Both USC men’s and women’s track and field finished second at the Pac-12 Championships as the Trojans took home a conference-leading 12 event titles paced by senior sprinter Aaron Brown who was named the Men’s Athlete of the Meet.
“I was extremely proud of the Trojans today, both men and women,” said USC Director of Track & Field Caryl Smith Gilbert. “The meet was challenging with the weather to say the least and having
to run and throw into headwinds. The conditions were very challenging,
but we stepped up to the challenge and we were able to end the meet with
12 Pac-12 championships.
“I don’t like second, but I’m very happy with it. I look forward to
winning championships here for a very long time. I’ve probably never
been more excited about anything, so we will get ready for Regionals and NCAAs and be Fighting On!”
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Here is the list of USC’s 2014 Pac-12 individual champions:
Aaron Brown – 100m champion at 10.31 (-1.0) and 200m champion at 20.26 (-2.1)
Remington Conatser – Defended his Pac-12 hammer title
Amalie Ieul – First Trojan to win the heptathlon since 1996
Melia Cox – Winning triple jump of 42-8/13.00m (+1.0)
Lauren Blackburn – Broke the Moobery Track record with season wind-legal best of 13.08 (+0.4) to win 100m HH
Aleec Harris – Set the Pac-12 meet record with a winning time of 13.35 (+1.0) in the 110m HH
Jaide Stepter – 400m IH champion (56.99) breaking the 20-year-old track record
Alexandra Collatz – USC’s first conference champion in the discuss throwing 184-3 (56.17m)
4x400m Women’s Relay – Akawkaw Ndipagbor, Ashley Liverpool, Vanessa Jones and Tynia Gaither cruised to victory with a time of 3:34.72
4x100m Women’s Relay – Loudia Laarman, Jessica Davis, Alexis Faulknor and Tynia Gaither posted third-fastest time in school history of 43.21
4x100m Men’s Relay – Aleec Harris, Aaron Brown, BeeJay Lee and Davonte Stewart recorded season-best time of 39.43
Here is Pac-12.com on USC’s sprinting prowess:
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