Reese Garland won the women’s discus throw, Ashley Erasmus won the women’s Elite shot-put competition and Racquil Broderick posted the top collegian discus throw in the men’s Elite division to lead the Trojans at the 2025 Triton Invitational in La Jolla, Calif. today (April 5).
The sophomore Garland led a USC 1-2-3 finish in the women’s discus throw with a PR of 181.11 (55.46m) to better her fifth-place standing on USC’s all-time list. Junior transfer Karyssa Owens had a PR of 174-0 (53.04) in the final round to place second. Her mark moved her into eighth on USC’s all-time list. The freshman Erasmus, who ranks ninth on USC’s all-time discus throw list, placed third today with a best mark of 169-1 (51.55).
Erasmus won the women’s Elite shot put competition with a best mark today of 57-1 (17.40m), which she accomplished twice. It was the second consecutive day in which Erasmus won a shot put competition, as she took the title at the Battle at the Beach yesterday with a best shot put of 58-3.00 (17.75m). She has won all three shot put competitions she has competed in this outdoor season, winning and setting the USC record with a mark of 58-5.75 (17.82m) at the Trojan Invitational on March 22.
The sophomore Broderick had the top collegiate throw and finished third overall in the men’s discus throw competition. His best mark today was 206-4 (62.90m), eight inches off his school record and farther that the previous USC record which stood for 58 years. Freshman Shaiquan Dunn also made the final and placed ninth with a season-best mark of 181-5 (55.31m). Dunn seemed to have a big throw in the final round, but it was ruled a foul as he started to step in the right and stepped out, before setting up for his throw. The winner of the event, Sam Mattis of Nike, has the second-farthest throw in the world this season of 225-6 (68.74m).
Dunn placed third in the men’s Elite shot-put competition with a mark of 60-0.25 (18.29m). Freshman Preston Beery placed seventh in the Elite shot put with a mark of 54-6.75 (16.63m).
The USC track and field team will be back in action next week at the Texas A&M 44 Farms Team Invitational in College Station, Texas on April 11-12.