USC Ready For Pac-12 T&F Championships In Boulder This Weekend

Track & Field | May 09, 2024

The Trojan track and field team will be competing at the 2024 Pac-12 Track & Field Championships being hosted by Colorado at Potts Field in Boulder, Colo. from May 10-12.

TROJANS AT THE PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS — The USC men’s and women’s teams both placed second at the 2023 Pac-12 Track & Field Championships held in Walnut, Calif.  The USC women’s team has now finished in the top four in 31 of the 36 seasons of the women’s meet and has won the title four times. The USC men have now posted a top three finish in 11 of the last 14 Pac-12 Championship meets.  USC’s men have won the conference title 16 times, the last time during the 2006 season.  USC’s men have scored at least 99 points in 23 of the last 27 meets.  Both the USC men’s (277) and the USC women’s teams (164) lead the conference in all-time event titles at the Pac-12 Championships.  Johnny Brackins Jr. was named the 2023  Pac-12 Male Athlete of the Meet as he accounted for 22.0 points (win in LJ and 4×100, 2nd in 110m H, 3rd in 4x400m).

400 METERS TO TROJAN GLORY — USC’s William Jones won the 2023 Pac-12 men’s 400m title by edging out teammate Johnnie Blockburger, who had won the previous two titles.  Jan’Taijah Jones won the 2023 women’s 400m title, her second consecutive conference 400m title and the sixth in-a-row by a Trojan woman.  Jan’Taijah Jones is seeking to become the third conference woman to win three consecutive Pac-12 400m titles (Keshia Baker and Phyllis Francis).  USC’s Kendall Ellis holds the women’s 400m meet record with a time of 49.99 set in 2018.  

TRACKING THE TROJANS ON TELEVISION —  The 2024 Pac-12 T&F Championships will be carried on the Pac-12 Network live on Sunday, May 12, starting at noon.  Coverage on May 10 will be the women’s javelin at 10 a.m., the men’s javelin at 1 p.m. and the men’s and women’s 10K races beginning at 4:50 p.m.  Coverage in select areas on Saturday, May 11 will be the men’s hammer throw at 12:30 p.m. and the men’s and women’s steeplechases beginning at 4:20 p.m.

RETURNING PAC-12 CHAMPIONS — USC has five competing athletes on its current roster which are defending individual event or relay champions from the 2023 Pac-12 Championships held at Mt. SAC:  Johnnie Blockburger (M-4x100m), Johnny Brackins Jr. (M-LJ, M-4x100m), Elias Gerald (M-HJ), Yemi…