Alitta Boyd Class: Junior Hometown: Union City, Calif. High School: Moreau Catholic HS Height: 5-10 Event: Jumps Birthdate: 07/12/1991

THIS YEAR: Junior Alitta Boyd ranks sixth all-time by a Trojan female in the triple jump and just outside the top 10 in the long jump. She is poised for a breakout season for the Trojans.

2011: Helped lead USC to victory in the USC-UCLA Dual Meet on May 1 by winning the long jump (19-11) and the triple jump (40-7.50). Tied for seventh in the triple jump at the Texas Relays in April with a season-best wind-aided mark of 42-10.75 (13.07m)...She also had a season-best legal jump of 42-5.50 (12.94m) which bettered her sixth-place standing on USC's all-time list. Placed fifth in the long jump with a season-best of 20-4.50 (6.21m) and fourth in the triple jump with a jump of 42-1.25 (12.83m) at the Pac-10 Championships...The three triple jumpers to edge her out at the conference meet have since graduated. Placed 13th in the long jump and just missed out on advancing to the NCAAs with a best jump of 19-9.50 (6.03m) at the NCAA Preliminary Rounds in Eugene, Ore...Also placed 27th in the triple jump with one clean mark of 39-7.75 (12.08m).

2010: Boyd placed fifth in both the long jump (19-11.50) and the triple jump (41-7.00) at the Pac-10 Championships. Advanced to the NCAA Qualifying Rounds in both events and placed 15th in each while setting collegiate PRs of 41-11.25 (12.78m) in the triple jump and 20-3.00 (6.17m) in the long jump. Her triple jump moved her into sixth place on USC's all-time female triple jump list. Boyd won the triple jump at the USC-UCLA Dual Meet on May 1 with a leap of 40-8.25 (12.40m) and took second in the long jump with a mark of 19-9.75 (6.04m).

HIGH SCHOOL: Boyd is a 2009 graduate of Moreau Catholic HS in Hayward, Calif. She was a high school All-American as a junior and senior. She was the triple jump national junior champion in 2008 and 2009 and long jump national junior champion in 2009. Won the 2009 triple jump with a leap of 43-8w (13.30m) and the long jump with a mark of 20-7 1/4w (6.28m). The triple jump mark ranks No. 1 all-time under all-conditions for high school. Earned a gold medal in the long jump and a silver medal in the triple jump at the 2009 Pan-Am Games. Has a wind-legal best triple jump of 42-11 3/4 (13.10m). At the 2008 USATF National Junior Olympic Track and Field Championships, whe won the triple jump with a mark of 42-0 (12.80m) and place third in the long jump at 19-4 1/4 (5.89m). She lettered four years in track and basketball and all three seasons of playing volleyball.

PERSONAL: Alitta was born on July 12, 1991 in Oakland, Calif. Likes to play video games in her spare time. Favorite movie is Love and Basketball. Is the daughter of Diane Blackwell, has a sister Dawnn and brothers Biancco and DeJuan. She is a Communications major at USC.

CAREER BESTS: LJ -- 20-6.50 (20-7 1/4w) TJ - 42-11.75 (43-8w) 100m -- 12.03 HJ -- 5-5 1/2