Distance Star Jordan Hasay Moves to Bowerman Women’s Watch List
March 17, 2011 Share
NEW ORLEANS – Oregon’s Jordan Hasay was added to the women’s watch list for The Bowerman, the award’s watch list committee announced on Thursday. The Duck won national titles in the mile and 3000 meters at the NCAA Indoor Championships and anchored her team to a second-place finish in the DMR. Hasay became only the fifth person in NCAA women’s D-I history to notch the mile-3k double in a single championships.
In addition, Clemson’s Brianna Rollins was added to the “also receiving mention” list. The Tiger won the NCAA 60-meter hurdle title in a collegiate-season-best time of 7.96 and moved to the event’s all-time collegiate top ten.
THE BOWERMAN OFFICIAL WATCH LIST, 2011 WOMEN
(updated March 17, 2011, listed in alphabetical order, always ten names)
| NAME | YEAR | SCHOOL | EVENTS | HOMETOWN |
| Jackie Areson | SR | Tennessee | Distance | Delray Beach, Fla. |
| Jessica Beard | SR | Texas A&M | Sprints | Euclid, Ohio |
| LaKya Brookins | SR | South Carolina | Sprints | Seneca, S.C. |
| Semoy Hackett | JR | LSU | Sprints | Scarborough, Trinidad & Tobago |
| Jordan Hasay (P) | SO | Oregon | Sophomore | Arroyo Grande, Calif. |
| Sheila Reid | JR | Villanova | Distance | Newmarket, Ont. |
| Tina Sutej | JR | Arkansas | Pole Vault | Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| Jeneba Tarmoh | JR | Texas A&M | Sprints | San Jose, Calif. |
| Brianne Theisen | SR | Oregon | Combined Events | Humboldt, Sask. |
| Kim Williams | SR | Florida State | Jumps | Kingston, Jamaica |
(P) – Promoted from “receiving mention” list this update
(N) – New to either list this update
Jackie Areson, Tennessee
Senior, Distance, Delray Beach, Fla. (Atlantic Community HS)
IN 2011: Areson won the NCAA indoor title at 5000 meters in 16:04.16, more than four seconds ahead of runner-up Mia Behm of Texas. Areson became the first Lady Vol to win a national crown at the distance. In addition, Areson placed fourth at the national meet at 3000 meters to score a total of 15 points for Tennessee’s tied seventh-place team finish (24 points).
At the SEC Indoor Championships, Areson brought conference titles to the Lady Vols in the 3000 meters and as anchor of the distance medley relay. Areson finished the season as the national leader in the 5000 meters with a clocking of 15:39.81 which was captured in winning the event at the Flotrack Husky Classic by nearly five full seconds. Areson’s 3000-meter run in winning the Penn State National in 9:01.91 ranked third in the NCAA this year.
Jessica Beard, Texas A&M
Senior, Sprints, Euclid, Ohio (Euclid HS)
IN 2011: Beard made the Aggie faithful stand up and cheer for her performances at the NCAA Indoor Championships. In the 400 meters, Beard would twice record the best collegiate-mark of the year with a 51.64 clocking in the preliminaries and would top it with a 50.79 world-leading time in winning the national crown. Beard would win the event by more than 1½ seconds for Texas A&M’s first women’s individual national indoor crown in school history. With the time, Beard moved to third all-time on the American indoor list and second all-time collegiately.
Beard also anchored the 4×400 team to their second national crown in three years with a 51.08 split, leading Texas A&M to a 3:29.72 clocking, the best in the NCAA this year and the eighth-best all-time.
Also during the indoor season, Beard won an unprecedented fourth-straight indoor Big 12 title at 400. Beard was named Big 12 Performer of the Year as she also scored second-place honors in the 200 meters at the conference meet and anchored the Aggies to a fifth-straight crown in the 4×400. Her season’s best 200 time of 22.95 ranked sixth in the NCAA. Beard finished the 2011 indoor season undefeated in the 400 meters.
LaKya Brookins, South Carolina
Senior, Sprints, Seneca, S.C. (Seneca HS)
IN 2011: Brookins won her second NCAA indoor 60-meter crown in 2011 by equaling the collegiate record of 7.09 in the event’s final. In addition, Brookins time ended the season as the world-leading time. In the preliminaries, Brookins would run a then-collegiate-leading time of 7.13. Brookins, who also won the title in 2009, becomes the first two-time winner of the event since LSU’s Muna Lee.
Coming into the NCAA meet, Brookins has the nation’s leading time in the 60 meters with a 7.14 run captured in winning the SEC title in the event. All told, Brookins won six-out-of-seven finals at the distance this year and has clocked sub-7.20 performances on six occasions, including the last five. Brookins also won 60-meter titles at the Tyson Invitational, the New Balance Collegiate Invitational, and the Texas A&M Challenge.
Semoy Hackett, LSU
Sprints, Scarborough, Trinidad & Tobago (Bishop’s HS/Lincoln (Mo.))
IN 2011: In her first season as a Division I participant, Hackett placed sixth at the NCAA Indoor Championships in the 200 meters (23.21) and eighth in the 60 (7.29). In the 60-meter preliminaries, Hackett clocked a personal best of 7.22.
During the season, Hackeet achieved marks in the 60 and 200 that finished among the nation’s top seven in both events. Hackett finished runner-up in the SEC in both the 60 and 200.
