THIS YEAR: Team captain Russell Silvers is USC's top returning decathlete and a three-time Pac-10 finalist in that event ... He is already seventh on the all-time USC decathlon chart. 2001: Silvers took second in the 400m IH at the LSU dual meet with a time of 54.53 ... He won the 400m at the San Diego Open in a time of 50.21 ... At the Pac-10s, he finished ninth in the long jump with a mark of 21-10 and fifth in the decathlon with a score of 7,118. 2000: Silvers scored a then-PR of 7047 in the decathlon at the Mt. SAC Relays ... At the Pac-10s, he finished eighth with a mark of 6,871. 1999: At the 1999 Pac-10s, Silvers finished fifth in the decathlon with a score of 6,629. HIGH SCHOOL: Silvers prepped at Loyola (Calif.) High, where he was a four-time Mission League gold medalist and ran a leg on Loyola's CIF champion 1,600m relay in 1999. PERSONAL: Russell was born on Dec. 12, 1979 ... He is a psychology major at USC. CAREER BESTS: Decathlon - 7,118; 400m IH - 54.30. |
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