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USC Track & Field Wins Five More Events At The Beach Opener – USC Athletics
Track & Field | March 05, 2022
Ashton Allen won the men’s 400m, Jalaysiya Smith the women’s 100m hurdles, Celera Barnes the women’s 100m, Gavin Schurr the men’s 100m and Breanna Bernard-Joseph the women’s 400m hurdles to lead the Trojans during the final day of the Beach Opener held at Jack Rose Stadium in Long Beach, Calif. today (March 5).
- Allen and Sam VanDorpe went 1-2 in the men’s 400m dash. Allen had a collegiate-best time of 48.24 to win, while VanDorpe had a time of 48.74 to take second.
- Janiah Brown took third in the women’s 400m with a PR of 56.54.
- Smith won the women’s 100m hurdles by nearly a second with a time of 13.96 (-1.0). She came back later to take fourth in the women’s 200m dash with a time of 24.33 (+0.4).
- Barnes, in her first race for the Trojans since transferring in from Kentucky, won the women’s 100m dash with a wind-aided time of 11.25 (+3.3). Her 11.25 clocking was her best season-opening time of her collegiate career.
- Schurr made his Trojan debut by winning the men’s 100m with a time of 10.47 (+0.2). Daniel Robinson and Curtis Johnson III tied for seventh with a time of 10.80. The wind in Robinson’s heat was (+0.1) and in Johnson’s was (+0.2).
- Bernard-Joseph opened up the outdoor season with a time of 60.65 to win the women’s 400m hurdles. Teammate Maci Simmons placed third with a time of 60.89 in her first outdoor race as a Trojan.
- Robinson took second later in the day in the men’s 200m dash with a time of 21.60 (-3.4). His time was best among the college runners. Johnson III had a time of 21.89 (+0.4) to finish fifth in the event.
- Dallas Wise made his Trojan outdoor debut by placing eighth in the men’s long jump. Wise had a best leap on the day of 22-9.00/6.93m (+1.1).
- Wise then came back to finish third in the men’s high jump with a clearance of 6-9.00/2.06m. He went out at 6-11.00/2.11m, as did all the other jumpers, which would have been a personal best.
USC will next be in action at the 2022 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in Birmingham, Ala. From March 10-12. USC’s next outdoor action will be on March 18-19 when it hosts the annual Trojan Invitational at Loker Stadium.
USC Track & Field Wins Five Events During Final Day Of Inaugural Pac-12 Invitational – USC Athletics
Track & Field | February 26, 2022
Alyssa Brewer won the women’s 800m, Jasmine Jones the women’s 60m hurdles, Jan’Taijah Ford the women’s 400m, Earnest Sears III the men’s high jump and the women’s 4x400m relay cruised to victory to lead the Trojans during the final day of the Pac-12 Invitational in Seattle, Wash. today (Feb. 26).
- Brewer won the women’s 800m with a time of 2:05.07. Teammate Gigi Maccagnini placed second with a season-best time of 2:06.40 to better her fifth-place standing on USC’s all-time indoor list. Janiah Brown had a time of 2:10.37 to take eighth place in the 800m.
- Jones won the women’s 60m hurdles with a time of 8.06. Only one other finalist had a sub-8.30 time.
- Jan’Taijah Ford won the women’s 400m with a time of 52.41 and Kimberly Harris was fourth with a time of 53.18.
- Earnest Sears III won the men’s high jump with a clearance of 7-2.50 (2.20m). He entered the competition at 6-9.75 (2.08m) and cleared that on his second attempt, made 6-11.75 (2.13m) on his first attempt, passed at 7-1.50 (2.17m) and cleared 7-2.50(2.20m) in his second attempt to win the event.
- The women’s 4x400m relay team of Bailey Lear, Chioma Okonkwo, Jones and Ford posted a season-best time of 3:31.49 to win the event by over a second.
- Kasaun James placed second in the men’s 60m with a time of 6.60. Brendon Steward placed third in the men’s 60m with a time of 6.62 and Eric Allen Jr. placed eighth with a time of 6.88.