Jordan Hasay, Oregon
Distance, Arroyo Grande, Calif. (Mission College Prep)
IN 2011: Hasay would lead Oregon to a national team title with a meet-high 22 points at the NCAA Indoor Championships, scoring individual national crowns in the mile and 3000 meters and as anchor of the Ducks’ runner-up DMR squad. Hasay became the fifth overall and first to win the national mile-3k double since Northern Arizona’s Johanna Nilsson in 2006. Hasay won the mile at the NCAA Championships in a personal-best 4:33.01, a mark that is among the all-time top ten of American collegians. In the 3000, Hasay outlasted Villanova’s Sheila Reid with a 9:13.71 run to avenge a previous head-to-head loss to Reid in the DMR the night before.
Hasay clocked a 9:05.42 season’s best in the 3000 at the UW Invitational in January. Hasay was also the mile champ at the MPSF Championships. Hasay was selected by the nation’s coaches as the USTFCCCA National Women’s Track Athlete of the Year.
Sheila Reid, Villanova
Junior, Distance, Newmarket, Ontario
IN 2011: The aforementioned Reid was impressive in leading the Wildcats to their first NCAA distance medley relay title since 1995 in anchoring the team to victory with a 4:29.91, 1600-meter split. The squad’s time of 10:52.52 turned out to be the second-best all-time DMR in history. Only Tennessee’s 2009 run of 10:50.98 has been better. Reid came back from the DMR run to finish runner-up the next evening in the 3000 meters by a slim margin to Hasay (9:13.71 to 9:13.86).
In one of the more impressive showings by anyone at a conference championship this year, Reid won three Big East titles this indoor season. Starting off, she was the winner of the 1000 meters in a very fast 2:43.70, was the third leg of the Wildcats’ winning DMR, and anchor of the squad’s 4×800 team that won a conference crown. Reid claimed the second-best mark among collegians this year in the 3000 meters, having run 8:56.92. At the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston, Reid ran a would-be NCAA-leading mark in the mile with an impressive showing against a bevy of professionals, finishing third in that event with a 4:35.30 clocking.
Tina Sutej, Arkansas
Junior, Pole Vault, Ljubljana, Slovenia (Gimnazija Bezigrad)
IN 2011: Sutej topped the collegiate record in the pole vault with a clearance of 14-10¾ (4.54m) in winning the SEC title in the event. Sutej broke the 2002 record of Amy Linnen Undoubtedly the most consistent in the vault during the indoor season season, Sutej cleared more than 14-6 (4.42m) five times this season and won seven-straight events. In addition, Sutej won the national crown in the event, becoming the first from Arkansas to win an indoor NCAA pole vault title as the only to clear 14-7¼ (4.45m) at the national meet.
Jeneba Tarmoh, Texas A&M
Junior, Sprints, San Jose, Calif. (Mt. Pleasant HS/Tennessee)
IN 2011: At the NCAA Indoor Championships, Tarmoh placed second overall in the 200 meters with a 22.88 clocking – a mark that would finish fourth-best in the 2011 collegiate season. In addition, Tarmoh led off the Aggie 4×400-meter relay team that won their second national title in three years with a 3:29.72 clocking, the best in the NCAA this year and the eighth-best all-time.
Tarmoh was busy in the 2011 indoor season. Including relays and all rounds, Tarmoh contested 25 races in the 60, 200, and 4×400. Tarmoh was the Big 12 Champion in the 200 meters, runner-up in the 60, and helped the Aggies to another conference victory in the 4×400. Additional winning credits from 2011 include a victory in the 200 at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational and in the 60 at the Texas A&M Conference Challenge on January 15.
Brianne Theisen, Oregon
Senior, Combined Events, Humboldt, Saskatchewan (Humboldt Collegiate Institute)
IN 2011: Theisen twice set the collegiate record in the pentathlon in 2011 and won her second-straight NCAA crown in the event. Her score of 4,540 bettered her previous all-time collegiate-best mark of 4,507 set in January at the UW Invitational and ranked among the world’s top five in the event for the season. Theisen would earn personal bests of 6-½ (1.84m) in the high jump and 2:11.82 in the 800 meters en route to this season’s national crown. In addition, Theisen has won ten-straight combined-event competitions against collegiate competition through the 2011 indoor season.
Theisen also scored at the NCAA meet for the second-straight year as a member of Oregon’s 4×400 relay team.
At the MPSF Championships, Theisen sat out the pentathlon, but competed in four other events, including leading-off the Ducks 4×400 to victory, placing second in the high jump, and third in the 60-meter hurdles.
Theisen was also named the USTFCCCA National Women’s Field Athlete of the Year.
Kim Williams, Florida State
Senior, Jumps, Kingston, Jamaica (Vere Technical HS)
IN 2011: Williams became the first in NCAA D-I women’s history to win the national title in the triple jump for a third time. Williams in the 2011 version, used a 45-9¾ (13.96m) mark on her final attempt to post the best mark among all collegians for the season. However, it was not easy as Williams posted fouls on her first two attempts in the competition, but notched a 43-1¾ (13.15m) in round three to secure a spot in the event’s finals. In addition, Williams placed second in the long jump at the NCAA Championships.
Williams also netted impressive performances in both long and triple jumps at the ACC Championships. In becoming the first in ACC Championship history to win an event for a fourth time, Williams triple jumped to a collegiate-leading mark of 45-9¾ (13.96m). In addition, the previous day, Williams won the ACC long jump title with a leap of 21-6 (6.55m) – a performance that finished the season ranked No. 2 in the NCAA for the indoor season.
