Mt. SAC Relays Brings Elite Track and Field Energy to Southern California
- Michael Xu
- Apr 18
- 2 min read
WALNUT, Calif. — The Mt. SAC Relays once again brought national-level track and field talent to Hilmer Lodge Stadium, with NCAA athletes using the Southern California meet as a stage for record-breaking performances and season-defining marks.
One of the biggest collegiate performances came from Arizona State junior Jayden Davis, who won the men’s 400 meters in 44.29 seconds. The time broke Arizona State’s 58-year-old outdoor school record, passing Ron Freeman II’s previous program mark, and also stood as a world-leading time at the moment of the race.
USC also produced one of the headline performances of the meet. Madison Whyte ran 49.64 seconds in the women’s 400 meters, breaking Kendall Ellis’ USC school record of 49.99 from 2018. The mark moved Whyte to No. 9 in NCAA history and gave her one of the fastest collegiate times of the season.
Whyte’s day was not limited to the open 400. She also ran on USC’s women’s 4x100 relay, which clocked 42.12 seconds. The group tied the No. 3 time in NCAA history by a school and broke USC’s previous program record of 42.21 set in 2019.
The Trojans had already started the meet with strong results earlier in the weekend. USC reported three wins and eight top-three finishes on the opening day of its Mt. SAC Relays competition, including Lillian Harden winning the women’s 100-meter hurdles in 13.53, Rachael Uvieghara taking the women’s 100 in a wind-legal personal best of 11.49, and Cordial Vann winning the men’s long jump in his collegiate outdoor debut with a mark of 7.57 meters.
For college athletes, Mt. SAC came at an important point in the outdoor season. The meet gave sprinters, hurdlers, jumpers and relay teams a chance to chase national marks before conference championships and NCAA regional competition. The 66th annual Mt. SAC Relays included college, elite and high school divisions from April 16-18 at Hilmer Lodge Stadium.
With Davis’ world-leading 400, Whyte’s school-record run and USC’s all-time relay performance, the meet delivered the kind of marks that make Mt. SAC one of the most important stops on the outdoor track calendar.
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