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Stevenson & Brackins Jr. Score In Long Jump During First Day Of NCAA Indoor Championships
March 14, 2025 | Track & Field
Stevenson sets USC and facility 60m dash record; 6 men and 4 women advance to event finals
JC Stevenson and Johnny Brackins Jr. scored in the men's long jump and six men and four women advanced to event finals during the first day of the 2025 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships being held at the Virginia Beach Sports Center in Virginia Beach, Va. today (March 14). Stevenson also broke his school 60m dash record, broke the facility record and moved to tied for third on the NCAA all-time 60m dash list.
- The junior Stevenson placed sixth and senior Brackins Jr. eighth in the men's long jump to earn first-team NCAA Indoor All-America honors. Stevenson improved on each of his four legal jumps with a best leap of 25-8.25 (7.83m) in the sixth round. Brackins Jr. jogged over from the 60m hurdles semifinal and immediately had to take his sixth-round jump, which looked like his best of the day (25-2.00/7.67m) and would have moved him from eighth to seventh, but shortly after it was determined to be a foul. His best jump turned out to be his fourth-round mark of 24-10.00 (7.57m). Both athletes had to navigate running their other events during the competition, as Stevenson had to compete in the men's 60m dash semifinals earlier during the long jump competition. The pair teamed up to earn the USC men's team its first four points of the championships.
- Stevenson qualified to the men's 60m dash final tomorrow by running a PR, USC-record, facility-record and NCAA semifinals-record time of 6.46. His time is tied for third all-time by a collegiate runner. Senior Travis Williams also advanced to the final with a time of 6.56, which was eighth among the qualifiers. The men's 60m dash final will be tomorrow at 3:10 p.m. PT.
- Brackins Jr. had a time of 7.53 in the men's 60m hurdles semifinals, the fastest qualifying time of the day. The men's 60m hurdles final will be held at 3:40 p.m. PT tomorrow.
- Junior William Jones qualified sixth to the men's 400m final, by running 46.33 today. He placed second in his semifinal heat. The men's 400m final will be run at 3:20 p.m. PT tomorrow.
- Junior transfer Garrett Kaalund and graduate student Johnnie Blockburger both advanced out of the men's 200m semifinals today. Kaalund ran a PR of 20.54 to win his heat and advance sixth. He also moved from ninth to seventh on USC's all-time indoor 200m list. Blockburger was second in his semifinal and seventh overall with a time of 20.65. The men's 200m final will be held at 3:50 p.m. PT tomorrow. It will be the first individual NCAA indoor final for both athletes.
- The day began for USC with junior transfer Dajaz DeFrand and senior Samirah Moody both advancing out of the semifinals to the women's 60m final tomorrow. DeFrand was third in the second semifinal with a time of 7.14 and Moody was fourth in the same heat with a time of 7.17. DeFrand advanced fourth and Moody tied for fifth to the final. Tomorrow will be Moody's first individual NCAA final. The women's 60m final will be tomorrow at 12:10 p.m. PT.
- Sophomore Madison Whyte and DeFrand qualified to the women's 200m final tomorrow. Whyte won her semifinal heat with a time of 22.80 and DeFrand was second in the heat with a time of 22.90. Whyte and DeFrand advance fourth and fifth respectively to the event final tomorrow at 12:50 p.m. PT. Junior Jassani Carter finished 11th with a time of 23.06. Trojan freshman Mia Brahe-Pedersen held the previous facility record of 22.92 set last January as a senior in high school.
- Junior Yemi John had a time of 51.92 to place third in the last women's 400m semifinal and finished ninth overall. She missed reaching the event final by 0.06 seconds and was 0.07 seconds out of seventh place.
- Sophomore Nonah Waldron placed sixth in her women's 60m hurdles heat with a time of 8.13 and finished 10th overall. She was 0.07 seconds out of seventh place and a trip to the final.
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