The Bowerman Advisory Board appointed four of its members to comprise The Bowerman Women’s Watch Committee and another four of its members to make up The Bowerman Men’s Watch Committee. The committee will release their next women’s update on Thursday, April 7. The three men and three women finalists will be named late June.
For more information on The Bowerman, the award, the magnificent 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.
ALSO RECEIVING MENTION (24)
| NAME | YEAR | SCHOOL | EVENTS | HOMETOWN |
| Nia Ali | SR | Southern California | Combined Events | Philadelphia, Pa. |
| Marie Louise Asselin | SR | West Virginia | Distance | Sarnia, Ont. |
| Joanna Atkins | SR | Auburn | Sprints | Stone Mountain, Ga. |
| Brigetta Barrett | SO | Arizona | Jumps | Duncanville, Texas |
| Gwen Berry | SR | Southern Illinois | Throws | St. Louis, Mo. |
| Ti’erra Brown (D) | SR | Miami (Fla.) | Hurdles | Hampton, Va. |
| Kimberlyn Duncan | SO | LSU | Sprints | Katy, Texas |
| Colleen Felix | JR | Georgia | Jumps | St. Andrews, Grenada |
| Sheniqua Ferguson | SR | Auburn | Sprints | Nassau, Bahamas |
| Melissa Gergel | SR | Oregon | Pole Vault | Glenwood, Ill. |
| Amber Kaufman | SR | Hawai’i | Jumps | San Jose, Calif. |
| Liz Lawton | SR | Chicago | Distance | North Easton, Mass. |
| Chantel Malone | SR | Texas | Jumps/Sprints | Tortola, British V.I. |
| Gabby Mayo | JR | Texas A&M | Sprints/Hurdles | Raleigh, N.C. |
| Chantae McMillan | SR | Nebraska | Combined Events | Rolla, Mo. |
| Lauryn Newson | JR | Oregon | Jumps | Richmond, Calif. |
| Holly Ozanich | SR | UW Oshkosh | Throws | Green Bay, Wis. |
| Ashton Purvis | FR | Miami (Fla.) | Sprints | Oakland, Calif. |
| Brianna Rollins (N) | SO/FR | Clemson | Hurdles | Miami, Fla. |
| Faith Sherrill | SR | Indiana | Throws | Ft. Wayne, Ind. |
| Karen Shump | SO | Oklahoma | Throws | Media, Pa. |
| Neely Spence | JR | Shippensburg | Distance | Shippensburg, Pa. |
| Kate Van Buskirk | SR | Duke | Mid-Distance | Brampton, Ont. |
| Lucy Van Dalen | SR | Stony Brook | Distance | Wanganui, N.Z. |
(D) – demoted from the watch list this update
(N) – new to either list this update
After NCAA Indoors, Drouin, Korir, Salaam Now Among The Bowerman Watch List Ten
March 16, 2011 Share
NEW ORLEANS – The Bowerman Men’s Watch Committee in conjunction with the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced on Wednesday their third update of the men’s watch list for collegiate track & field’s biggest award – The Bowerman. This update comes following last weekend’s NCAA Indoor Championships and now includes three – Derek Drouin (high jump), Leonard Korir (Iona), and Mookie Salaam (200 meters) – that won national crowns in their respective events.
THE BOWERMAN OFFICIAL WATCH LIST 2011 MEN
(updated March 16, 2011, listed in alphabetical order)
| NAME | YEAR | SCHOOL | EVENTS | HOMETOWN |
| Jeshua Anderson | SR | Washington State | Hurdles | Woodland Hills, Calif. |
| Sam Chelanga | RS SR | Liberty | Distance | Nairobi, Kenya |
| Will Claye | JR | Florida | Jumps | Phoenix, Ariz. |
| Jeff Demps | SO/JR | Florida | Sprints | Winter Garden, Fla. |
| Derek Drouin (P) | JR | Indiana | Jumps | Corunna, Ontario |
| Walter Henning | SR | LSU | Throws | Kings Park, N.Y. |
| Kirani James | SO | Alabama | Sprints | Gouyave, Grenada |
| Leonard Korir (N) | JR | Iona | Distance | Iten, Kenya |
| Mookie Salaam (N) | JR | Oklahoma | Sprints | Edmond, Okla. |
| Christian Taylor | JR | Florida | Jumps | Fayetteville, Ga. |
(P) – Promoted from “receiving mention” list this update
(N) – New to either list this update
Jeshua Anderson, Washington State
Senior, Hurdles, Woodland Hills, Calif. (Taft HS)
IN 2011: His indoor season best in the 400-meter dash of 46.93 placed him in the collegiate top 35. The outdoor season is where Anderson is expected to shine when he can compete in his specialty event – the 400-meter hurdles.
Sam Chelanga, Liberty
RS Senior, Distance, Nairobi, Kenya (Bartolimo HS/Fairleigh Dickinson)
IN 2011: At the NCAA Indoor Championships, Chelanga placed runner-up in the 5000 meters to Iona’s Leonard Korir with a 13:27.34 clocking. Chelanga, finished 15th overall at the NCAA meet in the 3000. In his first 5k of the indoor season, Chelanga recorded a then world-leading time of 13:41.35 on his home 200-meter, flat track on January 29. Chelanga notched a would-be collegiate leader of 7:48.24 in the 3000 meters at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix where he finished fourth in a professional-loaded field. In addition, Chelanga tallied a 7:50.92 clocking at 3000 meters in placing fifth overall at the Flotrack Husky Classic. Chelanga added to his tally of Big South Championships with a mile crown (4:16.88) this season.
