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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
04/29/2012
USC Splits Annual Dual Meet With UCLA
Trojan women win fifth straight
THIS YEAR: Sophomore hammer thrower Jenny Ozorai is coming off an outstanding first year at USC which saw her gain All-America status and post the third-best throw all-time by a Trojan female of 212-3. Has a career-best mark of 216-11 set on May 6, 2010 in Zalaegerszeg, Hungary.
2011: Ozorai needed just one meet to place her name on USC's all-time hammer throw list and continued to climb the charts throughout the season. She won her first meet, the Ben Brown Invitational, with a mark of 203-5 (62.00m) which ranked seventh on USC's all-time list. She then bettered her seventh-place standing in winning the hammer throw at the Trojan Quad-Meet on Apirl 1 with a mark of 203-10 (62.12m). Then on April 15 she won the University/Open hammer throw competition at the Mt. Sac Relays on her last throw of 205-11 (62.77m) to move into fifth place. The next day she competed in the Invite Elite competition and moved into fourth on USC's list with a throw of 209-0 (63.71m). Ozorai then moved into third place on USC's all-time list when she won the USC-UCLA Dual Meet hammer throw on April 30 with a season-best mark of 212-3 (64.70m)...also posted season bests at the Dual Meet in the discus of 153-4 (46.75m) to take first and 45-6.50 (13.88m) in the shot to place second. Ozorai took third place in the hammer at the Pac-10 Championships with a throw of 207-7 (63.28m). Ozorai placed fifth at the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds with a throw of 203-6 (62.03m). She then culminated her season with a sixth-place finish in the hammer with a mark of 208-9 (63.64m) at the NCAA Championships in Des Moines, Ia. on June 10.
HIGH SCHOOL: Ozorai attended Kanizsai Dorottya Gimnazium in Hungary. She established a new PR with a throw of 216-11 (66.12m) on May 6, 2010 in Zalaegerszeg, Hungary. Her previous best mark had been 213-3 (65.00m) in the hammer on Feb. 27, 2010 in Budapest, Hungary. She placed second in the hammer with a mark of 209-0 (63.70m) at the 2009 European Junior Championships held in Novi Sad, Serbia. Ozorai also has a best mark in the discus of 161-10 (49.34m) and in the shot put of 45-8 (13.93m).
PERSONAL: Ozorai was born on December 3, 1990 in Ajka, Hungary...Lists her favorite things to do as being around her family and practicing...Lists Ryan Reynolds as her favorite actor and Click as her favorite movie...She is an Economics major at USC.
CAREER BESTS: Hammer -- 216-11 (66.12m) Discus -- 161-10 (49.34m) Shot Put -- 45-8 (13.93m)
