LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, May 14-16 — On a cool spring weekend USC’s women scored 162½ points to defeat runner-up Oregon by 11½. Led by a slew of points from their sprint crews, the Trojans built a formidable lead that Oregon could not overcome.
TeeTee Terry compiled 22 of those points, with hurdler Anna Cockrell contributing 20 and sprinter/jumper Lanae-Tava Thomas 19.
The final day started off with a mild upset of the Trojans when Oregon 4×1 anchor Danyel White held off a charge by Terry to squeak by 42.87–42.99.
Terry, however went on to win her third consecutive 100 title, taking down Oregon’s Kemba Nelson 11.10–11.29, then came back to lead a Trojan sweep of the 200 podium in a PR 22.72.
Cockrell began her day by winning her first conference 100H title, leading another Trojan 1-2-3 with her 12.79 win, ahead of Jasmine Jones (12.89) and Mecca McGlaston (13.23). She returned to the track a bit more than an hour later to take the long hurdles in an NCAA-leading 54.77 PR over UCLA’s Shae Anderson (55.21 PR). It was Cockrell’s third-straight conference crown and a school record, to boot.
Stanford’s Julia Heymach showed her versatility after PRing for 2nd in the 800 (2:02.91) to Colorado’s Sage Hurta (2:01.53), then coming back to set another PR (and MR) in her debut track 5000 on the track, running her final 800 in 2:17.35 to finish in 15:40.74.
Oregon’s Carmela Baez smashed the MR by 32 seconds in the 10,000 on Friday with her 32:38.73. On Saturday, fellow Duck Aneta Konieczek also set an MR, this time in the steeple, as she held off Washington’s Katie Rainsberger 9:36.74–9:38.84, PRs for both.
Arizona’s Samantha Noennig defended her crown in the shot with her 56-10 (17.32) put. Arizona State’s Jorinde van Klinken ended up 2nd at 56-7¼ (17.25) but came back the next day to PR at 205-4 (62.58) in the discus, taking the yearly collegiate lead.
USC head Caryl Smith Gilbert summed up her team’s performance by saying, “Today is an exciting day, to win the Pac-12 Championship and be 2nd on the men’s side at Loker Stadium with our new building; it’s quite historic in my opinion. There were so many great performances, with 14 Pac-12 titles, including school records and repeat winners. Both TeeTee and Anna won their third consecutive individual titles and going back-to-back-to-back is hard to do.
“It signals that we’re more than just a team, but a viable program that can compete for Pac-12 titles and national championships every year.”
PAC-12 WOMEN’S RESULTS
(5/14—10K, HT, JT; 5/15—St, PV, LJ, SP)
Teams: 1. USC 162½; 2. Oregon 151; 3. tie, Arizona State & Washington 77; 5. Colorado 74½; 6. UCLA 70; 7. Stanford 64; 8. Arizona 51½; 9. Cal 48; 10. Oregon State 21; 11. Washington State 16½; 12. Utah 6.
100(1.1): 1. TeeTee Terry (USC) 11.10; 2. *Kemba Nelson’ (Or-Jam) 11.29; 3. *Lanae-Tava Thomas (USC) 11.36; 4. ***Jadyn Mays (Or) 11.47; 5. Danyel White (Or) 11.50.
200(1.4): 1. Terry 22.72 PR; 2. Angie Annelus (USC) 22.86; 3. *Thomas 23.03; 4. Nelson’ 23.14; 5. Nicole Yeargin’ (USC-GB) 23.18 PR; 6. White 23.58.
400: 1. Kyra Constantine’ (USC-Can) 51.16 PR; 2. Meleni Rodney’ (UCLA-Grn) 51.32 PR; 3. Yeargin’ 51.39 PR; 4. *Bailey Lear (USC) 51.67; 5. **Jan’Taijah Ford (USC) 52.19.
800: 1. Sage Hurta (Co) 2:01.53; 2. *Julia Heymach (Stan) 2:02.91 PR; 3. *Ella Donaghu (Stan) 2:04.42 PR; 4. ***Kate Jendrezak (UCLA) 2:04.46 PR; 5. Micaela Degenero (Co) 2:05.78; 6. **Mia Moerck (Or) 2:06.71.
1500: 1. Donaghu 4:15.43; 2. Degenero 4:15.80; 3. *Christina Aragon (Stan) 4:16.10; 4. *Rachel McArthur (Co) 4:16.81; 5. ***Lucy Jenks (Stan) 4:17.22 PR; 6. Madie Boreman (Co) 4:17.57.
St: 1. *Aneta Konieczek’ (Or-Pol) 9:36.74 PR; 2. Katie Rainsberger (Wa) 9:38.84 PR; 3. **Kaylee Mitchell (OrSt) 9:48.30 PR; 4. Boreman 9:52.11; 5. **Grace Fetherstonhaugh’ (OrSt-Can) 9:54.60 PR; 6. *Annie Boos (Cal) 10:16.45.
5000: 1. Heymach 15:40.74 PR (debut); 2. Abby Nichols (Co) 15:44.47 PR; 3. Carmela Cardama Baez’ (Or-Spa) 15:45.82; 4. Rainsberger 15:46.12 PR; 5. Poppy Tank’ (Ut-GB) 15:49.69; 6. *Konieczek’ 15:50.70 PR.