Will Claye, Florida
Junior, Jumps, Phoenix, Ariz. (Mountain Pointe HS/Oklahoma)
IN 2011: At the NCAA indoor meet, Claye left his best for the last attempt in the triple jump. After five rounds, Claye had the lead at 55-8¼ (16.967m), but teammate and defending champ Christian Taylor staked his claim for the crown on his final attempt with a jump of 55-9 (16.99m). Claye responded with the event’s final salvo with a mark of 56-10 (17.32m) to win the national crown, set a new personal best, land as the all-time fourth-best collegiate performer in the event, and reset the NCAA meet record by a centimeter.
Adding to the national triple jump crown, Claye finished second in the long jump at the NCAA meet with a personal best of 26-4½ (8.04).
Claye landed a mark of 56-4 (17.17m) achieved in finishing runner up to teammate Christian Taylor at the SEC Championships. Claye added a third-place showing in the long jump at the SEC meet, placing behind only Arkansas’ Tarik Batchelor and LSU’s Zedric Thomas – both members of the national top five of the event this year.
Jeff Demps, Florida
Sophomore (indoor)/Junior (outdoor), Sprints, Winter Garden, Fla. (South Lake HS)
IN 2011: Demps claimed his second-straight NCAA indoor 60-meter title with a personal-best run in the finals of 6.53 seconds. Demps is the first back-to-back NCAA indoor short-sprint champ since DaBryan Blanton of Oklahoma in 2004 and 2005.
After opening the season with a 6.57 in winning the Virginia Tech Elite, Demps has four times more clocked sub-6.60 in the 60 meters, including when he won the SEC title in the event for the second-straight year with a 6.55.
Derek Drouin, Indiana
Junior, Jumps, Corunna, Ontario (St. Patrick’s HS)
IN 2011: Drouin, a junior from Corunna, Ontario, won his third NCAA title in the high jump, and his second-straight indoors, clearing a Canadian-record tying 7-7¾ (2.33m). His jump at NCAAs broke the all-time Big Ten record and placed him third all-time indoors collegiately in the event. Drouin is the first back-to-back indoor national champ since USC’s Jesse Williams in 2005 and 2006.
Drouin won his fourth Big Ten high jump crown as well, tying his own Big Ten meet record in the process, en route to Big Ten Field Athlete of the Year and USTFCCCA Great Lakes Region Athlete of the Year honors as well. Drouin cleared 7-5 (2.26m) or higher at four meets during the indoor season. Drouin has also moved into second in the IU record books in the heptathlon this season with a score of 5,407 points and third on the all-time 60-meter hurdles list with a time of 8.00 seconds. Drouin was named the USTFCCCA National Men’s Field Athlete of the Year.
Walter Henning, LSU
Senior, Throws, Kings Park, N.Y. (St. Anthony’s HS)
IN 2011: Henning did not miss in the weight throw the past two years. The LSU strongman has won 11-straight against collegiate competition with the 35-lb. weight – five of which has come from 2011 season, which included his third-straight SEC crown and second-straight NCAA crown. Henning had little trouble defending his title with a meet-best of 72-8½ (22.16m), nearly three feet better than the competition. At the LSU Twilight on Feb. 18, Henning notched his season’s best throw of 76-6¼ (23.32m). Henning’s personal best in the event is 78-1 (23.80m).
Kirani James, Alabama
Sophomore, Sprints, Gouyave, Grenada
IN 2011: Prior to the NCAA Indoor Championships, on every occasion in which he has stepped on the track for the 400 meters during the 2011 indoor season, Kirani James set a new world leader. Starting on Feb. 12 when he ran 45.47 (oversized) to win Notre Dame Meyo Invitational, then on Feb. 26 for the preliminary round of the SEC Championships when he ran 45.37. And, for the trifecta, James, who is only 18, clocked 44.80 in the SEC final to not only set another world record, but it also set a new world junior all-time best. The time places him in the top five of the all-time world indoor list and only Kerron Clement’s (Florida)world record of 44.57 set in 2005 stands as a better all-time collegiate mark.
At the NCAA meet, James tripped and fell shortly after completing the first lap of the qualifying round and did not finish the race.
Leonard Korir, Iona
Junior, Distance, Iten, Kenya (Tambach Teachers College)
IN 2011: Korir won the NCAA indoor 5000-meter title in a meet-record time of 13:26.01, breaking the previous mark set by Alistair Cragg of Arkansas in 2003 (13:28.93). The junior clocked 57.69 in the final 400 meters to take the crown, record the best collegiate time of the season in 2011, and notch the sixth-fastest time (facility legal) in collegiate history. In addition, Korir took sixth at the NCAA meet in the 3000 meters.
Korir was named the MAAC’s Most Outstanding Performer on Feb. 18 after finishing first in the mile and anchoring the distance medley relay quartet to a championship at the conference meet.
