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THIS YEAR: Malika Edmonson is USC's most experienced sprinter and one of the best in the Pac-10. She is the daughter of USC women’s coach Barbara Ferrell-Edmonson (a gold and silver medalist at the 1968 Olympic Games) and Warren Edmonson (the 1972 NCAA 100m champion while at UCLA), who was her high school coach. She is on three of USC’s all-time Top 10 charts (400m, 400m relay and 1,600m relay).
2000: Malika ran the third leg on USC's NCAA champion and school-record 400m relay squad that won in a time of 43.14 and the third leg on its 1600m relay squad that placed third at that meet with a time of 3:30.89 ... Finished second at the Pac-10s in the 400m with a time of 53.38 ... Won the 400m at the UCLA dual meet with a season-best time of 53.05.
1999: Ran the third leg on USC's 400m relay team that finished second at the NCAA Championships in a time of 43.52 ... Ran the second leg on USC's school and Pac-10 record-setting 1,600m relay team that finished second at the NCAAs in a time of 3:28.08 ... Finished second in the 400m at the Pac-10 Championships with a season-best time of 53.17 ... Ran the third leg on USC's 400m relay team that won the USC-UCLA dual meet in a school-record time of 43.35.
1998: Posted season-bests in the 200m (23.79) and 400m (53.02) at the USC-UCLA Dual Meet, where she also ran the anchor leg of the 400m relay that set a school record in 43.71 ... The 53.02 she ran at the USC-UCLA Dual Meet came in her collegiate 400m debut and not only was it the fourth-fastest 400m clocking in Women of Troy history, it also shattered the freshman record, which was held by Olympian Leslie Maxie (53.90 in 1986) ... Ran the anchor leg of USC’s 1,600m relay that ran 3:31.89 to finish fifth at the NCAA Championships.
HIGH SCHOOL: At St. Bernard High in Playa del Rey, Calif., Malika won the 1997 CIF Southern Section Division III 100m and 200m titles and ran on the 4x100m relay team that set the national girls relay record (44.70) that still stands today ... Was a Track & Field News High School All-American in both the 200m and 400m ... Ran the nation’s second-fastest time in the 200m (23.47) ... Won the state championship in the 100m and 200m and ran the second-fastest 400m time in the country (52.95) as a junior in 1996.
PERSONAL: Malika was born in Melbourne, Australia, on April, 13, 1979 ... She is a sociology major at USC ... She is married to USC high jumper and basketball player Jeff Trepagnier ... Her sister, Miya, is a freshman spinter for the Women of Troy.
CAREER BESTS: 100m - 11.56, 11.42w, 200m - 23.47, 400m - 52.95.
