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The Bowerman Men of Ten Unveiled

June 22, 2010 Share

NEW ORLEANS – On Tuesday, The Bowerman Men’s Watch Committee announced in conjunction with the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) the ten male student-athletes that will be considered for The Bowerman in 2010. The group of ten will be narrowed to three men by the ten-member Bowerman Advisory Board in the coming weeks.

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The Board, chaired by Herman Frazier, Senior Associate Athletics Director for Sports Administration at Temple University, will release their finalist selections on the week of July 12. The Board is vice chaired by Alfreeda Goff, Horizon League Senior Associate Commissioner.

Once the finalists are set, The Bowerman Voters, a group of around 100, consisting of national and regional media personnel, track & field statisticians, NCAA collegiate administrators, and Presidents of affiliated organizations will make their selections. Previous winners Galen Rupp and Jenny Barringer will also receive one vote. Once tabulations are calculated, award winners will be announced at the USTFCCCA Convention, held December 13-16 in San Antonio, Texas.

Ten women vying for three finalists positions were announced yesterday and included: Semoy Hackett (Lincoln (Mo.)), Queen Harrison (Virginia Tech), Kylie Hutson (Indiana State), Mariam Kevkhishvili (Florida), Lisa Koll (Iowa State), Porscha Lucas (Texas A&M), Francena McCorory (Hampton), Blessing Okagbare (UTEP), Brianne Theisen (Oregon), and Phoebe Wright (Tennessee)

For more information on The Bowerman, the award, the recently-debuted trophy, and Bill Bowerman himself, visit TheBowerman.org.

About The Bowerman
The Bowerman, which debuted in 2009, is presented annually to the top male and female collegiate track & field athletes in the nation. Oregon’s Rupp and Colorado’s Jenny Barringer were the inaugural winners of The Bowerman, which is named for legendary Oregon track & field/cross country coach Bill Bowerman.

THE BOWERMAN FINAL CANDIDATE LIST, 2010 MEN
(listed in alphabetical order, these are the final 10 in consideration for The Bowerman and will be narrowed to three in mid-July)

Sam Chelanga, Liberty, RS Junior, Distance, Nairobi, Kenya (Bartolimo HS/Fairleigh Dickinson)
Captured NCAA outdoor 10k crown and, earlier in the season, sliced 20 seconds off own collegiate record in the event

Jeff Demps, Florida, Fresh. (indoor)/Soph. (outdoor), Sprints, Winter Garden, Fla. (South Lake HS)
Double sprint NCAA champion with 60m indoor crown and 100m outdoor title, added national title as anchor of 4×100

Johnny Dutch, South Carolina, Junior, Hurdles, Clayton, N.C. (Clayton HS)
NCAA 400-meter hurdle champ, ran world’s fourth-best time in 2010 with 48.12 in national quarterfinal, also 110m hurdle and 4×400 national finalist

Ashton Eaton, Oregon, Senior, Combined Events, Bend, Ore. (Mountain View HS)
Won second-straight NCAA heptathlon title with world-record performance indoors, added third-straight national decathlon crown outdoors

Walter Henning, LSU, Junior, Throws, Kings Park, N.Y. (St. Anthony’s HS/North Carolina)
Won national crowns with the weight throw indoors and hammer throw outdoors, first to do so since 2006

Kirani James, Alabama, Freshman, Sprints, Gouyave, Grenada
At just 17 years old, won the NCAA outdoor 400-meter crown and clocked 45.01 this season

David McNeill, Northern Arizona, Senior, Distance, Melbourne, Australia
Double 5000-meter champ, winning both NCAA indoor and outdoor titles, posted time of 13:25.63 outdoors

Christian Taylor, Florida, Sophomore, Jumps, Fayetteville, Ga. (Sandy Creek HS)
Winner of indoor and outdoor NCAA triple jump crowns, the first to do so since 2002, national runner-up both indoors and outdoors in the long jump

Andrew Wheating, Oregon, Senior, Mid-Distance, Norwich, Vt. (Kimball Union Academy)
Won both 800 and 1500 national championships outdoors, the first to do so since 1984, was anchor for NCAA champ DMR indoors

Ryan Whiting, Arizona State, Senior, Throws, Harrisburg, Pa. (Central Dauphin HS)
Indoor and outdoor national titlist with shot put, adding outdoor discus crown, recorded eight shot put throws of 70 feet or more during the season

Sam Chelanga, RS Jr., Liberty,
Distance, Nairobi, Kenya, Bartolimo HS/Fairleigh Dickinson

INDOOR: NCAA runner-up in the 5000 meters, running season best 13:37.01 in national final … the Big South Men’s Track & Field Athlete of the Year, Chelanga was also successful on the conference level, winning a trio of events (mile, 3K and distance medley relay) at the Big South Indoor Track & Field Championships.

OUTDOOR: Chelanga’s greatest successes in 2010 came at the 10K distance, including his first NCAA track & field national championship and a new collegiate record … his NCAA 10K title came by an 18-second margin, the largest margin of victory in the NCAA men’s 10K final since 2002 … meanwhile, Chelanga’s NCAA 10K record time of 27:08.39, set May 1 at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational, shattered his own collegiate standard by 20 seconds and ranks No. 3 in the world for 2010 … Chelanga also finished as the NCAA national runner-up in the 5K, both indoors and outdoors … the pair of NCAA 5K finals were the only two individual races Chelanga lost to a collegiate opponent all year, and the setbacks came by a total of just 1.14 seconds … successfully defended his 5K title at the IC4A Outdoor Track & Field Championships … USTFCCCA Southeast Region Track Athlete of the Year.

Jeff Demps, Fr. (indoor)/So. (outdoor), Florida,
Sprints, Winter Garden, Fla., South Lake HS

INDOOR: Became the first person in school history to win the NCAA 60-meter dash championship, doing so in a time of 6.57, which was just shy of the school-record-setting time of 6.56 that he set in the preliminaries the night before … at the SEC Indoor Championships, Demps placed second overall in the 60-meter dash at 6.66, but led a trio of Gators who scored 17 total points in the event … a two-time SEC Male Freshman Runner of the Week selection (Feb. 9, Feb. 16) during the indoor season … won the 60-meter dash at the prestigious Tyson Invitational in a time of 6.59.

OUTDOOR: Claimed the 2010 NCAA Outdoor 100-meter championship in a wind-aided time of 9.96 … ran the anchor leg of the Gators’ NCAA Championship 4×100-meter relay squad in a time of 39.04 … the anchor leg of Florida’s 4×100-meter relay team at the NCAA Preliminary Rounds in Greensboro, N.C., that ran a season best and NCAA-leading time of 38.81 … became Florida’s first conference 100-meter dash champion since Bernard Williams won the event crown in 2000 … captured the event at the 2010 SEC Outdoor Championships in Knoxville, Tenn., by clocking a time of 10.06 … also the anchor leg of Florida’s second-place 4×100m relay team at the SEC Outdoor Championships.