Mookie Salaam, Oklahoma
Junior, Sprints, Edmond, Okla. (North HS)
IN 2011: Salaam won the NCAA indoor title at 200 meters with one of the closest finishes possible. Florida State’s Maurice Mitchell clocked 20.41 in section one of the national final, and Salaam matched that mark in winning section two. When the times were examined closer to the thousandths, Salaam got the nod over Mitchell with official times of 20.401 to 20.403. Salaam would run a world’s season best time in the preliminaries earlier in that same evening in posting a 20.39 time, moving the Sooner to the all-time collegiate top ten in the process.
Salaam also placed eighth at the NCAA’s 60-meter final and appeared to be suffering some sort of injury. The previous day, Salaam recorded the fastest time in the preliminary round of 6.55, ironically two-thousandths better than Mitchell again (6.546 to 6.548). Salaam would run sub-6.60 in the 60 five times during the season, including when he completed the 60-200 double at the Big 12 Indoor Championships and won the 60 at the Tyson Invitational.
Christian Taylor, Florida
Junior, Jumps, Fayetteville, Ga. (Sandy Creek HS)
IN 2011: Taylor sent quite a message in winning the SEC Championship triple jump on his final attempt. With a mark of 56-11½ (17.36m) that not only won the event for the third-straight time and set a new SEC record, he became the third all-time best collegian indoors in the event. Only Charlie Simpkins (Baptist, 17.50m, 57-5, 1986) and Mike Conley (Arkansas, 17.40m, 57-1, 1985) have jumped farther in indoor collegiate history than Taylor. The Gator also finished eighth at the SEC meet in the long jump and has a season’s best in the event of 25-0 (7.62m), good for the national top 25.
Taylor placed second at the NCAA meet to teammate Claye with a last-round best of 55-9 (16.99m).
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 their next men’s update on Wednesday, April 6. The three men and three women finalists will be named late June.
For more information on The Bowerman, the award, the magnificent 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.
ALSO RECEIVING MENTION (12)
| NAME | YEAR | SCHOOL | EVENTS | HOMETOWN |
| Robby Andrews (D) | SO | Virginia | Distance | Englishtown, N.J. |
| Andy Bayer | RS SO | Indiana | Distance | Leo, Ind. |
| Charles Clark | SR (out) | Florida State | Sprints | Virginia Beach, Va. |
| German Fernandez | JR/SO | Oklahoma State | Distance | Riverbank, Calif. |
| Mason Finley (D) | SO | Kansas | Throws | Salida, Colo. |
| Marquise Goodwin | SO | Texas | Jumps/Sprints | Garland, Texas |
| Leford Green | JR | Johnson C. Smith | Sprints | St. Catherine, Jamaica |
| Erik Kynard (D) | SO | Kansas State | Jumps | Toledo, Ohio |
| Torrin Lawrence | JR | Georgia | Sprints | Jacksonville, Fla. |
| Demetrius Pinder (N) | SR | Texas A&M | Sprints | Freeport, Bahamas |
| Dorian Ulrey | SR | Arkansas | Distance | Port Byron, Ill. |
| Craig Van Leeuwen | JR | Ramapo | Pole Vault | Little River Falls, N.J. |
(D) – demoted from the watch list this update
(N) – new to either list this update
Tennessee’s Jackie Areson Joins Women’s Bowerman Watch
March 3, 2011 Share
NEW ORLEANS – Tennessee’s Jackie Areson was added to the women’s watch list for The Bowerman, the award’s watch list committee announced on Thursday. The Lady Vol currently leads the NCAA at 5000 meters and is among the nation’s top three performers in the 3k this season. Most recently at the SEC Indoor Championships, Areson won the 3000 meters and anchored the squad to a conference crown in the DMR.
Also being recognized for the first time this year in the “honorable mention” category is thrower Gwen Berry (Southern Illinois), sprinter Kimberlyn Duncan (LSU), thrower Holly Ozanich (UW Oshkosh), and distance runner Lucy Van Dalen (Stony Brook).
THE BOWERMAN OFFICIAL WATCH LIST, 2011 WOMEN
(updated March 3, 2011, listed in alphabetical order)
| NAME | YEAR | SCHOOL | EVENTS | HOMETOWN |
| Jackie Areson | SR | Tennessee | Distance | Delray Beach, Fla. |
| Jessica Beard | SR | Texas A&M | Sprints | Euclid, Ohio |
| LaKya Brookins | SR | South Carolina | Sprints | Seneca, S.C. |
| Ti’erra Brown | SR | Miami (Fla.) | Hurdles | Hampton, Va. |
| Semoy Hackett | JR | LSU | Sprints | Scarborough, Trinidad & Tobago |
| Sheila Reid | JR | Villanova | Distance | Newmarket, Ont. |
| Tina Sutej | JR | Arkansas | Pole Vault | Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| Jeneba Tarmoh | JR | Texas A&M | Sprints | San Jose, Calif. |
| Brianne Theisen | SR | Oregon | Combined Events | Humboldt, Sask. |
| Kim Williams | SR | Florida State | Jumps | Kingston, Jamaica |
Jackie Areson, Tennessee
Senior, Distance, Delray Beach, Fla. (Atlantic Community HS)
IN 2011: Areson most recently brought two SEC titles to the Lady Vols in the 3000 meters and as anchor of the distance medley relay. The time of 11:05.37 turned in by the DMR team is among the nation’s top five this year. In addition, Areson is the national leader in the 5000 meters with a clocking of 15:39.81 which was captured in winning the event at the Flotrack Husky Classic by nearly five full seconds. Areson’s 3000-meter run in winning the Penn State National in 9:01.91 ranks third in the NCAA this year.
