USC's Kaalund Named Big Ten Men's Track Athlete Of The Week

USC's Kaalund Named Big Ten Men's Track Athlete Of The Week

May 07, 2025 | Track & Field

Junior runs NCAA's second-fastest 400m race of the season

USC sprinter Garrett Kaalund was named Big Ten Men's Track Athlete of the Week for April 30-May 7, it was announced by the conference office today (May 7).

The junior Kaalund won the men's 400m race at the USC-UCLA Dual Meet on May 4 with a personal-best time of 44.73. It was just Kaalund's second career 400m race and his first this season. Kaalund's 400m time ranks second nationally, is the Big Ten leader and is tied for seventh on USC's all-time list with Olympian Bryshon Nellum.

Kaalund now ranks in the NCAA's top four in three sprint events this season. He already posted the second-fastest 200m time of 20.05 and the fourth-fastest 100m time of 9.93.

Kaalund also anchored USC's winning 4x400m relay at the Dual Meet which posted a time of 3:05.54, second in the Big Ten this season.

Trojans earning Big Ten track and field weekly honors during the outdoor season have been: Racquil Broderick (M-Field, March 26), Ashley Erasmus (W-Field & W-Freshman, March 26 and W-Field, April 16), Elias Gerald (M-Co-Field, April 2), Garrett Kaalund (M-Track, April 2 and M-Track, May 7), Christine M. Mallard (W-Track, March 26), Yougendy Mauricette (M-Track, March 26), Brianna Selby (W-Freshman, April 16), JC Stevenson (M-Field, April 23), Max Thomas (M-Track, April 16) and Madison Whyte (W-Track, April 2 and W-Track, April 16).

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