USC hosts Pac-12 Conference track and field championships

Olympians Bryshon Nellum and Aaron Brown of USC are among the athletes who will compete in the Pac-12 Conference track and field championships Saturday and Sunday at USC’s Loker Stadium.

Oregon has won six consecutive men’s and four consecutive women’s titles.

USC is hosting the conference championships for the first time since 2003.

Nellum was a member of the United States 1,600-meter relay team that won a silver medal at the London Olympics last year. He also finished ninth in the 400 meters. Brown, competing for Canada, finished ninth in the 200 meters.

High jumper Brigetta Barrett of Arizona, who won a silver medal in London, also is among the Olympians who will compete.

Competition Saturday begins at 11 a.m., Sunday at noon.

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