Johnny Dutch, Jr., South Carolina,
Hurdles, Clayton, N.C., Clayton HS

INDOOR: Placed sixth in the 60-meter hurdles at the NCAA Indoor Championships at 7.72 … earned SEC Indoor bronze medal honors in the 60 hurdles, his best career showing at the indoor conference meet … placed fourth as the anchor leg of South Carolina’s 4×400m relay team at the SEC Indoor Championships.

OUTDOOR: NCAA Champion in the 400-meter hurdles at 48.75, capping an undefeated season in finals competition in the intermediate hurdles … Dutch won his first career national title and the University of South Carolina’s first national crown in the intermediate hurdles, adding to a history that includes storied hurdlers Terrence Trammell, Jason Richardson, Kenneth Ferguson and Jussi Heikkila … ran the current fourth-fastest time in the world in the 400-meter hurdles at 48.12 to win the NCAA East Preliminary Round (national quarterfinal) … advanced to the 110-meter hurdle NCAA final, but false started … ran the second leg of the 4×400m relay team that placed fifth at the NCAA Championships as well … won his second consecutive 400-meter hurdle SEC Outdoor title … took third in the 110 hurdles at the SEC Outdoor Championships … ran anchor for the 4×400m relay team that earned bronze at SEC Outdoor Championships … twice named SEC Athlete of the Week … won his first Penn Relays Carnival title in the 400m hurdles … named South Carolina’s Team MVP.

Ashton Eaton, Sr., Oregon,
Combined Events, Bend, Ore., Mountain View HS

INDOOR: Eaton not only won the NCAA heptathlon title for the second-straight year, but he did it in world-record fashion … scoring 6,499 points, Eaton reset what was Dan O’Brien’s 1993 record of 6,476 with five new personal bests over the seven-event bonanza … in January, Eaton topped what was Trey Hardee’s collegiate record with a 6,256 tally … Eaton would better each of his marks from that January weekend to claim the world record in March … only a few hours after breaking the world record, Eaton returned to the NCAA meet to run the second leg of the Ducks 4×400 and helped the team to a sixth-place national finish … at the MPSF Championships in Seattle, Eaton claimed scoring positions in the pole vault (fourth) and as a member of the Ducks’ 4×400-meter relay team (second) … USTFCCCA National Field Athlete of the Year.

OUTDOOR: Eaton won his third-consecutive NCAA decathlon crown, scoring a championships- and personal-record score of 8,457 points … capturing victory by 656 points, Eaton became the first in collegiate history to win three-straight crowns in the event and the second ever to win a third total … despite tallying just one event personal best (46.28 in the 400m) among the 10 disciplines, Eaton notched an all-time collegiate best 4,500 points on day one and came within eight points of Trey Hardee’s overall collegiate record (8,465) … in three competitions this season, Eaton scored 8,000 or more points, extending his streak to 10 … opened the season at the Texas Relays at the end of March with a wind-aided 8,301 for the win … at the Pac-10 Combined Event Championships, Eaton scored a conference-record 8,154 to become just the third man to win three of the league’s crowns in the event … coming back a week later for the remaining portions of the league meet, Eaton would win conference titles in the 110-meter hurdles and long jump, adding a runner-up performance in the 100-meter dash … Eaton would also qualify for the national final in the long jump, notching a leap of 26-4½ (8.04m) to be the second qualifier out of the West … USTFCCCA Co-National Field Athlete of the Year … Pac-10 Co-Men’s Field Athlete of the Year.

Walter Henning, Jr., LSU,
Throws, Kings Park, N.Y., St. Anthony’s HS/North Carolina

INDOOR: The NCAA Indoor Champion in the 35-pound weight throw with a throw of 77-3¾ (23.56m), becoming the first LSU Tiger to be crowned the NCAA Champion in the weight throw … shattered the SEC Indoor Championships meet record with a winning throw of 78-1 (23.80m) in defense of his crown, eclipsed the previous meet record of 76-5 set in 2007 … won the conference title by nearly 11 feet over his closest competitor … his seasonal-best mark of 78-1 (23.80m) ranked No. 1 among all collegiate throwers during the 2010 campaign …finished the 2010 indoor season by winning all six weight throw competitions in which he entered … honored for his performance during the indoor season as the SEC Men’s Indoor Field Event Athlete of the Year and the USTFCCCA South Central Region Men’s Field Athlete of the Year.

OUTDOOR: Followed a dominant indoor season by being crowned the NCAA Outdoor Champion in the hammer throw … became the first collegiate thrower to sweep NCAA titles in the weight throw indoors and hammer throw outdoors since Spyridon Jullien of Virginia Tech in 2006 … won the national crown in dramatic fashion with a mark of 238-9 (72.79m) on his sixth and final throw at the NCAA Outdoor Championships to overtake Virginia Tech’s Alexander Ziegler (237-7) … successfully defended his SEC crown in the hammer throw with a mark of 237-3 (72.31m) at the SEC Outdoor Championships … swept SEC titles in the weight throw and hammer throw for the second year in a row … broke his own school record during the outdoor season as he posted a seasonal-best and personal-best mark of 239-5 (72.98m) at the Miami Elite Invitational on April 10 to rank No. 2 on the NCAA’s performance list for the 2010 season … won all six hammer throw competitions in which he entered on the campaign … finished the season a perfect 12-for-12 in weight throw and hammer throw competitions during the 2010 season.

Kirani James, Fr., Alabama,
Sprints, Gouyave, Grenada

INDOOR: At the NCAA Indoor Championships, finished second overall in the 400 meters with a time of 45.63, the highest finish by an Alabama runner … was named the Southeastern Conference Freshman Runner of the Year after finishing second in the 400 at the SEC Championships and running 45.24 to shatter his own Alabama school record … earlier in the season James, was named the SEC Runner of the Week (Feb. 6).

OUTDOOR: Claimed the NCAA 400-meter outdoor national title by clocking a 45.05 at just 17 years old … became the first Alabama 400 meter outdoor runner to earn All-American honors in the event since 1984 and the first national champion in any event since 2002 … claimed the SEC 400-meter title by clocking a personal best 45.01 in Knoxville, Tenn. … to earn the title James defeated the No. 1 ranked and No. 3 runners in the world in the event en route to being named the SEC Outdoor Freshman Runner of the Year … early in the outdoor season James claimed the 400m and 200m titles at the CARIFTA Games in George Town, Cayman Islands, clocking a 45.02 in the 400 and a personal best 20.76 in the 200.

David McNeill, Sr., Northern Arizona,
Distance, Melbourne, Australia, Xavier College

INDOOR: At the 2010 NCAA Indoor Championships, won his first career national championship in the 5K when he held off Sam Chelanga to finish in an 2010 collegiate-best time of 13:36.41 … became NAU’s first ever national champion at 5000 … returned the following night to finish runner-up in the 3,000-meter run, giving NAU 18 total points and the highest finish at a track and field championship event in school history (8th) … named the USTFCCCA Mountain Region Male Track Athlete of the Year for the indoor season … in mid-February, he ran to a 7:47.52 (OT) win over 3000 meters at the Husky Classic in Seattle, marking the best time ever run by a collegian on an oversized track … the following weekend, he claimed an altitude-hindered 14:17.92 clocking over 5000 meters for his second then-collegiate leader of the season (when converted to 13:39.32) … competing in his first Big Sky Indoor Championships, won the men’s 3K, finished second in mile and was a part of Distance Medley Relay that set a Big Sky Indoor Championship record (9:52.85).