Jessica Beard, Texas A&M
Senior, Sprints, Euclid, Ohio (Euclid HS)
IN 2011: Beard won an unprecedented fourth-straight indoor Big 12 title at 400 meters this past weekend and did so in a collegiate-leading time of 51.68. Beard was named Big 12 Performer of the Year as she also scored second-place honors in the 200 meters at the conference meet and anchored the Aggies to a fifth-straight crown in the 4×400. Her season’s best 200 time of 22.95 ranks fourth in the NCAA. Beard is undefeated in the 400 meters this season.
LaKya Brookins, South Carolina
Senior, Sprints, Seneca, S.C. (Seneca HS)
IN 2011: Brookins has the nation’s leading time in the 60 meters with a 7.14 run captured in winning the SEC title in the event. All told, Brookins has won five-out-of-six finals at the distance this year and has clocked sub-7.20 performances on four occasions, including the last three. Brookins also won 60-meter titles at the Tyson Invitational, the New Balance Collegiate Invitational, and the Texas A&M Challenge.
Ti’erra Brown, Miami (Fla.)
Junior, Hurdles, Hampton, Va. (Hampton HS)
IN 2011: Known mostly for her 400-meter hurdle prowess, Brown has overall had a light indoor season. However, that doesn’t mean she hasn’t been competitive. Most recently at the ACC Indoor Championships, Brown placed second overall in the open 400, and won her section of the finals, in a time of 53.25. The time currently stands as the No. 16 time in the NCAA this year and is on the “bubble” to be selected for the NCAA Indoor Championships.
Semoy Hackett, LSU
Sprints, Scarborough, Trinidad & Tobago (Bishop’s HS/Lincoln (Mo.))
IN 2011: In her first season as a Division I participant, Hackett has achieved marks in the 60 and 200 that among the nation’s top five in both events. Her season best in the 200 meters of 22.84 is just off the 22.78 leader set by teammate Kimberlyn Duncan in winning the SEC title. In the 60, Hackett is tied with the fifth-best mark of the 2011season at 7.24. Hackett finished runner-up in the SEC in both the 60 and 200.
Sheila Reid, Villanova
Junior, Distance, Newmarket, Ontario
IN 2011: In one of the more impressive showings by anyone at a conference championship this year, Reid won three Big East titles this indoor season. Starting off, she was the winner of the 1000 meters in a very fast 2:43.70, was the third leg of the Wildcats’ winning DMR, and anchor of the squad’s 4×800 team that won a conference crown. Reid holds claim to the second best mark among collegians this year in the 3000 meters, having run 8:56.92 in competition against collegians. At the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston, Reid ran a would-be NCAA-leading mark in the mile with an impressive showing against a bevy of professionals in the event’s 3000-meter run. Reid would finish third in that event with a 4:35.30 clocking.
Tina Sutej, Arkansas
Junior, Pole Vault, Ljubljana, Slovenia (Gimnazija Bezigrad)
IN 2011: After having achieved the chance to break the collegiate record in her last four competitions, Sutej was relieved to finally break through with a clearance of 14-10¾ (4.54m) to reset the record in winning the SEC title in the event. Sutej broke the 2002 record of Amy Linnen Undoubtedly the most consistent in the vault this season, Sutej has cleared more than 14-6 (4.42m) four times this season and has won six-straight events.
Jeneba Tarmoh, Texas A&M
Junior, Sprints, San Jose, Calif. (Mt. Pleasant HS/Tennessee)
IN 2011: Tarmoh has been busy to start the 2011 season. Including relays and all rounds, Tarmoh has contested 22 races in the 60, 200, and 4×400. Like Hackett, Tarmoh is also in the nation’s top five in the 60 (7.24, tied fifth) and 200 (22.88, third). Tarmoh was the Big 12 Champion in the 200 meters, runner-up in the 60, and helped the Aggies to another conference victory in the 4×400. Additional winning credits from 2011 include a victory in the 200 at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational and in the 60 at the Texas A&M Conference Challenge on January 15.
Brianne Theisen, Oregon
Senior, Combined Events, Humboldt, Saskatchewan (Humboldt Collegiate Institute)
IN 2011: Theisen has already claimed a collegiate-record to begin the 2011 season. On January 28 at the Washington Invitational, Theisen scored 4,507 points in the heptathlon to top the previous mark of 4,498 set by Arizona State’s Jacquelyn Johnson in 2008. With a high jump of 6-0 (1.83m) in the record-setting pentathlon, Theisen also ranks in seventh in the NCAA this season in that event. In addition, Theisen has won nine-straight combined-event competitions against collegiate competition with the win at the UW Invitational. At the MPSF Championships, Theisen sat out the pentathlon, but competed in four other events, including leading-off the Ducks 4×400 to victory, placing second in the high jump, and third in the 60-meter hurdles.
Kim Williams, Florida State
Senior, Jumps, Kingston, Jamaica (Vere Technical HS)
IN 2011: Netted impressive performances in both long and triple jumps at the ACC Championships. In becoming the first in ACC Championship history to win an event for a fourth time, Williams triple jumped to a collegiate-leading mark of 45-9¾ (13.96m). In addition, the previous day, Williams won the ACC long jump title with a leap of 21-6 (6.55m) – a performance that ranks No. 2 in the NCAA this year.
