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USC Shines During First Day Of The 2022 USATF Outdoor Championships

by usctrojans.com
Jun 23, 2022

Celera Barnes with the second-fastest time in USC history in the women's 100m and Johnnie Blockburger in the men's 400m highlight a group of nine Trojans advancing to event semifinals at the 2022 USATF Outdoor Championships held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. today (June 23).  The USATF Outdoor Championships run June 23-26.  Today was also the first day of the 2022 USATF U20 Outdoor Championships which are also being held at Hayward Field from June 23-25.  USC did not have anyone competing in the U20 Championships today, but will have several athletes competing over the next few days.

The Trojans will have more than a dozen current and former athletes competing at the USATF Outdoor Championships.    An athlete who finishes in the top three of an event and meets the qualifying standards will make Team USA which will compete at the 2022 World Athletics Outdoor Championships also held in Eugene, Ore. from July 15-24.  At the USATF U20 Championships, an individual needs to place in the top two finishers to qualify for the USA U20 Team which will compete at the U20 Championships to be held in Cali, Colombia from Aug. 1-6.

  • Celera Barnes ran a wind-legal personal-best of 11.02 (+2.0) to place second in her 100m dash heat and automatically advance to the semifinal in the event tomorrow.  Barnes moved from fourth to second on USC's all-time list, trailing only TeeTee Terry (USC, 2021).  Terry won the same heat with a time of 10.92 (+2.0) to also automatically advance.  Terry had the second-fastest qualifying time and Barnes tied for the fifth-fastest time of the day.
  • Johnnie Blockburger advanced to the men's 400m semifinals by running a time of 46.09 today.  He finished fourth in his heat and posted the 12th-fastest time of the day to qualify on time.  Michael Norman (USC, 2019) won the same heat and had the fastest time of the day of 44.72 to advance to the semifinal tomorrow.
  • Brendon Stewart had a time of 10.38 (+0.4) to finish seventh in his heat and 25th overall in the men's 100m dash.
  • Bailey Lear had a time of 52.95 in the first-round of the women's 400m to finish 22nd overall.  Jaide Stepter (USC, 2016) had a time of 51.05, Kendall Ellis (USC, 2018) had a time of 51.69 and Allyson Felix (USC, 2008) had a time of 52.30  to all win their heats and advance to tomorrow's semifinal.
  • Isaiah Jewett (USC, 2021) placed third in his men's 800m heat and finished third overall among the qualifiers with a time of 1:46.62.  He will compete tomorrow in the 800m semifinal.
  • Anna Cockrell (USC, 2021) placed second in her women's 400m hurdles heat and finished ninth overall with a time of 56.42 to automatically advance to the event semifinal tomorrow.  Dalilah Muhammad (USC, 2012), the reigning World Champion and 2020 Olympic silver medalist in the event, elected not to compete due to a hamstring issue.  She is expected to be able to still defend her title as the previous World Championship event winners automatically qualify.
  • Madisen Richards (USC, 2018) placed 12th in the women's long jump with a best leap of 20-6.50/6.26m (+1.0).

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