of 8.05, followed by freshman Nonah Waldron in second with a PR of 8.24. Sophomore Simone Ballard had a season-best time of 8.35 to finish fifth. Jones had a time of 8.12 in the prelims, while Waldon ran 8.42 and Ballard 8.43.
Junior Johnny Brackins Jr. tied his PR and second-place standing on USC's indoor 60m hurdles list with a time of 7.60 to win the event today. Junior Di'Niko Bates placed third with a time of 7.92. Brackins Jr. had a time of 7.62 in the prelims, while Bates advanced with a time of 8.00.
Freshman Madison Whyte won the women's 400m dash with a PR of 52.24. That time moved her to eighth on USC's all-time indoor 400m list. Sophomore Yemi John finished fourth with a time of 53.11 and senior Jan'Taijah Jones finished sixth with a time of 53.52. All three Trojans won their heats.
Freshman Alyssa Hope placed fourth in the women's long jump with a best leap of 19-6.25 (5.95m). Senior Temi Ojora, in her first indoor long jump competition of the season, had a best mark of 19-4.75 (5/91m) to place sixth.
Freshman Jacob Andrews placed fifth in the men's 400m with a time of 47.44 and freshman Yougendy Mauricette placed seventh with a time of 47.95.
Freshman Nathan Cumberbatch placed sixth in the men's 800m race with a time of 1:48.66.
Graduate transfer Marne Sullivan set the USC women's indoor 800m record with a personal-best time of 2:04.79, bettering the mark of 2:04.81 set by Alyssa Brewer in 2022. Sullivan placed eighth in the event today and moved up from sixth to first on USC's all-time indoor list. Also making the USC women's indoor 800m list was graduate transfer Leah Disher, who had a PR of 2:08.35 to move into ninth on the Trojans' all-time list. Junior Gigi Maccagnini, who ranks third on the list, had a time of 2:06.91 to finish 13^th today.