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    Ali, Ames and Odom Named USC Credit Union Student-Athletes Of The Week
    Trojans shine from the track to the diamond
    Nia Ali won the 100m HH at the Pac-10 Championships
    Nia Ali won the 100m HH at the Pac-10 Championships

    May 16, 2011

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    Nia Ali and Brendan Ames of the track team and Logan Odom of the baseball team were named USC Credit Union Student-Athletes of the Week today (May 16) for the week of May 9-15.

    Baseball: Logan Odom: Odom threw a complete-game three-hitter Sunday (May 15) as the USC Trojans defeated the No. 6 Arizona State Sun Devils, 6-2, to win the Pac-10 Conference series at Dedeaux Field. It was the first time that USC has won a series against Arizona State since 2004. Odom allowed two runs (one earned) with three walks and three strikeouts for USC (20-27, 10-11). During his start, Odom retired 13 consecutive batters until an error with two outs in the top of the ninth.

    Men's Track: Brendan Ames : Ames won the men's long jump with a season-best leap of 25-2.75 (7.69m). Earlier in the evening Ames posted a blazing time of 13.39 in the men's 110m HH to advance to the finals. His time moved him into fourth place on USC's all-time list and set a Pac-10 Championship meet record, bettering the old time of 13.43 set by Greg Foster in 1980. Ames' time now stands .06 seconds off the school record held by Oscar Spurlock and Mark Crear.

    Women's Track: Nia Ali : Ali won the women's 100m HH to win the Pac-10 title with a PR and stadium record of 12.77 helping lead the USC women's team to a strong finish at the Pac-10 Championships. Ali who had only competed in the high jump one time this season, also took second place with a PR and the second-highest jump in school history of 6-1.25 (1.86m).