Olympics | August 08, 2024
PARIS, FRANCE — USC’s Anna Cockrell raced to a silver medal and a personal best time in the women’s 400-meter hurdles today, claiming the second medal earned by a Trojan so far in Paris. Her effort marks the fourth 400m hurdles medal in the last five Olympics for USC, and gives Cockrell her second silver in the event. USC is assured to win a gold medal in women’s water polo thanks to the efforts of current Trojan Tilly Kearns (Australia) and alum Anni Espar (Spain), who both helped their nations win in tense semifinal games today to advance to the gold-medal game. Meanwhile, three more Women of Troy — Emily Ausmus, Kaleigh Gilchrist and Amanda Longan — will fight for bronze medals following Team USA’s loss in a penalty shootout to Australia. Also today, three USC track standouts earned advancement to finals, with TeeTee Terry helping the Team USA women win their heat in the 4×100 relay, while Canadians Aaron Brown and Andre De Grasse teamed up to help Canada place third in the men’s 4×100 heat. See below for full results and statistics for USC athletes in Paris today.
USC alum @AnnaCockrell48 wins SILVER in the #Paris2024 400m hurdles with a PR of 51.87! 🥈🇺🇸#USC2Paris | #OlympiansMadeHere pic.twitter.com/702O4PP5zf
— USC Track & Field / XC (@USC_Track_Field) August 8, 2024
August 8 Recap
Women’s Water Polo
Semifinals: Spain 19, Netherlands 18 (shootout)
• Playing in her fourth Olympic Games, two-time silver medalist Anni Espar scored one goal and added two steals and two rebounds for Spain, which finished tied with the Netherlands at the end of regulation before winning in a shootout to advance to the gold-medal game on Aug. 10.
Semifinals: Australia 14, USA 13 (shootout)
• Playing in her second Olympic Games, current Trojan Tilly Kearns had a block in regulation and scored for Australia during the penalty shootout to help the Stingers advance to the gold-medal game on Aug. 10.
• Incoming freshman Emily Ausmus scored her second Olympic goal for Team USA and added a block in the United States’ eventual loss to Australia in a penalty shootout, sending the USA to the bronze-medal game on Aug. 10.
• Playing in her third Olympic Games, alum Kaleigh Gilchrist tallied a steal,…
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