OUTDOOR: Concluded stellar senior campaign with his second national title in the men’s 5,000-meter run after he held of Liberty’s Sam Chelenga in a time of 13:44.81 at the NCAA Outdoor Championships … became the first NCAA Champion in the event from Australia since 1960 … won the men’s 5,000-meter run at the NCAA West Preliminary Round in Austin, Texas in a time of 13:59.30, the only sub-14 minute time of the night … held the top collegiate mark in the 5,000-meter run for the outdoor season with a school-record time of 13:25.63 from the Stanford Invitational on March 26 … won the 5K and 1,500-meter run at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships for the third-straight year … in the classroom, McNeill was awarded for his 3.75 GPA when he was named to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America® men’s track/cross country first team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) … named USTFCCCA Mountain Region Male Track Athlete of the Year as voted on by the coaches from the region for the second time in 2010.

Christian Taylor, So., Florida,
Jumps, Fayetteville, Ga., Sandy Creek HS

INDOOR: Won the 2010 NCAA Indoor triple jump championship for the second consecutive year with a 2010 American- and collegiate-best of 56-4½ (17.18m) … became the first person to win back-to-back NCAA men’s indoor triple jump titles since Walter Davis of LSU accomplished the feat in 2001 and 2002 … also placed second in the long jump at the NCAA meet with season best of 26-¼ (7.93m) … the 2010 USTFCCCA South Region Men’s Field Athlete of the Year … claimed the SEC triple jump crown, winning for the second consecutive year with a season-best leap of 55-2¾ (16.83m) … ran the second leg of Florida’s SEC Championship 4×400-meter relay squad.

OUTDOOR: Won the 2010 NCAA Outdoor triple jump with a wind-aided jump of 56-1 (17.09m) on his final attempt … the fifth-round attempt of 55-10¼ (17.02m) finished as the 2010 collegiate best and the current American leading mark … it was the first national triple jump title in school history … placed fourth in the long jump at the NCAA meet … the 2010 USTFCCCA South Region Men’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year … became Florida’s first SEC Outdoor Champion in the men’s triple jump since Mike Sharpe in 1976 … posted a winning leap of 54-8¾ (16.68m) … recorded the second-best men’s long jump leap in school history in a runner-up finish at the SEC Outdoor Championships at 26-10½ (8.19m) … That was a personal record of more than a foot-and-a-half, shattering his previous best mark of 25-4 … also ran the third leg of the SEC Championship 4×400-meter relay squad … named SEC Men’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year … ran the third leg of Florida’s world-leading 4×400-meter relay team at the Pepsi Florida Relays that broke the school record at 3:00.31 and helped the Gators through the national quarterfinal and semifinal round of the 4×400.

Andrew Wheating, Sr., Oregon,
Distance, Norwich, Vt., Kimball Union Academy

INDOOR: Wheating helped the Ducks to their second-straight NCAA championship in the distance medley relay with an anchor 1600-meter split of 4:01.23 … In 2009, Wheating ran the 800-meter leg of the DMR … Wheating took runner-up (1:48.40) in the NCAA at 800 meters after being caught at the tape by Virginia frosh Robby Andrews … Wheating started his season on February 13 with a the best collegiate mark of the season, 1:46.36 (OT), at the Husky Classic in Seattle … at the MPSF Championships, Wheating won the mile crown with a 3:58.20 (OT) clocking on that same track in Seattle … USTFCCCA West Region Track Athlete of the Year.

OUTDOOR: At the NCAA Championships, Wheating ran four races in four days to capture national crowns in the 800 and 1500 meters, an accomplishment only matched four other times in the 89-year history of the NCAA Championships and for the first time since 1984 … Wheating (1:45.69) used his “kick” earlier in the competition than usual in the 800 finals, covering the final 200 meters in 26.20 seconds, holding off the surging Andrews (1:46.83) who would place second despite entering the final curve in last place … with the victory, Wheating became the first American since 1994 to defend an NCAA 800-meter crown … Wheating (3:47.94) would lead a final Duck charge to the finish line in the national final of the 1500m as Oregon claimed the first 1-2-3 NCAA sweep in the history of the event … Wheating would finish the season with the second-fastest collegiate time in the 800 (1:45.69, NCAA final) and the best collegiate time of 2010 in the 1500 – 3:37.52 recorded in being the first qualifier from the West portion of the NCAA’s quarterfinals … earlier in the season, Wheating won his third straight Pac-10 title at 800 meters in 1:47.77, becoming the first to win three-straight conference titles in the event since Oregon’s David Mack (1980-82). Wheating also ran a leg of the Ducks’ 4×400 that finished fourth at the conference meet; all in helping Oregon win their fourth-straight league crown … Wheating opened the season at the Penn Relays, where he anchored Oregon to a win in the distance medley relay (9:30.69) and a second-place finish in the 4×800 meter relay (7:15.55) … USTFCCCA National Track Athlete of the Year … Pac-10 Men’s Track Athlete of the Year.

Ryan Whiting, Sr., Arizona State,
Throws, Harrisburg, Pa., Central Dauphin HS

INDOOR:Whiting’s dominance of the 2010 season began indoors as he won the NCAA Championship for the third year in a row with a toss of 70-7¼ (21.52m) … that victory not only kept him undefeated against collegiate competitors, it made him just the third man all-time to win the shot put in three consecutive NCAA indoor meets and the first to do so in 35 years (Hans Hogland, UTEP, 1973-1974-1975) … he also became just the fourth man to win three or more shot put crowns at the NCAA Indoor Championships in a career and the first to do so since Michael Carter (SMU) won his fourth in 1984 … during the season, Whiting did not compete in the conference event (MPSF Championships) and, instead, competed at the USA Track & Field Indoor Championships where he took second by four inches to Olympic medalist Christian Cantwell … Whiting, who had a best of 69-0 (21.03m), finished second and automatically qualified to compete in the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, but did not travel with Team USA to the world event as he was competing in the NCAA Indoor Championships … Whiting also finished the indoor season ranked third overall on the world lists with his winning mark for the NCAA meet.