The Bowerman Advisory Board appointed four of its members to comprise The Bowerman Women’s Watch Committee and another four of its members to make up The Bowerman Men’s Watch Committee. The committee will release their next women’s update on Thursday, March 17. The three men and three women finalists will be named late June.
For more information on The Bowerman, the award, the magnificent 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.
ALSO RECEIVING MENTION (23)
| NAME | YEAR | SCHOOL | EVENTS | HOMETOWN |
| Nia Ali | SR | Southern California | Combined Events | Philadelphia, Pa. |
| Marie Louise Asselin | SR | West Virginia | Distance | Sarnia, Ont. |
| Joanna Atkins | SR | Auburn | Sprints | Stone Mountain, Ga. |
| Brigetta Barrett | SO | Arizona | Jumps | Duncanville, Texas |
| Gwen Berry | SR | Southern Illinois | Throws | St. Louis, Mo. |
| Kimberlyn Duncan | SO | LSU | Sprints | Katy, Texas |
| Colleen Felix | JR | Georgia | Jumps | St. Andrews, Grenada |
| Sheniqua Ferguson | SR | Auburn | Sprints | Nassau, Bahamas |
| Melissa Gergel | SR | Oregon | Pole Vault | Glenwood, Ill. |
| Jordan Hasay | SO | Oregon | Sophomore | Arroyo Grande, Calif. |
| Amber Kaufman | SR | Hawai’i | Jumps | San Jose, Calif. |
| Liz Lawton | SR | Chicago | Distance | North Easton, Mass. |
| Chantel Malone | SR | Texas | Jumps/Sprints | Tortola, British V.I. |
| Gabby Mayo | JR | Texas A&M | Sprints/Hurdles | Raleigh, N.C. |
| Chaunte McMillan | SR | Nebraska | Combined Events | Rolla, Mo. |
| Lauryn Newson | JR | Oregon | Jumps | Richmond, Calif. |
| Holly Ozanich | SR | UW Oshkosh | Throws | Green Bay, Wis. |
| Ashton Purvis | FR | Miami (Fla.) | Sprints | Oakland, Calif. |
| Faith Sherrill | SR | Indiana | Throws | Ft. Wayne, Ind. |
| Karen Shump | SO | Oklahoma | Throws | Media, Pa. |
| Neely Spence | JR | Shippensburg | Distance | Shippensburg, Pa. |
| Kate Van Buskirk | SR | Duke | Mid-Distance | Brampton, Ont. |
| Lucy Van Dalen | SR | Stony Brook | Distance | Wanganui, N.Z. |
High-Flying Kynard Added to The Bowerman Watch
March 2, 2011 Share
NEW ORLEANS – The Bowerman Men’s Watch Committee in conjunction with the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced on Wednesday their second update of the men’s watch list for collegiate track & field’s biggest award – The Bowerman. Kansas State sophomore Erik Kynard was added to the watch in this update.
Kynard leaped on to the scene with a 7-7¾ (2.33m) clearance in winning the high jump at the Tyson Invitational on February 12. Only two other collegians (Hollis Conway and Brian Brown) in indoor history have jumped higher than Kynard. The sophomore has won all five competitions in which he has entered this year, including the Big 12 Championships. Kynard has won each of those competitions by clearing at least 7-3¾ (2.23m).
THE BOWERMAN OFFICIAL WATCH LIST 2011 MEN
(updated March 2, 2011, listed in alphabetical order)
| NAME | YEAR | SCHOOL | EVENTS | HOMETOWN |
| Jeshua Anderson | SR | Washington State | Hurdles | Woodland Hills, Calif. |
| Robby Andrews | SO | Virginia | Distance | Englishtown, N.J. |
| Sam Chelanga | RS SR | Liberty | Distance | Nairobi, Kenya |
| Will Claye | JR | Florida | Jumps | Phoenix, Ariz. |
| Jeff Demps | SO/JR | Florida | Sprints | Winter Garden, Fla. |
| Mason Finley | SO | Kansas | Throws | Salida, Colo. |
| Walter Henning | SR | LSU | Throws | Kings Park, N.Y. |
| Kirani James | SO | Alabama | Sprints | Gouyave, Grenada |
| Erik Kynard (N) | SO | Kansas State | Jumps | Toledo, Ohio |
| Christian Taylor | JR | Florida | Jumps | Fayetteville, Ga. |
(P) – Promoted from “receiving mention” list this update
(N) – New to either list this update
Jeshua Anderson, Washington State
Senior, Hurdles, Woodland Hills, Calif. (Taft HS)
IN 2011: His season best in the 400-meter dash of 46.93 places him in the collegiate top 35. The outdoor season is where Anderson is expected to shine when he can compete in his specialty event – the 400-meter hurdles.
Robby Andrews, Virginia
Sophomore, Distance, Englishtown, N.J. (Manalapan HS)
IN 2011: Has yet to compete officially. Ran unattached and successfully was the “rabbit” for Bernard Lagat’s attempt to break the American two-mile record.
Sam Chelanga, Liberty
RS Senior, Distance, Nairobi, Kenya (Bartolimo HS/Fairleigh Dickinson)
IN 2011: In his first 5k of the indoor season, Chelanga recorded a then world-leading and current collegiate-leading time of 13:41.35 on his home 200-meter, flat track on January 29. Chelanga notched a would-be collegiate leader of 7:48.24 in the 3000 meters at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix where he finished fourth in a professional-loaded field. Because no collegians were involved in that competition. Chelanga tallied a 7:50.92 clocking at 3000 meters in placing fifth overall at the Flotrack Husky Classic. Chelanga added to his tally of Big South Championships with a Mile crown (4:16.88) this season.
