Trojans third team to win both indoor and outdoor titles in same season, first since 2015
USC’s men’s track and field scored in seven events to win a share of the team title during the final day of the 2025 NCAA Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Championships being held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. today (June 13). USC finished with 41 points to tie with Texas A&M for the team title, the first NCAA shared outdoor team title since 2013. The first-ever shared NCAA team title came in 1965 when the Trojans tied Oregon as the top team. USC also became just the third team to both the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field titles in the same year, first since 2015.
USC won its first outdoor track and field title since 1976 and now has won 27 outdoor titles, more than double the next program. USC also became the first Big Ten school to win the outdoor track and field team title since Minnesota won in 1948.
USC scored all of its points on the final day and won a share of the team title without winning any individual event titles, just like they did in winning the 2025 NCAA Indoor title. Also like the indoor title, USC had to await the results of an unsuccessful Arkansas protest in the 4x400m relay before it could celebrate.
“It is just an awesome feeling for the program, the University, the USC community, all of our fans and these student-athletes, they worked their butts off,” said USC Director of Track & Field and Cross-Country Quincy Watts. “I am just so proud of them. It is a journey and throughout the journey you are going to have hurdles and adversity. We had some adversity when one of our top runners Garrett Kaalund was having some issues with his hamstring which I learned after receiving a call from Bronson (Sagon) our athletic trainer, who informed me that Garrett would not be available for the mile relay. I gathered everybody that was here with the men’s team, and we surrounded Garrett while he was on the training table. We let him know we were going to win the team title for him. We wanted to look him in the eye and let him know we had his back. Garrett has been there for us all year. Just a tremendous team with tremendous character as human beings.”
The day began with sophomore Racquil Broderick breaking his school discus throw record of 207-0 (63.09m) with a mark of 207-8 (63.31m) to place fourth and earn the USC men’s team its first five points of the championships. He had the top throw of 197-9 (60.28m) in the first flight which advanced him to the finals in seventh place. His record-breaking throw of 207-8 in the fifth round temporarily moved him into third, but after the round was complete, he stood in fourth. Broderick had a final-round throw of 206-11 and landed a fair throw in all six attempts. Broderick, who placed second as a freshman, earned first-team All-America honors for the second time. Broderick is the first Trojans to score in back-to-back NCAA Championships in the discus throw since Ralph Fruguglietti placed second in 1976 and 1977.
The men’s 4x100m relay team of senior Travis Williams, junior Max Thomas, graduate transfer Taylor Banks and junior transfer Garrett Kaalund placed second with a time of 38.46. Their time moved them to second on USC’s all-time 4x100m relay list. The quartet earned USC another eight points in the team competition.
Thomas then took second in the men’s 100m dash final with a strong finish and a time of 10.10 (+0.7) to earn USC eight points. He out-leaned the third-place finisher by 0.001 seconds. Thomas became USC’s first male athlete to score in the 100m finals since Davonte Burnett in 2021 and was USC’s highest finisher in the event since Andre DeGrasse won the title in 2015. Sophomore transfer Edward Nketia placed ninth with a time of 10.30 to earn second-team All-America honors and Thomas became a first-team All-American.
Junior William Jones took second in the men’s 400m final with a time of 45.53 to earn the Trojans eight more points. That gave USC a total of 29 points and the temporary lead with 14 of 21 events scored. It was the first time Jones earned All-America honors in the outdoor 400m race and his finish was the highest by a Trojan since Michael Norman won the title in 2018.
Senior Johnny Brackins Jr. placed seventh in the men’s 400m hurdles final with a time of 50.15 to earn the Trojans two team points. After 18 scored events, USC had 31 points and were in second place, two points behind Texas A&M. Brackins Jr. became the first Trojan to earn first-team All-America honors in the event since Cameron Samuel in 2021.
Kaalund then placed third in the men’s 200m dash final with a time of 19.96 (+0.3) and Thomas took sixth with a time of 20.23 (+0.3) to earn USC a key nine points in move them into first place with 40 points, five ahead of Auburn, six ahead of Arkansas and seven ahead of Texas A&M with the 5000m race and the 4x400m relay remaining. It is the first time for both Kaalund and Thomas to earn first-team All-America honors in the 200m dash. It was the first time any Trojan scored in the 200m final since 2021, Kaalund’s finish was the highest by a USC athlete since Andre DeGrasse won the title in 2015 and the first time USC had a pair of athletes score in the 200m since 2013, when Bryshon Nellum and Aaron Brown scored.
USC ran a 4x400m relay team of junior Jacob Andrews, Thomas, junior Jaelen Knox and Jones to closeout the meet and they did just enough to earn a share of the team title, finishing eighth with a time of 3:03.18, despite a couple of balky exchanges. USC earned a point and Texas A&M eight, to finish tied with 41 points each. USC also finished eighth in the event at the 2024 NCAA Championships.
Graduate transfer Jaren Holmes placed 11th in the men’s triple jump. His best jump of 51-8.25/15.75m (+0.6) came in the first round and placed him seventh, but he did not improve and after three rounds had slid to 11th. Holmes earned second-team All-America honors in the event.
Junior Elias Gerald placed 12th in the men’s high jump with a best clearance of 7-0.50 (2.15m). He went out at the next height of 7-2.50 (2.20m), which only seven athletes cleared today. Gerald earned second-team All-America honors in the event.
Tomorrow will be the finals for the 2025 NCAA Women’s Track & Field Championships. The action for the Trojans will begin with the women’s 4x100m relay at 6:02 p.m.
Final Men’s Top 10 Team Scores:
USC – 41 and Texas A&M – 41, 3.) Arkansas – 40, 4.) Auburn – 35, 5.) New Mexico – 31, 6.) Oklahoma – 30.5, 7.) Minnesota – 25, 8.) Florida – 22, Kentucky -22, Mississippi – 22