OUTDOOR: Whiting capped his collegiate career with a sweep of the shot put and discus at the NCAA Championships to record the fifth and sixth national titles of his career while earning his second-consecutive outdoor shot put crown and his first discus title … his win in the shot put gave him five total NCAA titles in the event after he won the 2008, 2009 and 2010 indoor crowns as well … Whiting won the shot put with the third-best mark in the World in 2010 with a toss of 72-1 (21.97m) to equal the second-best mark all-time in collegiate history missing the collegiate record by three centimeters … his winning throw also gave him a mark of over 70-feet for the eighth time on the year and the 10th time in his career, both of which are the most ever for a collegian (four in a season and six in a career were the previous bests) … Whiting also won the national discus title with a toss of 193-9 (59.06m) for his first crown in that event, the first ever for an ASU man and made him one of only 11 men that have swept both events in the same NCAA meet since the first meet held in 1921 and the first to do so since 2002 … the school record holder in both events, Whiting also swept both throws at the Pac-10 Conference Championships, giving him his first title in the discus and his second in the shot put … Whiting went undefeated against collegiate competitors in the shot put, he averaged a winning mark of 70-7¾ (21.53m) while the next closest collegian averaged a toss of 60-6¾ (18.46m) in those meetings, giving Whiting an average margin of victory by over 10 feet … for his efforts, he was named the Co-National Field Athlete of the Year for Outdoor Track & Field by the USTFCCCA and by the Pac-10 Confernece … Whiting also has been named the Pac-10 Scholar-Athlete of the Year for men’s track and field, an ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VIII First Team honoree and the Pac-10 Tom Hansen Conference Medal of Honor winner.

The Bowerman Final Women’s Candidate List of 10 Released

June 21, 2010 Share

NEW ORLEANS – On Monday, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced the and ten women student-athletes that will be considered for The Bowerman in 2010 as chosen by The Bowerman Women’s Watch List Committee. The groups of 10 will be narrowed to three women by the ten-member Bowerman Advisory Board in the coming weeks. The ten male final candidates will be announced Tuesday.

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The Board, chaired by Herman Frazier, Senior Associate Athletics Director for Sports Administration at Temple University, will release their selections on the week of July 12. The Board is vice chaired by Alfreeda Goff, Horizon League Senior Associate Commissioner.

For more information on The Bowerman, the award, the recently-debuted trophy, and Bill Bowerman himself, visit TheBowerman.org.

THE BOWERMAN FINAL CANDIDATE LIST, 2010 WOMEN
(listed in alphabetical order, these are the final 10 in consideration for The Bowerman and will be narrowed to three in mid-July)

Semoy Hackett, Lincoln (Mo.), Soph., Sprints, Scarborough, Trinidad & Tobago
Won five NCAA Division II titles in 2010, setting three championships records and an all-time Division II best in the 200

Queen Harrison, Virginia Tech, Senior, Hurdles, Richmond, Va. (Hermitage HS)
Became the first female to win NCAA titles in the 100- and 400-meter hurdles in same season, also was 60m hurdle champ indoors

Kylie Hutson, Indiana State, Senior, Pole Vault, Terre Haute, Ind. (Terre Haute North HS)
Swept indoor and outdoor NCAA pole vault crowns, was undefeated in collegiate competition, and set outdoor NCAA meet record

Mariam Kevkhishvili, Florida, Senior, Throws, Tbilisi, Georgia (Varketili Secondary)
Swept indoor and outdoor NCAA shot put titles, was undefeated in 2010, and claimed marks of over 60 feet four times

Lisa Koll, Iowa State, Senior, Distance, Fort Dodge, Iowa (Fort Dodge HS)
Won NCAA 5k/10k titles outdoors and was 5k champion indoors and notched new collegiate record in 10k at 31:18.07

Porscha Lucas, Texas A&M, Senior, Sprints, Plano, Texas (Plano HS)
NCAA outdoor 200-meter 4×100 champ, second nationally at 100m, second leg of undefeated 4×100-meter squad

Francena McCorory, Hampton, Junior, Sprints, Hampton, Va. (Bethel HS)
Claimed both indoor and outdoor 400-meter titles, won indoor title in American Record 50.54

Blessing Okagbare, UTEP, Senior, Sprints/Jumps, Umuahi, Nigeria (Delta State)
First ever to win both 100m and long jump titles in single NCAA meet, also was NCAA indoor champ at 60m and long jump

Brianne Theisen, Oregon, Junior, Combined Events, Humboldt, Saskatchewan (Humboldt Collegiate Institute)
Was the NCAA champ in the pentathlon indoors and heptathlon outdoors, also led off Ducks’ 4×400 that won NCAA crown

Phoebe Wright, Tennessee, Senior, Mid-Distance, Signal Mountain, Tenn. (Red Bank HS)
Swept 800m NCAA crowns, led off DMR to NCAA indoor title, undefeated at 800m, member of three Penn Relays champ teams

Semoy Hackett, Soph., Lincoln (Mo.)
Sprints, Scarborough, Trinidad & Tobago

INDOOR: Won NCAA titles in both the 60 and 200 in meet record time at the Division II Championships in Albuquerque … claimed the 60 with a time of 7.24 seconds to top the 2009 record of 7.29 set by Saint Augustine’s Barbara Pierre … took the NCAA 200 in record fashion, coming across with a time of 23.32 to break the championship record by over two-tenths of a second (23.56) … was named the 2009 USTFCCCA South Central Region Indoor Women’s Track Athlete of the Year.

OUTDOOR: At the NCAA Division II Championships, Hackett won the 100, 200, and 4×100-meter relay for the second straight year … in the 200, she set the NCAA Championships meet record and all-time Division II best in the process, as her time of 22.75 broke a 17-year-old standard set by Chandra Sturrup of Norfolk State … among all collegians, Hackett finished the season among the top five … she won the NCAA 100-meter crown in 11.33 and ran as a member of the national champion 4×100 (44.73) on the second leg.

Queen Harrison, Sr., Virginia Tech,
Hurdles, Richmond, Va., Hermitage HS

INDOOR: Captured Virginia Tech’s first national title in women’s track and field at the 2010 NCAA Indoor Championships, winning the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 7.95 … set personal, school and ACC meet record with a 2010 collegiate-leading time of 7.94 in the 60-meter hurdles for her first individual ACC Championship … also broke school record in the 400-meter dash three times on the season, and owns the standard at 53.06, which she achieved in another ACC-title performance at the conference championships … was undefeated in 60-meter hurdle competition … named ACC Performer of the Week twice during indoor campaign … USTFCCCA Southeast Region Track Athlete of the Year

OUTDOOR: Became the first female in NCAA history to win both the 100- and 400-meter hurdle national titles … captured the 100-meter hurdles title with a time of 12.67, after winning the 400-meter hurdles earlier in the championship with a school-record time of 54.55 … Harrison broke the school record in the 100-meter hurdles, clocking a 2010 collegiate-leading 12.61 en route to the Penn Relays championship … also won the ACC crowns in the 100-meter and 400-meter hurdles … named ACC Women’s Track MVP honors for the outdoor season, the Penn Relays Women’s Individual Athlete of the Meet and has won the conference’s weekly award three times this year … USTFCCCA Southeast Region Track Athlete of the Year

Kylie Hutson, Sr., Indiana State
Pole Vault, Terre Haute, Ind., Terre Haute North

INDOOR: Won a second-straight NCAA indoor pole vault title with a 2010 indoor collegiate-leading vault of 14-9 (4.50m), marking an Indiana State school record and the all-time record for the Missouri Valley Conference … Hutson cleared a total of seven heights at the NCAA meet and soared over 14-9 on her first attempt … Hutson was undefeated in eight competitions in 2010 and had five performances of over 14 feet, and the final three over 14-6 … in the Missouri Valley Conference, Hutson remained undefeated against conference opponents, winning her fourth straight MVC title with a conference record of 14-8¼ (4.48m) and was named the Most Outstanding Women’s Field Athlete in the conference for the second straight year … Hutson ended the indoor season ranked fourth among U.S. Women and 14th in the world … USTFCCCA Great Lakes Region Field Athlete of the Year.

