The Three Torches 1/27: No. 1 in the World

JC Stevenson is ranked No. 1 in the world and No. 1 in many other categories for his 60m record time.

Good morning, Trojan Family! No other school has track & field athletes like we do. Just see below how many record performances and event wins we had this past weekend!

What else do we have for you in today's edition of The Three Torches? Check it out below!

👟 7 event wins and 4 record performances
🤽 Doubleheader wins
⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Bleed Red. The track & field team had seven event wins at the Red Raider Invite. JC Stevenson tied the USC men’s 60m record. Yemi John set the Trojan women’s 600-yard record. William Jones set the USC men’s 600-yard record. Ashley Erasmus set the Trojan women’s indoor freshman shot put record.

🔼 Doubleheader Dubs. The women’s water polo team won its two weekend games. The Trojans beat California Baptist 20-2 and UC Irvine 18-15. Tilly Kearns had nine goals, and Ava Stryker had eight for the day. Kearns is now No. 12 in USC’s all-time career scoring record book. She has a total of 178 goals.

🔼 Kickin' Off. The women’s tennis team shut down Penn 4-0 in the first round of the ITA Kickoff Weekend. The Trojans won two doubles matches and three singles. The women then faced No. 13 Auburn and fell 4-2. They won the doubles point but couldn’t come back in the singles matches.

🔼 Top 3. The men’s tennis team finished third at the ITA Kickoff Weekend. The Trojans beat Oklahoma State 4-0 on Sunday. They went a perfect 2-0 in doubles and 3-0 in singles.

Today’s Top Tier Performance presented by ARCO is JC Stevenson. Stevenson tied the USC men’s 60m record with a winning time of 6.50 in the final at the Red Raider Invitational this past weekend. His time is No. 1 in the NCAA, No. 1 in the world, tied for 11th-fastest in NCAA history and tied for the fastest in USC history.

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Alumnae Rock. Two former USC women’s lacrosse athletes have been named to the inaugural roster of the Women’s Lacrosse League.

Which two alumnae made the roster?

Think you got it? Scroll on down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

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📅 THE DAYS AHEAD

Monday, January 27

⛳️ Men’s Golf vs. Southwestern Invitational
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. UCLA @ 7pm PT | Listen | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets

Tuesday, January 28

⛳️ Men’s Golf vs. Southwestern Invitational

Wednesday, January 29

⛳️ Men’s Golf vs. Southwestern Invitational
🏐 Men’s Volleyball at Central State @ 2pm PT

Thursday, January 30

🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Minnesota @ 7pm PT | Listen | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets

Friday, January 31

🤽‍♂️ Women’s Water Polo vs. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps @ 9:20am PT | La Jolla, Calif.
🏊 Women’s Swim and Dive vs. UCLA @ 12pm PT
🏐 Men’s Volleyball at Ohio State @ 4pm PT | Live Stats | Watch

Saturday, February 1

🤽‍♂️ Women’s Water Polo vs. TBD/TBD @ TBD/TBD | La Jolla, Calif.
🏐 Men’s Volleyball vs. Penn State @ 1pm PT | Live Stats | Watch
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. Stanford @ 1pm PT
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Michigan State @ 1:30pm PT | Listen | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets

Sunday, February 2

🏀 Women’s Basketball at Iowa @ 10:30am PT | Listen | Watch
⛳️ Women’s Golf at Therese Hession Regional Challenge
🤽‍♂️ Women’s Water Polo vs. TBD @ TBD | La Jolla, Calif.
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. California/UNLV @ 12pm/4pm PT

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Kait Devir and Erin Bakes!

⚔️ Have a great Monday, everyone!