USC T&F Set For NCAA Championships In Oregon

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USC T&F Set For NCAA Championships In Oregon

June 08, 2025 | Track & Field

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Trojans 29 combined scoring chances most by any program

The USC Track and Field team will compete at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships to be held at historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. from June 11-14. The top 24 athletes in the country, 12 in each event from both the East & West Preliminary Rounds, have advanced to the championships. The USC men's team is seeking to become the first school to win the men's NCAA Indoor and Outdoor team titles in the same year since Oregon in 2015. A men's program has won both titles in the same season only twice before.

SO YOU'RE SAYING THERE'S A CHANCE...: The USC men's team has earned 17 berths at the NCAA Championships, 15 in individual events and the 4x100m and 4x400m relays. The Trojan women have earned 12 berths at the NCAA Chamionships, 10 in individual events, plus both relays. The USC men's team has the most chances to score points, while the women's 12 opportunities are the fourth most. USC's combined 29 scoring opportunities are more than any other school has qualified for the championships.

USC AT THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: The USC men's track and field program has won 26 NCAA outdoor titles, more than double the next-best school Arkansas, which has won 10. USC won a record 9-straight titles from 1935-43. USC's men last won the outdoor team title in 1976. The USC women's team won the 2021 team title and has won it three times overall (also 2018 & 2001). USC's men have placed in the top 10 in 19 of the last 29 seasons. USC's women have finished in the top 10 in 18 of the last 29 seasons. At least one Trojan man or woman has won an individual NCAA outdoor title in 24 of the last 32 championships.

Most Men's NCAA Outdoor T&F Titles Women's NCAA Outdoor T&F
   1.) USC 26    1. LSU 14
2.) Arkansas 10             2. Texas 5
3.) UCLA 8             3. Texas A&M 4
4.) Oregon 7             4. USC 3
            Florida 7   Oregon 3
   UCLA     3
Arkansas 3

WHERE TO WATCH THE MEET: The 2025 NCAA Track and Field Championships will be televised on ESPN, ESPN2 and streamed on ESPN+. On June 11, the first day of the men's championship, ESPN will begin coverage at 4:00 p.m. On June 12, the first day of the women's competition, ESPN will begin coverage at 4:00 p.m. On June 13, the men's finals, coverage on ESPN2 will begin at 5:00 p.m. On June 14, the women's finals, coverage on ESPN2 begins at 6:00 p.m. All times are Pacific. The field events will be streamed live on ESPN+.

USC ATHLETES QUALIFIED TO NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: USC has 24 athletes traveling to represent the Trojans at the NCAA Championships. USC has qualified seven women for 12 positions and 11 men for 17 spots at the 2025 NCAA Championships. USC has a combined 16 entrants in the 100m and 200m (8 women, 8 men):

WOMEN: Jassani Carter (100m, 200m), Takiya Cenci (alt.-4x400m) Dajaz DeFrand (100m, 200m), Ashley Erasmus (SP), Tiana Eyakpobeyan (alt.-4x00m), Yemi John (400m), Christine M. Mallard (alt.-4x400m), Samirah Moody (100m, 200m), Olivia Pace (alt.-4x100m), Brianna Selby (100m), Madison Whyte (200m).

MEN: Jacob Andrews (alt.-4x400m), Taylor Banks (100m), Johnny Brackins Jr. (110m H, 400m H), Racquil Broderick (DT), Elias Gerald (HJ), Jaren Holmes (TJ), William Jones (400m), Garrett Kaalund (200m), Jaelen Knox (alt.-4x400m), Edward Nketia (100m, 200m), JC Stevenson (100m, LJ), Max Thomas (100m, 200m), Travis Williams (100m).

ROARING AROUND THE TRACK: USC's women's 4x100m relay team posted an NCAA-leading time of 42.36 to win the Mt. SAC Relays Elite competition, which is 0.37 seconds faster than the next team on the NCAA descending order list. USC's time of 42.36 is the second-fastest in school history and currently ranks eighth in the world. USC's relay time is the second-fastest pre-NCAA Championships 4x100m time since the beginning of the 2019 season (2023 Texas, 41.89 at the Big 12 Championships). USC matched that time at the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds.

MEN SET SCHOOL RELAY RECORD: Travis Williams, Max Thomas, Garrett Kaalund & Edward Nketia won the men's 4x100m relay at the Texas A&M 44 Farms Team Invitational on April 12 with a school-record time of 38.41. USC set the meet and E.B. Cushing Stadium record and broke the previous USC record of 38.49 set in 2022.

THINGS ARE BRIGHT WITH WHYTE: Sophomore Madison Whyte tied the USC record of 22.16 (held by Angie Annelus) in the 200m at the NCAA Quarterfinals on May 31. That time currently ranks sixth in the world and set the Texas A&M E.B. Cushing Stadium record. She also ran a time of 50.78 to win the 400m at the USC-UCLA Dual Meet on May 4 which ranks fourth on USC's all-time list. Whyte also ran on USC's 4x400m relay which won at the Dual Meet on May 4 with a time of 3:27.72, which led the Big Ten. Whyte then won the 200m and 400m and anchored the meet-clinching 4x400m relay at the Big Ten Championships May 16-18.

KAALUND'S FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS: USC junior transfer sprinter Garrett Kaalund ended the regular season in the NCAA's top four in four different events. He ranked fourth in the 100m (9.93w), third in the 200m (20.05), third in the 400m (44.73) and third as part of USC's 4x100m relay (38.41). Kaalund had the fastest time in the 200m at the NCAA Quarterfinal on May 30, when he ran a PR of 19.85 (+1.1). His time is 0.01 off the school record of 19.84 set by Michael Norman in 2018 and currently ranks third in the world.

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