Good Morning, Trojans. Men’s golf starts NCAA Regional play today.

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🎽 Trojans win championships in nine different Track & Field events at Big Ten Championships
🚣 Varsity Four and the Second Varsity Four secured wins at Big Ten Rowing Championships
⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Regional Ready. USC men’s golf is headed to back-to-back NCAA Regionals for the first time in three years. The team heads east to the Winston Salem Regional in Bermuda Run, N.C. Jack Buchanan, Jaden Dumdumaya, Nicolas Dominguez, Luke Stock, Antonio Safa and Raghav Gulati (substitute) will represent the Trojans. The men will begin teeing off at 5 a.m.

🔼 Champs x9. USC won nine different events at the Big 12 Outdoor Track & Field Championships over the weekend. Madison Whyte won four different events on the women’s side (4×400m, 4×100m, 200m and 100m). For the men, Eddie Nketia won both the 100 and 200 meter races. The women finished third with a score of 90 points and the men placed fourth with 70.5 points. Christine Mallard, Takiya Cenci, Joelle Trepagnier Dajaz DeFrand, Brianna Selby, Jack Stadlman and Racquil Broderick were also crowed champions throughout the weekend.

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🔼 Legend Inducted. USC men’s tennis legend Steve Johnson was inducted to the ITA Men’s Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame on Sunday after a historic career with the Trojans. Johnson helped lead USC to four straight NCAA team championships (2008-12), won back-to-back NCAA singles titles and finished his collegiate career on a record 72-match singles winning streak before going on to a successful professional career.

Today’s Top Tier Performance presented by ARCO is the Varsity Four and the Second Varsity Four. The Varsity Four started the morning off with an open-water victory in the Petite Final with a time of 7:54.52. The Second Varsity Four went wire-to-wire with an open-water victory and a final time of 8:21.24. The time was nearly eight second better than the runner up. Three Trojans earned All-Big Ten awards: Viktoryia Vasilyeva (first team), Gerli Endrekson (second team), and Isabella Korellis was USC's Big Ten Sportsmanship Award winner.

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How many USC men’s tennis representatives are in the ITA Men’s Hall of Fame?

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📆 THE DAYS AHEAD

Monday, May 18

⛳ Men’s Golf NCAA Regionals

Tuesday, May 19

⛳ Men’s Golf NCAA Regionals

Wednesday, May 20

⛳ Men’s Golf NCAA Regionals

Friday, May 22

⛳ Women’s Golf NCAA Championships
⚾ Big Ten Tournament vs. TBD @ 7 a.m.

Saturday, May 23

⛳ Women’s Golf NCAA Championships
⚾ Big Ten Tournament

Sunday, May 24

⛳ Women’s Golf NCAA Championships
⚾ Big Ten Tournament

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Steve Johnson became the 22nd USC men's tennis representative!

⚔️ Have a great Monday, everyone!