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USC Track & Field Wins Five More Events At The Beach Opener – USC Athletics

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.
 
 
 

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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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