USC Finishes Second at NCAA Women's Outdoor Track & Field Championships

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RESULTS | JUNE 14 QUOTES

TRACK TOWN, USA — The Big Ten Conference collected five national championships (four individual, one relay) to close the 2025 NCAA Women's Track & Field Championships Saturday at Hayward Field in Eugene.

The Big Ten placed three teams in the top five team standings with USC (47 points) the runner-up to Georgia (73). Washington placed fourth (31) and Illinois fifth (29.5).

USC strong by winning the track event of the day, the 4x100m relay, in a time of 42.22 behind the quartet of Samirah Moody, Dajaz DeFrand, Madison Whyte and Jassani Carter. Moody collected another gold medal when she took the 100m dash by 3-thousands of a second (11.14/11.136). She is a force off the track as well, being named USC's female recipient of the Big Ten Jackie Robinson Community & Impact Award.

Michigan's Savannah Sutherland set a collegiate record in the the 400m hurdles with an effort of 52.46. The Canadian Olympian also won the event in 2023.

Washington senior Sophie O'Sullivan added to Washington's 1500m legacy with a winning time of 4:07.94 to give the Huskies the metric mile title on both the women's and men's sides.

The loudest reaction from the Hayward Field crowd occurred when Oregon junior Aaliyah McCormick crossed the line first (12.81) in the 100m hurdles. "I just really wanted to put my name out there — Oregon is here to represent — and I think I did that today," she said afterwards.

Another first-place performance also occurred in the National Collegiate Wheelchair 100m, where Hannah Dederick made it a sweep for Illinois (which won the men's race yesterday) with a first-place time of 16.50.