OUTDOOR: Tallied her second-straight outdoor and fourth-straight overall NCAA pole vault crown with a vault of 14-7¼ (4.45m), setting an NCAA Championship meet record … Hutson set the Indiana State and Missouri Valley Conference all-time record with a 2010 collegiate-leading clear of 14-9½ (4.51m) at the Billy Hayes Invitational, a mark that stands third best all-time in collegiate history… also at the Billy Hayes, Hutson attempted a collegiate record 15-1½ (5.61m), but broke her pole (her second broken pole of the competition) on her second attempt with the pole fracture causing a cut on her left hand that required stitches … the injury kept Hutson out of the MVC Outdoor Championships where she was the three-time defending champion … the NCAA East Preliminary competition was her first since the injury and with just one clearance, she was able to advance … Hutson was undefeated among collegians once again … was named to the CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine All-Academic District V First Team and received the Indiana State Hillman Award as the top female senior athlete … USTFCCCA Great Lakes Region Field Athlete of the Year.

Mariam Kevkhisvili, Sr., Florida,
Throws, Tbilisi, Georgia, Varketili Secondary

INDOOR: NCAA indoor champion in the women’s shot put, winning for the third consecutive year with a school-record toss of 61-0 (18.59m), which also goes down as the Georgian National Record in the women’s shot put … became just the second woman in NCAA history to capture three consecutive NCAA indoor shot put titles … finished her collegiate career having won 13 consecutive indoor shot put competitions dating back to the 2008 season … Bested her personal-record mark on three occasions during the 2010 indoor season … won the SEC Indoor Championship in the women’s shot put with a toss of 59-4¼ (18.09m) … each of Kevkhishvili’s marks during the 2010 indoor season were better than 18 meters (59-¾) … SEC Female Field Athlete of the Week on Jan. 19.

OUTDOOR: NCAA outdoor champion in the women’s shot put, becoming just the second woman in NCAA history to win five combined (indoor and outdoor) shot put championships over the course of her career … captured the NCAA outdoor championship with a toss of 59-5 (18.11m), tying for the school record of most career NCAA titles by one individual (5) … went undefeated against collegiate competition outdoors in each of her last two seasons … won her third SEC Outdoor Championship in the last four years with a toss of 159-0 (17.98m) … became the first person to win three SEC women’s shot put championships in her career since Crystal Brownlee of South Carolina won three in a row from 1996-98 … won the shot put at the prestigious Penn Relays with a winning throw of 59-7½ (18.17m)… claimed the women’s shot put at the Tom Jones Memorial Classic with a personal-record and 2010 collegiate-leading toss of 60-6¾ (18.46m) … named the USTFCCCA South Region Women’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year and SEC Women’s Field Athlete of the Year.

Lisa Koll, Sr., Iowa State,
Distance, Fort Dodge, Iowa, Fort Dodge HS

INDOOR: Koll won her first NCAA indoor crown with a 15:39.65 run at 5000 meters and beat the field by more than 10 seconds … Koll nearly pulled off the NCAA distance double, but was outdueled by Illinois’ Angela Bizzarri in the 3000 meters by just 12 hundredths of a second to take runner-up honors (8:57.52) … Koll claimed double Big 12 Championship titles and double collegiate-best marks of the season at the conference meet in Ames … Combining times on 200 meter and oversized tracks, Koll would be the fifth-best collegiate performer all-time in the 5000m and sixth-best all-time in the 3000m from times recorded at the Big 12 meet … USTFCCCA Midwest Track Athlete of the Year.

OUTDOOR: Swept NCAA crowns in the 5000 and 10,000 meters becoming only the fourth female in NCAA history to notch, the 5k-10k double, joining Amy Skieresz (Arizona, 1997-98), Stephanie Herbst (Wisconsin, 1986), and Betty Jo Springs (North Carolina State, 1983) … Koll’s 10k victory of 32:49.35 gave her the second NCAA title of the event in her career, cruising to victory after breaking from the pack at the 7000-meter mark to win by over 20 second … two days later, Koll returned for the 5000 and led nearly wire-to-wire in a 30-second, 15:23.80 victory, the third-fastest time recorded by a collegian … opened the season with a collegiate record clocking of 31:18.07 in the 10,000 meters at the Stanford Invitational, topping the previous mark of 31:25.45 set by Texas Tech’s Sally Kipyego in 2008 … on May 1, Koll posted a 15:17.76 collegiate-leading time over 5000 meters in placing fourth overall and as the first collegiate at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational, again at Stanford … anchored DMR team with a 4:31.8, 1600-meter split to a Drake Relays title … Went on to win Big 12 titles in both the 5000 and 10,000 meters and reset the 5000 meet record with a 15:22.42 clocking previously held by Sara Slattery of Colorado … USTFCCCA National Track Athlete of the Year … finalist for Honda-Broderick Cup, representing track & field.

Porscha Lucas, Sr., Texas A&M
Sprints, Plano, Texas, Plano HS

INDOOR: Lucas won her third-straight Big 12 title at 200 meters with a 23.12 clocking … At the NCAA Indoor Championships, Lucas did not make it out of the qualifying round after dealing with an injury for a majority of the indoor season … her 200-meter season best of 23.06 accomplished at home on January 16 was the third-best in the world in 2010.

OUTDOOR: Won the NCAA 200-meter crown for the second-straight time, becoming the first back-to-back winner since Juliet Cuthbert of Texas (1985-86) … Lucas clocked 22.83 in the NCAA final, but notched a 2010 collegiate-leading 22.49 in the national semifinal – the time is also fourth in the world in 2010 … was runner-up in the 100 meters, running a wind-aided 11.12 in the final and a wind-aided 11.07 in the semifinal … Lucas was again a member of the Aggies’ 4×100 relay that won the national crown for the fourth-straight year with her as the second leg … Lucas is the first female sprinter in NCAA history to run on four consecutive 4×100 relay championship teams … Lucas and the Aggies also won another Big 12 4×100 title … in addition, Lucas was runner-up in the 200 at the Big 12 Championships and fourth in the 100 meters … Lucas and 4×100 team clocked a world-leading 42.49 in the quarterfinal round (West finals) of the NCAA meet and to another Penn Relays crown … anchored the 4×200 team to a Texas Relays and Penn Relays title.

