2026 Track & Field Roster
Roster

Jacob Andrews
- Position:
- Sprints
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Bellingham, Wash.
- High School:
- Sehome High
2025: Started the season with a career best in the 600m at the 2025 Spokane Sports Showcase (Jan. 17) with a time of 1:19.43…Took first place in the 4x400 relay at the New Mexico Collegiate classic (Feb. 7)…Took bronze in the 400m at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (Mar. 1)...Set a new personal record in the 200m with a time of 20.81 at the Texas A&M Invitational (Apr. 12)...Achieved a third-place finish in the 400m with a career-best of 45.46 at the UCLA dual meet (May 4)...Finished 5th in the 400m at the Big Ten Outdoor Track and Field Championships (May 18).
2024: Achieved a season-best 400m time of 46.21 to place fourth at the Oxy Invitational on May 4...Reached the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds in the 400m...Went on to earn first-team All-America honors outdoors with the men’s 4x400m relay, which ran 3:02.68 to place eighth at the NCAA Outdoor Championships on June 7...Also ran 3:02.29 with the men’s 4x400m relay in the semifinals on June 5, the seventh-fastest time in school history...Set his indoor 400m PR of 46.92 in placing third at the Ken Shannon Last Chance Meet...Ran on the fourth and sixth-fastest indoor 4x400m relays in USC history...Ran the third leg on USC’s 4x400m relay, which earned All-America honors by placing seventh with a time of 3:04.67 at the NCAA Indoor Championships on March 9, the fourth-fastest time ever by a Trojan indoor relay team.HIGH SCHOOL: 2023 graduate of Sehome High in Bellingham, Wash...Holds personal bests in the 100m of 10.47, the 200m of 20.97, and the 400m of 45.91...Ranked fifth among graduating high school seniors with his 400m time...Placed third at the 2023 Nike Outdoor Nationals in the 200m with a time of 21.10, after running his PR of 20.97 in the prelims...Placed second in the 400m at the USATF U20 Championships with his PR of 45.91...Helped lead Sehome to its second consecutive team title by winning the WIAA 2A 100m title with a time of 10.56, the 200m with a time of 21.21 and the 400m with a time of 46.89, while anchoring the 4x100m relay to the title, his 200m and 400m times set 2A state records, which he bettered later in the year...Won the 200m, 400m, and the 4x400m relay and took second in the 100m to lead the Marines to the 2A Washington state team title during his junior year...Took first place at the 2022 Nike Outdoors 400m title and the 2022 USATF Junior Olympics 400m title.
PERSONAL: Born on October 2, 2004 in Anchorage, Alaska…Parents are Melinda Lewis and Ed Starinchak, and he has one brother, Josh…Favorite musical artist is Drake…Favorite food is chicken burritos…Someday would like to travel to Paris…Lists Noah Lyles as his sports hero because he is not afraid to be himself and is passionate about growing the sport…Has been involved with the Ready-Set-60 sprinters club…Majoring in Business at USC.
CAREER BESTS: 100m – 10.47 200m – 20.97 400m – 45.91
USC Track & Field - 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships: Day 4 Highlights (6/14/25)
Saturday, June 14
USC Track & Field - 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships: Day 3 Highlights (6/13/25)
Friday, June 13
USC Track & Field - 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships: Day 2 Highlights (6/12/25)
Thursday, June 12
USC Track & Field - 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships: Day 1 Highlights (6/11/25)
Wednesday, June 11