- Nicholas Ramey placed second in the men’s 400m with a season-best time of 46.42. Johnnie Blockburger had an indoor 400m PR of 46.59 to finish third and better his seventh-place standing on USC’s all-time list.
- The men’s 4x400m relay team of Ramey, Blockburger, Ashton Allen and James finished third with a time of 3:06.61.
- Bobby Poynter had a PR of 1:49.26 to finish fourth in the men’s 800m and move from seventh to fourth on USC’s all-time indoor 800m list. Sam VanDorpe finished fifth with a season-best time of 1:50.63 and Jack Carter had a PR of 1:52.80 to place 10th and move into ninth on USC’s all-time list.
- Dallas Wise competed in his first triple jump competition as a Trojan and placed fourth with a best jump of 48-4.75 (14.25m). That triple jump mark is a career best for Wise.
USC will next compete indoors at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships from March 10-12 in Birmingham, Ala. USC will open the outdoor season on March 5 at the Long Beach Opener in Long Beach, Calif.
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Men’s Track & Field Scores in Five Events on Friday, Sits in Third Place at BIG EAST Championships – Villanova University
CHICAGO, Ill.—Villanova tallied team points in all five events that were scored on Friday and is currently in third place in the team standings after one day of competition at the 2022 BIG EAST Track & Field Championships Presented by JEEP. Nearly two years since the last indoor BIG EAST meet the Wildcats recorded strong performances in the 5000 meters and the distance medley relay on the track as well as in the weight throw, long jump and pole vault inside the Track & Field Complex at Gately Park in Chicago.
The highlight of the day for Villanova was awards podium finishes for junior Haftu Strintzos (Melbourne, Australia) in the 5000 meters and graduate Michael Troup (Doylestown, Pa.) in the long jump. Senior pole vaulter Jim Keys (Herndon, Va.) and graduate thrower Riley LaRiviere (Telford, Pa.) came in fifth in their respective events, while the distance medley relay squad notched another fifth place finish in the final event of the afternoon.
Strintzos raced in the 5000 meters which was the only individual track event to be scored during Friday’s action. He came in third to earn a bronze medal and senior Josh Phillips (Belrose, Australia) added a sixth place finish to give the Wildcats two scorers in the event. It was a grueling race in which each of the top four finishers eclipsed the previous BIG EAST meet record of 13:51.23 set in 2018.
This is the second time that Strintzos has medaled in the 5000 meters at the indoor BIG EAST Championships, as he also came in third two years ago at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio. His time on Friday was nearly 30 seconds faster than the one he posted in 2020 and he crossed the finish line in 13:48.72 to also come within less than 1.5 seconds of his lifetime best mark set during the 2021 outdoor campaign. Phillips finished sixth overall in 14:12.19 and is also a two-time BIG EAST scorer in the 5K; he placed seventh at the outdoor conference championships last Spring.
Villanova wrapped up competition on the first day of the meet with a lineup of graduate Nick Steele (Harvard, Mass.), sophomore Nicholas Mollica (Jackson, N.J.), junior Miller Anderson (West Hartford, Conn.) and redshirt freshman Jack Jennings (Mendham, N.J.) running in the distance medley relay. They combined for a time of 9:56.46 and a fifth place finish in the race, with Jennings closing strong with a 4:10.63 anchor leg for the final 1600 meter. Steele led off the relay with a split of 3:04.11 over 1200 meters followed by Mollica (49.75) and Anderson (1:52.00) on the 400 and 800 meter legs, respectively.
Troup surpassed seven meters in the long jump for the first time this season to return to the awards podium. He matched his third place finish from the 2020 indoor BIG EAST meet and is now an eight-time individual scorer at the conference championships during his career. Troup also recorded a time of 7.14 in the preliminary heats of the 60 meters on Friday and had the fastest time that did not advance to the final.
The first field event to get underway on Friday was the pole vault and Keys finished fifth after clearing the bar at a height of 4.60 meters. He started the day with a successful clearance at the opening height of 4.45 meters on his first try, then made it over the bar at 4.60 meters on his second attempt. There were five competitors left in the competition when the bar was raised to 4.75 meters and Keys missed on his three attempts at that height.
