USC's Johnnie Blockburger, JC Stevenson Named Pac-12 Track & Field Athletes Of The Week

USC's Johnnie Blockberger and JC Stevenson were named Pac-12 Men's Track and Field Athletes of the Week for the Week of April 1-7, it was announced by the conference today (April 9).

Blockburger was named the Pac-12 Men's Track Athlete of the Week as he won the men's 200m dash at the Texas A&M 44 Farms Team Invitational on April 5 with a wind-aided PR of 20.26. His time leads the Pac-12 this season and ranks fourth nationally. Blockburger now leads the Pac-12 and ranks fourth in the country in both the 200m and 400m (45.38) this season.

Stevenson was named the Pac-12 Men's Field Athlete of the Week as he won the men's long jump at the Texas A&M 44 Farms Team Invitational on April 5 with a wind-aided jump of 27-5.50/8.27m (+4.2w). That jump if legal would have broken the school record of 27-4.25 set by Randy Williams in 1972. Stevenson also had a jump of 26-11.25/8.21 (+3.6w) which counts as the NCAA-leading jump this season. All four of his legal jumps went for at least 25 feet. He also placed fourth in the 100m dash with a wind-aided PR of 10.17 and ran leadoff on USC's winning 4x100m relay which posted a time of 39.42.

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JC Stevenson