Will Claye, Florida
Junior, Jumps, Phoenix, Ariz. (Mountain Pointe HS/Oklahoma)
IN 2011: Claye stand second nationally in the triple jump with a season’s best of 56-4 (17.17m) achieved in finishing runner up to teammate Christian Taylor at the SEC Championships. Claye is also eighth in the country in the long jump, having notched a season best of 26-1 (7.95m) in taking third at the Tyson Invitational. Claye added a third-place showing in the long jump at the SEC meet, placing behind only Arkansas’ Tarik Batchelor and LSU’s Zedric Thomas – both members of the national top five of the event this year.
Jeff Demps, Florida
Sophomore (indoor)/Junior (outdoor), Sprints, Winter Garden, Fla. (South Lake HS)
IN 2011: After opening the season with a 6.57 in winning the Virginia Tech Elite, Demps has twice more clocked sub-6.60 in the 60 meters, including when he won the SEC title in the event for the second-straight year with a 6.55. Demps ranks No. 2 nationally in the 60, behind only Oklahoma’s Mookie Salaam (6.54).
Mason Finley, Kansas
Sophomore, Throws, Salida, Colo. (Buena Vista HS)
IN 2011: Finley has three wins in the books so far in 2011 in his signature event – the shot put. His opener, a 67-11½ (20.71m) heave to win at the Missouri-Kansas dual leads the rest of Division I by more than two feet feet. Last weekend, at the Big 12 Indoor Championships, Finley was upset by Nebraska’s Luke Pinkelman who now stands No. 2 on the descending order list (65-10¼, 20.07m).
Walter Henning, LSU
Senior, Throws, Kings Park, N.Y. (St. Anthony’s HS)
IN 2011: Henning continues not to miss in the weight throw. The LSU strongman has won ten-straight against collegiate competition with the 35-lb. weight – four of which has come from 2011 season, which included his third-straight SEC crown. At the LSU Twilight on Feb. 18, Henning notched his season’s best throw of 76-6¼ (23.32m). Henning’s personal best in the event is 78-1 (23.80m).
Kirani James, Alabama
Sophomore, Sprints, Gouyave, Grenada
IN 2011: On every occasion in which he has stepped on the track for the 400 meters this season, Kirani James has set a new world leader. Starting on Feb. 12 when he ran 45.47 (oversized) to win Notre Dame Meyo Invitational, then on Feb. 26 for the preliminary round of the SEC Championships when he ran 45.37. And, for the trifecta, James, who is only 18, clocked 44.80 in the SEC final to not only set another world record, but it also set a new world junior all-time best. The time places him in the top five of the all-time world indoor list and only Kerron Clement’s (Florida)world record of 44.57 set in 2005 stands as a better all-time collegiate mark.
Erik Kynard, Kansas State
Sophomore, Jumps, Toledo, Ohio
IN 2011: Kynard leaped on to the scene with a 7-7¾ (2.33m) clearance in winning the high jump at the Tyson Invitational on February 12. Only two other collegians (Hollis Conway and Brian Brown) in indoor history have jumped higher than Kynard. The sophomore has won all five competitions in which he has entered this year, including the Big 12 Championships. Kynard has won each of those competitions by clearing at least 7-3¾ (2.23m).
Christian Taylor, Florida
Junior, Jumps, Fayetteville, Ga. (Sandy Creek HS)
IN 2011: Taylor sent quite a message in winning the SEC Championship triple jump on his final attempt. With a mark of 56-11½ (17.36m) that not only won the event for the third-straight time and set a new SEC record, he became the third all-time best collegian indoors in the event. Only Charlie Simpkins (Baptist, 17.50m, 57-5, 1986) and Mike Conley (Arkansas, 17.40m, 57-1, 1985) have jumped farther in indoor collegiate history than Taylor. The Gator also finished eighth at the SEC meet in the long jump and has a season’s best in the event of 25-0 (7.62m), good for the national top 25.
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 their next men’s update on Wednesday, March 16. The three men and three women finalists will be named late June.
For more information on The Bowerman, the award, the magnificent 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.
ALSO RECEIVING MENTION (9)
| NAME | YEAR | SCHOOL | EVENTS | HOMETOWN |
| Andy Bayer | RS SO | Indiana | Distance | Leo, Ind. |
| Charles Clark | SR (out) | Florida State | Sprints | Virginia Beach, Va. |
| Derek Drouin | JR | Indiana | Jumps | Corunna, Ontario |
| German Fernandez | JR/SO | Oklahoma State | Distance | Riverbank, Calif. |
| Marquise Goodwin (D) | SO | Texas | Jumps/Sprints | Garland, Texas |
| Leford Green | JR | Johnson C. Smith | Sprints | St. Catherine, Jamaica |
| Torrin Lawrence | JR | Georgia | Sprints | Jacksonville, Fla. |
| Dorian Ulrey | SR | Arkansas | Distance | Port Byron, Ill. |
| Craig Van Leeuwen | JR | Ramapo | Pole Vault | Little River Falls, N.J. |
(D) – demoted from the watch list this update
(N) – new to either list this update