One of the newest Wildcats had a successful BIG EAST debut as LaRiviere finished fifth in the weight throw. A midseason graduate transfer from Lehigh, LaRiviere recorded top mark of 16.64 meters on the day. He was a steady performer, with his first attempt of the meet going for 16.10 meters to put him into fifth place and secure a spot he would hold for the duration of the competition. LaRiviere was one of nine athletes who advanced from the initial round of three throws to take three more attempts, and he posted the mark of 16.54 meters on his fourth throw.
Villanova qualified a total of five athletes for the final in the Mile and the 800 meters after those events had preliminary heats on Friday afternoon. Sophomore Sean Dolan (Pennington, N.J.) had the fastest qualifying time in the 800 meters after he won his heat in 1:50.79 to automatically move on to Saturday’s final; the top time in the second of two heats was a nearly identical 1:50.80. Dolan leads the BIG EAST this season with a time of 1:48.11 in the 800 meters.
The quartet of senior Charlie O’Donovan (Cork, Ireland), redshirt freshman Liam Murphy (Millstone, N.J.), senior Patrick Spychalski (Mount Pleasant, S.C.) and Steele will represent the Wildcats in the final of the Mile. O’Donovan and Murphy raced in the first of two preliminary heats and secured automatic qualifying spots in the final with times of 4:21.75 and 4:21.85, respectively. They finished second and third in their heat, while Spychalski and Steele advanced on time out of the second heat with respective times of 4:17.82 and 4:18.51.
Competition begins on Saturday with the unseeded section of the 3000 meters at 11:40 a.m. Eastern time (10:40 a.m. Central time) followed by the final of the Mile at 12 p.m. Eastern time. The first field event to get underway on Saturday is the triple jump at Noon Eastern.
The highlight of the day for Villanova was awards podium finishes for junior Haftu Strintzos (Melbourne, Australia) in the 5000 meters and graduate Michael Troup (Doylestown, Pa.) in the long jump. Senior pole vaulter Jim Keys (Herndon, Va.) and graduate thrower Riley LaRiviere (Telford, Pa.) came in fifth in their respective events, while the distance medley relay squad notched another fifth place finish in the final event of the afternoon.
Strintzos raced in the 5000 meters which was the only individual track event to be scored during Friday’s action. He came in third to earn a bronze medal and senior Josh Phillips (Belrose, Australia) added a sixth place finish to give the Wildcats two scorers in the event. It was a grueling race in which each of the top four finishers eclipsed the previous BIG EAST meet record of 13:51.23 set in 2018.
This is the second time that Strintzos has medaled in the 5000 meters at the indoor BIG EAST Championships, as he also came in third two years ago at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio. His time on Friday was nearly 30 seconds faster than the one he posted in 2020 and he crossed the finish line in 13:48.72 to also come within less than 1.5 seconds of his lifetime best mark set during the 2021 outdoor campaign. Phillips finished sixth overall in 14:12.19 and is also a two-time BIG EAST scorer in the 5K; he placed seventh at the outdoor conference championships last Spring.
Villanova wrapped up competition on the first day of the meet with a lineup of graduate Nick Steele (Harvard, Mass.), sophomore Nicholas Mollica (Jackson, N.J.), junior Miller Anderson (West Hartford, Conn.) and redshirt freshman Jack Jennings (Mendham, N.J.) running in the distance medley relay. They combined for a time of 9:56.46 and a fifth place finish in the race, with Jennings closing strong with a 4:10.63 anchor leg for the final 1600 meter. Steele led off the relay with a split of 3:04.11 over 1200 meters followed by Mollica (49.75) and Anderson (1:52.00) on the 400 and 800 meter legs, respectively.
Troup surpassed seven meters in the long jump for the first time this season to return to the awards podium. He matched his third place finish from the 2020 indoor BIG EAST meet and is now an eight-time individual scorer at the conference championships during his career. Troup also recorded a time of 7.14 in the preliminary heats of the 60 meters on Friday and had the fastest time that did not advance to the final.
