The USC Trojans track and field team is the

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program that represents

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. The Trojans compete in

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as a member of the

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. The team is based in

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, at the Felix Field and Loker Stadium. The program is coached by Quincy Watts. The track and field program officially encompasses four teams because the NCAA considers men's and women's indoor track and field and outdoor track and field as separate sports. , the Trojans have had 512 Olympians, including 66 at the

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with track and field being the most represented sport. In 2023, the school named their field after

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, who attended USC along with her brother Wes Felix, though Allyson turned professional out of high school and did not compete for the team. In 2018, Michael Norman became the first athlete from USC to win

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Postseason

AIAW

The Bruins have had six

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individual All-Americans finishing in the top six at the AIAW indoor or outdoor championships.

NCAA

, a total of 385 men and 95 women have achieved individual first-team

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n status at the Division I men's outdoor, women's outdoor, men's indoor, or women's indoor national championships (using the modern criteria of top-8 placing regardless of athlete nationality).

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