Francena McCorory, Jr., Hampton
Sprints, Hampton, Va., Bethel HS

INDOOR: Defended her NCAA indoor title in the 400-meter dash, breaking a 19-year-old American record with a time of 50.54 and becoming the third two-time winner of the event, joining Maciel Malone of Arizona State (1990-91-92) and Suziann Reid of Texas (1998-99) … also set a school, meet and facility record with that time, which was the fastest in the world during the 2010 indoor season … named Most Outstanding Runner at the MEAC Indoor Championships, after winning 200 and 400, 4×400, and placing fourth in the 60 … ran a 52.83 in the 400-meter dash at the Armory New Balance Collegiate Invitational, finishing second … named the USTFCCCA National Female Track Athlete of the Year.

OUTDOOR: Won the NCAA title in the 400-meter dash, running a season-best and outdoor 2010 collegiate-leading 50.69 for first outdoor NCAA title … became the fifth female to win both indoor and outdoor NCAA titles … ran a 22.92 in the 200-meter dash at the Florida Relays, winning the event and setting a new school record … won the MEAC title in the 400-meter dash with a 53.39, while also helping the 4×400-meter relay team win the title with a 3:40.83… also finished second in the 200-meter dash (23.84) and the 4×100-meter relay (45.58) at league meet … named Hampton University Female Athlete of the Year.

Blessing Okagbare, Sr., UTEP,
Jumps/Sprints, Umuahi, Nigeria, Delta State

INDOOR: NCAA Champion in the long jump and 60 meters … in the long jump notched a meet record, 2010 collegiate best and personal best mark of 22-6½ (6.87m) on third attempt to go with 22-5¼ (6.84m) mark on previous attempt … Okagbare also finished the season with the third-best long jump performance in the world … clocked 7.18 in the 60 at the NCAA meet to equal her own 2010 collegiate best and personal best … Okagbare matched former Texas great Marshevet Hooker (2006) as a sprint-jump double national champ … claimed titles in the 60m, 200m, triple and long jump at the Conference USA Championships to earn the Performance of the Meet and High Point Scorer of the Meet honors (40 points) … set new meet records in the triple jump and school and meet records in the 60m at the C-USA Championships … named C-USA Athlete of the Week three times during the season… went undefeated in all events competed throughout season … … tapped as USTFCCCA National Female Field Athlete of the Year … named the USTFCCCA Mountain Region Track Athlete of the Year, USTFCCCA Mountain Region Field Athlete of the Year, and Conference USA Track and Field Athlete of the Year.

OUTDOOR: Won NCAA titles in the long jump and the 100 meters, becoming the first in NCAA history to win the 100m-long jump double at the national outdoor meet … clocked an 11.21 in the semifinal for wind legal season best in the 100 and notched a wind-aided 10.98 in the finals for the all-conditions collegiate-leading mark of 2010 … in the long jump, won NCAA crown with 22-3½ (6.79m) leap, and notched season’s collegiate best mark of 22-7 (6.88m) in winning the Texas Relays with meet record … winner of the 100m and long jump at the Conference USA Championships … honored as the Conference USA Track and Field Athlete of the Year as well as picking up C-USA Championships Performance of the Meet and High Point Scorer of the Meet accolades … honored as the USTFCCCA Mountain Region Female Track Athlete of the Year … named a finalist for the Honda Sports Track and Field Woman of the Year Award.

Brianne Theisen, Jr., Oregon,
Combined Events, Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Humboldt Collegiate Institute

INDOOR: Theisen added the NCAA pentathlon title to her resume after scoring a personal best of 4,396 in the competition that she won by more than 150 points … as a result of three individual-event personal bests, Theisen now ranks fourth among collegians all-time in the event … earlier in the year, Theisen scored 4,198 points at the Texas A&M Challenge in January in a winning effort … among the pentathlon’s five events, Theisen claimed personal bests in four of the events … Theisen finished third in the 60-meter hurdles at the MSPF Championships.

OUTDOOR: Captured a second-straight national title in the heptathlon with NCAA meet win … Theisen notched a personal-best and Oregon school-record score of 6,094 points in defense of her crown, topping the field by over 400 points … during the NCAA competition, Theisen notched a new personal best and school record with a 13.39 run in the 100-meter hurdles … the score of 6,094 currently ranks seventh in the world thus far in 2010 and places Theisen ninth all-time in the event among collegians … Theisen also led off the Ducks’ 4×400-meter relay that captured the national title with photo-finish victory over Texas A&M … with a 53.7 split, Theisen helped Oregon to a 2010 collegiate best clocking of 3:28.54 … Theisen became the second from Oregon to win back-to-back Pac-10 titles in the heptathlon (Kelly Blair, 1993-94), scoring 5,917 … Theisen also won the heptathlon at the Texas Relays … USTFCCCA National Field Athlete of the Year.

Phoebe Wright, Sr., Tennessee,
Mid-Distance, Signal Mountain, Tenn., Red Bank HS

INDOOR: Wright was a key to Tennessee’s runner-up team effort at the NCAA Indoor Championships … not only did she win the 800 meters, claiming her first NCAA individual triumph, she ran the 1200m leg on UT’s distance medley relay unit, playing a role for the third straight season in UT’s victory in that event … also was a double winner in those events at the SEC Indoor Championships, helping Tennessee break its own meet record in the DMR … the conference win in the 800, which came with the collegiate No. 2 indoor mark ever registered at 2:01.47, was the third in what would become a string of four straight SEC victories (indoors/outdoors) … for her performance, which included being 7-0 in the 800 and mile and carding the No. 5 all-time collegiate mark in the 500m at 1:09.70, she was chosen the SEC Indoor Women’s Runner of the Year.

OUTDOOR: Won all 10 of her individual contests in 2010, seven of them at 800 meters, en route to NCAA and SEC crowns at her specialty distance … became the fifth woman in NCAA history to sweep indoor and outdoor 800 crowns and is just the second SEC woman to claim all four indoor and outdoor conference and national crowns in the 800 in the same season … recorded the nation’s best readout in the 800 in 2010 and No. 13 all-time at 2:00.87, and finished the last two years with 25 wins in 27 college races at 800 meters … keyed the Lady Vols to three distance relay victories for the second year in a row at the Penn Relays … academically, the double major in biology carried a 3.96 GPA and was chosen ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV for the third time … named SEC Track & Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year and claimed the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award for all sports, the highest distinction accorded by the SEC … USTFCCCA South Region Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year.

Ti’erra Brown of Miami (Fla.) Added to Women’s Watch

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EUGENE, Ore. – Miami (Fla.)’s Ti’erra Brown was promoted to The Bowerman women’s watch list The Bowerman Women’s Watch Committee announced in conjunction with the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) on Monday. In addition, Clemson’s Liane Weber was added to the award’s receiving mention list.

Brown clocked 54.74 in the NCAA quarterfinals of the women’s 400-meter hurdles in Greensboro for a top-five world mark in 2010. Brown will participate in three events at NCAA Championships’ concluding weekend including both 100- and 400-meter hurdles and as a member of Miami’s 4×400-meter relay.

The NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships concludes June 9-12, in Eugene, Ore. Live television coverage of action can be found on CBS College Sports, Friday, June 11, starting at 8 p.m., eastern. The final day of competition will be aired live on CBS, Saturday, June 12, beginning at 1 p.m., eastern. Non-televised coverage will be streamed at no cost on NCAA.com, beginning Wednesday, June 9.

The Bowerman Advisory Board appointed four of its members to comprise The Bowerman Men’s Watch Committee and another four of its members to make up The Bowerman Women’s Watch Committee. The committee will release its next update – as the final candidates list – on Monday, June 21. The three men and three women finalists will be named on July 13. Award winners will be announced at the USTFCCCA Convention, held December 13-16 in San Antonio, Texas.

For more information on The Bowerman, the award, the recently-debuted trophy, and Bill Bowerman himself, visit TheBowerman.org. Keep up with Bowerman candidates on the USTFCCCA’s weekly results page (http://www.ustfccca.org/weekly-results) and by following the organization’s twitter feed twitter.com/TheBowerman and Facebook page facebook.com/TheBowerman.

THE BOWERMAN OFFICIAL WATCH LIST, 2010 WOMEN

(updated June 7, 2010, listed in alphabetical order)

NAME	YEAR	SCHOOL	EVENTS	HOMETOWN
Keshia Baker	SR	Oregon	Sprints	Sacramento, Calif.
Ti’erra Brown (P1)	JR	Miami (Fla.)	Hurdles	Hampton, Va.
Sheniqua Ferguson	JR	Auburn	Sprints	Nassau, Bahamas
Queen Harrison	SR	Virginia Tech	Hurdles	Richmond, Va.
Mariam Kevkhishvili	SR	Florida	Throws	Tbilisi, Georgia
Lisa Koll	SR	Iowa State	Distance	Fort Dodge, Iowa
Blessing Okagbare	SR	UTEP	Jumps/Sprints	Umuahi, Nigeria
Brianne Theisen	JR	Oregon	Combined Events	Humboldt, Saskatchewan
Kim Williams	JR	Florida State	Jumps	Kingston, Jamaica
Phoebe Wright	SR	Tennessee	Mid-Distance	Signal Mountain, Tenn.

(P1) promoted to the watch list for the first time

Also Receiving Mention (29)

NAME	YEAR	SCHOOL	EVENTS	HOMETOWN
Joanna Atkins	JR	Auburn	Sprints	Stone Mountain, Ga.
Jessica Beard	JR	Texas A&M	Sprints	Euclid, Ohio
Angela Bizzarri	SR	Illinois	Distance	Mason, Ohio
Marie Borner	SR	Bethel (Minn.)	Distance	Hastings, Minn.
Charlotte Browning	JR/SR	Florida	Distance	Pulborough, England
Kristi Castlin	SR	Virginia Tech	Hurdles	Douglasville, Ga.
Emma Coburn	SO	Colorado	Distance	Crested Butte, Colo.
Lacey Cramer	SO	BYU	Mid-Distance	Cedar Hills, Utah
Katie Follett	SR	Washington	Distance	Fort Collins, Colo.
Bridget Franek	SR	Penn State	Distance	Hiram, Ohio
Semoy Hackett	SO	Lincoln (Mo.)	Sprints	Scarborough, Trinidad & Tobago
Jordan Hasay	FR	Oregon	Distance	Arroyo Grande, Calif.
Samantha Henry	SR	LSU	Sprints	Kingston, Jamaica
Kylie Hutson	SR	Indiana State	Pole Vault	Terre Haute, Ind.
Amber Kaufman	SR	Hawaii	Jumps	San Jose, Calif.
Porscha Lucas	SR	Texas A&M	Sprints	Plano, Texas
Brenda Martinez	SR	UC Riverside	Mid-Distance	Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
Gabby Mayo	JR	Texas A&M	Sprints/Hurdles	Raleigh, N.C.
Francena McCorory (D)	JR	Hampton	Sprints	Hampton, Va.
Liz Patterson	SR	Arizona	High Jump	Rowlett, Texas
Barbara Pierre	SR	Saint Augustine’s	Sprints	Winter Haven, Fla.
Jessica Pixler	SR	Seattle Pacific	Distance	Sammamish, Wash.
Shara Proctor	SR	Florida	Jumps	The Valley, Anguilla
Shelia Reid	JR	Villanova	Distance	Newmarket, Ontario
Alicia Rue	SR	Minnesota	Pole Vault	Plymouth, Minn.
April Sinkler	RS SO	Clemson	Combined Events	Stafford, Va.
Jeneba Tarmoh	SO	Texas A&M	Sprints	San Jose, Calif.
LaTavia Thomas	SR	LSU	Mid-Distance	Philadelphia, Pa.
Liane Weber (N)	SR	Clemson	Combined Events	Wangen, Germany

(N) new to either list, (D) demoted from watch list

THE BOWERMAN WATCH LIST PROFILES

Keshia Baker, Sr., Oregon,
Sprints, Sacramento, Calif., Fairfield HS

NCAA Championships:
400-meter dash – Semifinal, Wednesday, 5:15pm PT … FINAL, Friday, 6:25pm PT
4×100-meter relay – Semifinal, Wednesday, 4:15pm PT … FINAL, Saturday, 10:03am PT
4×400-meter relay – Semifinal, Thursday, 7:05pm PT … FINAL, Saturday, 11:40am PT

Event	Date	Mark		Place	Notes	Meet	Location
OUTDOOR
200m	Apr 30	23.80	w: -1.8	1		Oregon Rel	Eugene, Ore.
	May 15	23.18w	w: 2.2	q/1h2		Pac-10	Berkeley, Calif.
	May 16	23.41	w: -1.8	2	PB	Pac-10	Berkeley, Calif.

400m	Apr 10	53.62		2		Pepsi Team	Eugene, Ore.
	May 15	53.61		q/1 h2		Pac-10	Berkeley, Calif.
	May 16	50.76		1	CL, PB	Pac-10	Berkeley, Calif.
	May 28	52.67		Q/h6		NCAA (FR)	Austin, Texas
	May 29	51.60		2Q/h3		NCAA (QF)	Austin, Texas

4×100	May 16	43.27	third leg	1	SB	Pac-10	Berkeley, Calif.
	May 29	43.50	third leg	2Q/1h2		NCAA (QF)	Austin, Texas

4×400	May 29	3:30.23	anchor	1Q/1h1		NCAA (QF)	Austin, Texas

Event	Date	Mark		Place	Notes	Meet	Location
OUTDOOR
400m	Apr 2	45.55		1	SB	FloridaR	Gainesville, Fla.

LJ	Apr 17	7.51m	24-7¾, w: 1.4	1		Jones Inv	Gainesville, Fla.
	Apr 23	7.36m	24-1¾, w: 1.3	(r3)		Penn Relays	Philadelphia, Pa.
	Apr 24	7.37mw	24-2¼, w: 2.6	9		Penn Relays	Philadelphia, Pa.
	May 15	8.19m	26-10½, w:0.9	2	PB	SEC	Knoxville, Tenn.
	May 29	7.94m	26-¾	1q		NCAA (SF)	Greensboro, N.C.

