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USC rallies to win 1,600 relay, NCAA women's title

USC won the meet-ending 1,600-meter relay to beat Georgia by a point Saturday for the NCAA Division I women's outdoor track and field title.

Kendall Ellis anchored the Trojans to victory at Hayward Field, rallying to edge Purdue's Jahneya Mitchell at the finish line. USC won in 3 minutes, 27.06 seconds, and Purdue finished in 3:27.13.

That gave the Trojans 53 team points, one more than Georgia and two ahead of Stanford, which didn't have entries in the relay.

Saturday, USC got a win from Anglerne Annelus in the 200 (22.76), seconds from Ellis (400) and Anna Cockrell (400 hurdles) and a third from its 400 relay.