10,000: 1. Baez’ 32:38.73; 2. Nichols 32:49.87 PR; 3. Haley Herberg (Wa) 32:51.96 PR; 4. ***Emily Covert (Co) 33:17.82 PR;
5. ***Naomi Smith (Wa) 33:22.67 PR (9, x AJ);
6. Batya Beard (OrSt) 33:25.86 PR.
100H(0.0): 1. Anna Cockrell (USC) 12.79; 2. ***Jasmine Jones (USC) 12.89 =PR; 3. Mecca McGlaston (USC) 13.23; 4. *Deshae Wise (Cal) 13.26; 5. **Emily Sloan (Or) 13.33; 6. **Charisma Taylor’ (WaSt-Can) 13.35.
400H: 1. Cockrell 54.77 PR (CL);
2. *Shae Anderson (UCLA) 55.21 PR; 3. *Shannon Meisberger (Az) 57.00; 4. Eriana Henderson (Co) 57.69; 5. ***Abbey Glynn (Co) 58.07 PR; 6. Stephanie Cho (WaSt) 58.16 PR.
4 x 100: 1. Oregon 42.87 (Mays, Nelson, Reed, White); 2. USC 42.99 (Yeargin, Annelus, Thomas, Terry); 3. UCLA 44.42; 4. Cal 45.14; 5. Arizona State 45.50; 6. Washington 45.63.
4 x 400: 1. USC 3:30.41 (Lear, Yeargin, Ford, Constantine);
2. UCLA 3:31.74; 3. Oregon 3:41.60; 4. Arizona 3:44.22.
Field Events
HJ: 1. ***Morgan Smalls (USC) 6-0 (1.83); 2. *Lillian Lowe (Az) 5-10¾ (1.80); 3. ***Alysah Hickey (Or) 5-8¾ (1.75); 4. **Alexa Porpaczy’ (Az-Can) 5-8¾; 5. *Hawa Wague (Cal) 5-8¾.
PV: 1. Makenna Barton (Wa) 13-9¼ (4.20) PR; 2. *Tommi Hintnaus (AzSt) 13-7¼ (4.15) PR; 3. ***Haley Rayburn (AzSt) 13-7¼; 4. ***Sevanna Hanson (AzSt) 13-5¼ (4.10); 5. Erika Malaspina (Stan) 13-5¼.
LJ: 1. ***Alysah Hickey (Or) 21-7½ (6.59) PR; 2. Rhesa Foster (Or) 21-6¾w (6.57) (21-2¾/6.47); 3. Smalls 21-5¼ (6.53); 4. Thomas 21-1¼w (6.43) (20-8/6.30); 5. **Ta’nalya Gordon (AzSt) 20-5¼ (6.23); 6. Amanda Carty (AzSt) 20-5 (6.22).
TJ: 1. ***Dominique Ruotolo (Or) 44-9¾ (13.66) PR; 2. ***Temitope Ojora’ (USC-GB) 44-6¾ (13.58) PR; 3. Taylor’ 43-10½ (13.37); 4. **Lexi Ellis (Or) 43-3¾ (13.20) PR; 5. *Jaimie Robinson (Or) 42-10¾ (13.07); 6. ***Christina Warren (AzSt) 42-4¾ (12.92) PR; 7. ***Asha Fletcher (Cal) 42-3¼ (12.88); 8. Smalls 42-1½ (12.84).
SP: 1. *Samantha Noennig (Az) 56-10 (17.32); 2. *Jorinde Van Klinken’ (AzSt-Neth) 56-7¼ (17.25); 3. *Alyssa Wilson (UCLA) 56-2¾ (17.14); 4. ***Jaida Ross (Or) 54-3¼ (16.54) PR; 5. **Makayla Kelby (Wa) 53-8½ (16.37) PR; 6. Kiana Phelps (Or) 51-1½ (15.58).
DT: 1. Van Klinken’ 205-4 (62.58) PR (CL) (121-11, 205-4, 202-6, 204-3, f, 200-6) (37.17, 62.58, 61.72, 62.27, f, 61.12);
2. Wilson 187-5 (57.13); 3. Noennig 172-6 (52.59); 4. Phelps 170-10 (52.09); 5. Kelby 170-7 (51.99); 6. ***Jasmine Blair (Cal) 168-9 (51.44).
HT: 1. *Camryn Rogers’ (Cal-Can) 236-11 (72.22); 2. *Wilson 226-3 (68.97); 3. ***Shelby Moran (AzSt) 210-11 (64.30); 4. **Anna Purchase’ (Cal-GB) 206-4 (62.89); 5. Lindsay McShane (OrSt) 201-11 (61.54).
JT: 1. Alizee Minard’ (AzSt-Fra) 181-5 (55.31) PR; 2. Laura Paredes’ (Or-Par) 175-2 (53.40); 3. *Ilaria Casarotto’ (UCLA-Ita) 174-2 (53.09) PR; 4. *Ida Eikeng’ (Wa-Nor) 167-0 (50.90); 5. *Virginia Miller (Stan) 166-10 (50.87); 6. *Kaelyn Carlson-Shipley (Az) 165-1 (50.32).
Hept(5/14-15): 1. Lyndsey Lopes (Wa) 5735 PR; 2. **Allie Jones (Stan) 5727 PR; 3. *Ida Eikeng’ (Wa-Nor) 5659; 4. **Skylar Sieben’ (Az-Ger) 5635 PR; 5. Isa Videler’ (UCLA-Neth) 5509 PR; 6. *Katie Eidem (AzSt) 5341 PR.
