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05/24/2012
Lee And Busa Punch Their Tickets To The NCAA Championships
Eight other Trojans advance to NCAA quarterfinals
05/21/2012
USC Heads To Texas For NCAA Preliminary Rounds
Trojans qualify 29 athletes seeking trip to finals
05/13/2012
USC Women Place 4th, Men 7th At Pac-12 T&F Championships
Nellum and Brown claim titles on the final day
05/12/2012
USC Women Tied For 2nd, Men 10th At Pac-12 Championships
Trojans' strong showing in hammer throw gets day off to a good start
05/08/2012
USC Set For First Pac-12 T&F Championships
Trojans head to Eugene, Ore., home of the 2012 Olympic Trials
THIS YEAR: Sophomore Lauren Blackburn had an outstanding first season at USC setting the school freshman record in the 100m HH, placing second at the conference championships and earning second-team All-America honors.
2011: Blackburn teamed with Nia Ali to give the Trojans two of the top 100m hurdlers on the West Coast. Finished in ninth place in the 100m HH at the Texas Relays with a wind-aided time of 13.23 on April 9. Placed second in the USC-UCLA Dual Meet in the 100m HH with a time of 13.22 on May 1...Also took third in the 400m IH with a time of 60.18. Set a PR and a USC freshman record with a time of 13.06 in placing second in the 100m HH at the Pac-10 Championships in Tucson, Ariz. on May 14...Her time was .01 second faster than the previous record of 13.07 set in 2003 by Virgina Powell who went on to establish the NCAA record of 12.48 as a senior. Ran a 13.09 to finish with the fourth-fastest time at the NCAA Preliminary Rounds in Eugene, Ore. and advance to the NCAA semifinals. Posted a time of 13.35 at the NCAA Championships to finish 16th and earn second-team All-America honors.
HIGH SCHOOL: Blackburn is a 2010 graduate of Sunset High in Dallas, Texas. She was team captain and won the state championship her junior and senior years in the 100m HH. Had a best 100m HH time of 13.39 and a 300m IH time of 41.08. Her 100m HH time was the best wind-legal time by a high schooler in 2010 and she had the fourth-best 300m IH time. Was named to the USA Today 2009 and 2010 girls high school track and field team and was tabbed as the 2010 Dallas Morning News Track and Field Women Athlete of the Year.
PERSONAL: Lauren was born on November 18, 1991 in Dallas, Texas...One of her favorite hobbies is photography...Lists her favorite actors as Will and Jayden Smith, favorite singer as Justin Bieber and favorite movie as Despicable Me...Is a Kinesiology major at USC.
CAREER BESTS: 100m HH -- 13.06 (USC Freshman Record) 400 IH -- 60.18