The first field event to get underway on Friday was the pole vault and Keys finished fifth after clearing the bar at a height of 4.60 meters. He started the day with a successful clearance at the opening height of 4.45 meters on his first try, then made it over the bar at 4.60 meters on his second attempt. There were five competitors left in the competition when the bar was raised to 4.75 meters and Keys missed on his three attempts at that height.
One of the newest Wildcats had a successful BIG EAST debut as LaRiviere finished fifth in the weight throw. A midseason graduate transfer from Lehigh, LaRiviere recorded top mark of 16.64 meters on the day. He was a steady performer, with his first attempt of the meet going for 16.10 meters to put him into fifth place and secure a spot he would hold for the duration of the competition. LaRiviere was one of nine athletes who advanced from the initial round of three throws to take three more attempts, and he posted the mark of 16.54 meters on his fourth throw.
Villanova qualified a total of five athletes for the final in the Mile and the 800 meters after those events had preliminary heats on Friday afternoon. Sophomore Sean Dolan (Pennington, N.J.) had the fastest qualifying time in the 800 meters after he won his heat in 1:50.79 to automatically move on to Saturday’s final; the top time in the second of two heats was a nearly identical 1:50.80. Dolan leads the BIG EAST this season with a time of 1:48.11 in the 800 meters.
The quartet of senior Charlie O’Donovan (Cork, Ireland), redshirt freshman Liam Murphy (Millstone, N.J.), senior Patrick Spychalski (Mount Pleasant, S.C.) and Steele will represent the Wildcats in the final of the Mile. O’Donovan and Murphy raced in the first of two preliminary heats and secured automatic qualifying spots in the final with times of 4:21.75 and 4:21.85, respectively. They finished second and third in their heat, while Spychalski and Steele advanced on time out of the second heat with respective times of 4:17.82 and 4:18.51.
Competition begins on Saturday with the unseeded section of the 3000 meters at 11:40 a.m. Eastern time (10:40 a.m. Central time) followed by the final of the Mile at 12 p.m. Eastern time. The first field event to get underway on Saturday is the triple jump at Noon Eastern.
Men’s Track & Field Competes at Monmouth & Rutgers Events – Manhattan College Athletics
RIVERDALE, N.Y. – The men’s track and field team competed at the Monmouth Invitational and the Rutgers Open on Friday.
At the Monmouth Invitational, Jackson Heft was 10th in the pole vault after clearing 3.95m.
At the Rutgers Open, RJ Decker continued his winning ways. The sophomore is undefeated when he records a mark. On Friday, Decker established a new personal best with a 19.00m throw to win.
In the college division at Rutgers, Joseph Pelio was sixth (14.98m) and Pete Athanailos was 12th (11.88m).
The Jaspers will compete at the same two events tomorrow.
Otterdahl, Lewis Win Field Events at Iowa State Classic – NDSU
AMES, Iowa – Trevor Otterdahl and Brandon Lewis claimed field event titles at the Iowa State Classic on Friday afternoon for the North Dakota State men’s track & field team.
Otterdahl, a senior from Rosemount, Minn., came within one centimeter of his season-best in the weight throw, winning the meet with a throw of 72-00.25 (21.95m). He ranks eighth on the NCAA performance list this year.
Lewis, a junior from Bismarck, N.D., won the long jump with a mark of 24-3 (7.39m). He captured the NDSU school record in the event last Saturday in Fargo.
Bison freshman Brock Johnsen ran a personal-best 8.10 in the 60m hurdles for fourth place, ranking 10th-fastest in NDSU history.
Alex Brosseau took fourth place in the 200m dash, running 21.81 for the second-fastest indoor time of his career.
Redshirt freshman Jake Arason (Grand Forks, N.D.) recorded a significant personal-best of 14:46.68 for the 5000m.
Several athletes slated to compete in distance races at South Dakota State on Friday evening were unable to make the trip to Brookings due to winter weather.