TJ	May 16	16.68m	w: -0.2	1		SEC	Knoxville, Tenn.
	May 29	16.95mw	55-7½, w: 2.2	1Q		NCAA (SF)	Greensboro, N.C.
	May 29	16.90	55-5½, w: 1.8	(r3)	CL	NCAA (SF)	Greensboro, N.C.

4×400	Apr 3	3:00.31	third leg	1/1s1	WL, CL	FloridaR	Gainesville, Fla.
	Apr 24	3:05.40	third leg	1/Coll.		Penn Relays	Philadelphia, Pa.
	May 16	3:02.69	third leg	1		SEC	Knoxville, Tenn.
	May 29	3:02.75	third leg	1Q/h2		NCAA (QF)	Greensboro, N.C.

Event	Date	Mark		Place	Notes	Meet	Location
OUTDOOR
LJ	Apr 9	5.93m	19-5½, w: 0.5	1		Seminole Inv	Tallahassee, Fla.
	Apr 16	5.92m	19-5¼, w: -1.2	7		ACC	Clemson, S.C.
	May 8	6.18m	20-3½, w: 1.9	2	SB	Seminole Inv	Tallahassee, Fla.

TJ	Apr 10	13.52m	44-4½, w: 0.2	1	CL, SB	Seminole Inv	Tallahassee, Fla.
	Apr 17	13.38m	43-10¾, w: 1.8	(r3)		ACC	Clemson, S.C.
	Apr 17	13.47mW	44-2½, w: 6.3	1		ACC	Clemson, S.C.
	May 8	13.51m	44-4, w: 0.0	1		Seminole Inv	Tallahassee, Fla.
	May 15	13.46m	44-2, w: 0.1	3 [1c]		GT Invite	Atlanta, Ga.
	May 29	14.03m	46-½	1q		NCAA (SF)	Greensboro, N.C.

Event	Date	Mark		Place	Notes	Meet	Location
OUTDOOR
110mH	Mar 27	13.80	w: 0.0	1		UTA Lane Inv	Arlington, Texas
	Apr 2	13.82w	w: 3.3	q/1h7		TexasR	Austin, Texas
	Apr 3	13.50w	w: 3.0	1/Univ.		TexasR	Austin, Texas
	Apr 10	13.70	w: -1.7	1		SunAngel	Tempe, Ariz.
	Apr 24	13.58w	w: 4.0	1		SoonerInv	Norman, Okla.
	May 1	13.54	w: 0.5	1		TexasInv	Austin, Texas
	May 7	13.91w	w: 3.2	1		Sooner Op	Norman, Okla.
	May 15	13.47	w: 1.8	q/1h1		Big 12	Columbia, Mo.
	May 16	13.31	w: 0.9	1	CL, SB	Big 12	Columbia, Mo.
	May 28	13.86	w: -1.1	Q/h3		NCAA (FR)	Austin, Texas
	May 29	13.37w	w: 2.9	1Q/h2		NCAA (QF)	Austin, Texas

4×100	Apr 2	40.18	lead-off	3	SB	SunAngel	Tempe, Ariz.

Event	Date	Mark		Place	Notes	Meet	Location
OUTDOOR
DEC	Mar 31-Apr 1	8,310w		1	AmL (AC), CL (AC), PB	TexasR	Austin, Texas
	(10.34w – 7.88mw [25-10¾] – 13.11m [43-¼] – 2.02m [6-7½] – 47.06: Day 1 – 4,494 CB)
	(13.85W – 43.71m [143-5] – 4.60m [15-1] – 52.19m [171-2] – 4:41.43)
	May 8-9	8,154		1	AmL, CL	Pac-10	Berkeley, Calif.
	(10.59 – 7.43m [24-4½] – 12.77m [41-10¾] – 1.94m [6-4¼] – 47.25)
	(13.79 – 42.29m [155-0] – 5.15m [16-10¾] – 49.67m [162-11] – 4:39.97)

100m	Mar 31	10.34w	w: 3.4	D		TexasR	Austin, Texas
	Apr 17	10.52	w: -1.2	1		vs UCLA	Eugene, Ore.
	May 15	10.19w	w: 2.7	q/1h3	PB (AC)	Pac-10	Berkeley, Calif.
	May 16	10.33	w: -1.0	2	PB	Pac-10	Berkeley, Calif.

LJ	Apr 10	7.81m	25-7½, w: 1.7	1		Pac-10	Berkeley, Calif.
	May 28	8.04m	26-4½	2q	PB	NCAA (SF)	Austin, Texas
SP	Mar 31	13.11m	43-¼	D	oPB	TexasR	Austin, Texas
HJ	Mar 31	2.02m	6-7½	D	SB	TexasR	Austin, Texas
400m	Mar 31	47.06		D	SB	TexasR	Austin, Texas
110mH	May 16	13.54	w:-1.5	1	PB	Pac-10	Berkeley, Calif.
DISC	Apr 1	43.71m	143-5	D	PB	TexasR	Austin, Texas
PV	Apr 1	5.15m	16-10¾	D	oPB	TexasR	Austin, Texas
JAV	Apr 1	52.19m	171-2	D	SB	TexasR	Austin, Texas
1500m	Apr 1	4:41.43		D	SB	TexasR	Austin, Texas

Event	Date	Mark		Place	Notes	Meet	Location
OUTDOOR
SP	Mar 27	21.25m	69-8¾	1		AzSt Inv	Tempe, Ariz.
	Apr 10	21.71m	71-2¾	1		SunAngel	Tempe, Ariz.
	Apr 24	21.26m	69-9	1		Triton Inv	La Jolla, Calif.
	May 1	21.26m	69-9	1		atARIZ,vNAU	Tucson, Ariz.
	May 15	21.34m	70-¼	1		Pac-10	Berkeley, Calif.
	May 27	21.83m	71-7½	1q	CL, PB	NCAA (SF)	Austin, Texas

DISC	Mar 27	53.15m	174-4	3		AzSt Inv	Tempe, Ariz.
	Apr 9	56.94m	186-10	4		Mesa Cl	Mesa, Ariz.
	Apr 10	56.52m	185-5	3		SunAngel	Tempe, Ariz.
	May 1	58.02m	190-4	2		atARIZ,vNAU	Tucson, Ariz.
	May 15	58.85m	193-1	1	SB	Pac-10	Berkeley, Calif.

The Bowerman Men of Ten Unveiled

The Bowerman Final Women’s Candidate List of 10 Released

Ti’erra Brown of Miami (Fla.) Added to Women’s Watch

THE BOWERMAN OFFICIAL WATCH LIST, 2010 WOMEN

THE BOWERMAN WATCH LIST PROFILES

Johnny Dutch Makes Debut on Bowerman Watch Before NCAAs

THE BOWERMAN OFFICIAL WATCH LIST, 2010 MEN

THE BOWERMAN WATCH LIST PROFILES

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