Good morning, Trojan Family. Beware! It’s Friday the 13th. Try not to go on the 13th floor of any building or make important decisions, you could get bad luck. 😳

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

👟 Day 2
📩 Letter from the AD
⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Record Broken. USC track and field competed on day two of the NCAA Championships. Ashley Erasmus broke her school shot put record to place fifth. The Trojans earned eight berths to the finals during the first day of the women’s competition. The 4×100m relay team will compete in the finals tomorrow. Three runners advanced to the finals in both the 200m and 100m dash.

👟 See more stats from day two.

🔼 Listen Up! Director of Athletics Jen Cohen released a letter on the recent House Settlement, Trojan MAP and recapping an unforgettable year in Troy. Read it here!

🔼 Beach Day. The men’s basketball team did some team bonding during a beach day on Saturday. See Jacob Cofie’s skills in wiffle ball, football and basketball here. It was quite the site to see 7’3” men play baseball at the beach.

Today’s Top Tier Performance presented by ARCO is women’s basketball assistant coach Courtney Jaco. Jaco is responsible for developing the point guards, scouting other teams and recruiting. One of her biggest recruitment wins was helping the Trojans land former Stanford star Kiki Iriafen. Read about how she gained Iriafen and her success from there.

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Fun Fact.

USC men’s basketball’s new assistant coach, Earl Boykins, is the shortest player in NBA history to drop ##+ in a game.

Think you’ve got it? Scroll down for the answer!

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📅 THE DAYS AHEAD

Friday, June 13 - Saturday, June 14

👟 NCAA Track and Field Outdoor Championships

⚔️ Click here to view the full USC Trojan Athletics Calendar

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 30+!

⚔️ Have a great Friday, everyone!