Finalists were chosen by the ten-person Bowerman Advisory Board based on performances recorded during the indoor and outdoor 2010 track & field seasons. Only performances through the conclusion of the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships are used in consideration.

THE BOWERMAN FINALISTS, 2010 MEN

Ashton Eaton, Oregon | Season Statistical Recap PDF
Eaton, a native of Bend, Ore., netted a second-straight NCAA heptathlon title during the indoor season and a third-consecutive NCAA decathlon crown outdoors. Scoring 6,499 points at the NCAA Indoor Championships, Eaton topped the 17-year-old world record held by Dan O’Brien. Twice during the indoor season, Eaton bettered the heptathlon collegiate record. Outdoors, Eaton scored over 8150 points in each of his three decathlons, and beat the NCAA Championships meet record in the event. Eaton was the USTFCCCA National Field Athlete of the Year during the indoor season and shared the award with Ryan Whiting outdoors.

Andrew Wheating, Oregon | Season Statistical Recap PDF
Wheating, a native of Norwich, Vt., won NCAA outdoor crowns in the 800 and 1500 meters, becoming the fourth overall and first to accomplish the double win since 1984. Wheating also defended his outdoor 800-meter national crown with the win and was the first American to do so since 1994. In the 1500, Wheating led Oregon to a 1-2-3 national sweep of the event. At the NCAA Indoor Championships, Wheating anchored the DMR team to their second-straight national title and was the national runner-up in the 800 meters. Wheating was the outdoor USTFCCCA National Track Athlete of the Year and the West Region Track Athlete of the Year during the indoor season.

Ryan Whiting, Arizona State | Season Statistical Recap PDF
Whiting, a native of Harrisburg, Pa., produced a third-straight NCAA indoor crown with the shot put and a second-consecutive outdoor title. In addition, Whiting won his first NCAA crown with the discus and is only one of 11 to have notched national crowns with the shot and discus in the same championship. At the outdoor championships, Whiting’s final toss of 72-1 (21.97m) moved him into a tie for second on the all-time collegiate list and just three centimeters shy of the collegiate record. Overall, Whiting marked throws of over 70 feet on eight occasions during the year – an all-time collegiate best. Whiting was also undefeated among collegians with the shot in 2010. Whiting was the outdoor USTFCCCA Co-National Field Athlete of the Year.

The next step in selecting a winner will be carried out in the next months with voting. The Bowerman Voters will receive ballots listing each of the finalists and must rank them by first, second and third choice. First-place votes will receive three points, second place will notch two, and third will receive one point. The finalist with the highest point total will be declared the winner.

The Bowerman Voters consist of:

• The Bowerman Advisory Board, media personnel, statisticians, collegiate administrators
• Galen Rupp, 2009 men’s winner of The Bowerman
• Jenny Barringer, 2009 women’s winner of The Bowerman
• Online voting by the public will constitute one collective vote (ranking of choices will be made by order of total single votes)
• Online voting by USTFCCCA members will constitute one collective vote (ranking of choices will be made by order of total single votes)

Paper balloting will conclude in August while online voting will begin in the coming weeks and will last until late August. An independent accounting firm will collect, tabulate, and certify final results and will keep the result secret until the envelope is opened in December.

Award winners will be announced in a ceremony at the USTFCCCA Convention on December 15 at the JW Marriott Hill Country, San Antonio, Texas. John Anderson, ESPN SportsCenter anchor and co-host of ABC’s Wipeout, will host the night’s festivities. The three women and three men finalists will be invited to the presentation. The three female finalists are Queen Harrison (Virginia Tech), Lisa Koll (Iowa State), and Blessing Okagbare (UTEP).

About The Bowerman

The Bowerman is named in honor of track and field pioneer Bill Bowerman, who served the sport of track and field in numerous ways, including his leadership in the USTFCCCA predecessor organization the National Collegiate Track Coaches Association, and his contributions to NCAA track and field and the running community as a whole. The Bowerman was first presented in 2009.

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

About the USTFCCCA

The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) is a professional organization representing cross country and track & field coaches of all levels. USTFCCCA members encompass approximately 94% of all NCAA track & field programs (DI, DII, and DIII) and include members representing the NAIA as well as a number of state high school coaches associations.

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.

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.

Finalists were chosen by the ten-person Bowerman Advisory Board based on performances recorded during the indoor and outdoor 2010 track & field seasons. Only performances through the conclusion of the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships are used in consideration.

THE BOWERMAN FINALISTS, 2010 WOMEN

Queen Harrison, Virginia Tech | Season Statistical Recap PDF
Harrision, a native of Richmond, Va., became the first female in NCAA history to win both 100- and 400-meter hurdle national titles. In addition, Harrison won the NCAA indoor crown in the 60-meter hurdles. Harrison recorded the 2010 collegiate-best times in all three hurdle events spanning the indoor and outdoor seasons and went undefeated in every final of those events. Harrison notched the fourth-best, all-time collegiate best 100-meter hurdle time in winning the Penn Relays title (12.61). Harrison was named the USTFCCCA Southeast Region Track Athlete of the Year for both the indoor and outdoor campaigns.

Lisa Koll, Iowa State | Season Statistical Recap PDF
Koll, a native of Fort Dodge, Iowa, swept NCAA crowns in the 5000 and 10,000 meters at the NCAA Outdoor Championships to become only the fourth female in history to do so. Koll won the 10k by over 23 seconds to claim her second-ever national title in the event while her 30-second victory in the national final of the 5000 meters paired with her 2010 NCAA indoor title at the same distance. Koll opened the outdoor season with a collegiate record, clocking 31:18.07 in the 10k at the Stanford Invitational. In individual races, Koll only lost to a collegian once during the season. Koll was selected by the nation’s coaches as the USTFCCCA National Track Athlete of the Year during the outdoor season and a regional-award winner in the same category for the indoor season.

Blessing Okagbare, UTEP | Season Statistical Recap PDF
Okagbare, a native of Umuahi, Nigeria, notched NCAA crowns during the outdoor season in the 100 meters and long jump, becoming the first in collegiate history to pull off such a feat. In the indoor season, Okagbare won national titles in the 60 meters and long jump and grabbed top honors in the long jump in topping the NCAA Championships meet record twice. Okagbare was undefeated in all sprint and jump finals during the season and anchored the UTEP 4×100 to the NCAA Championships semifinal. Okagbare was the USTFCCCA Mountain Region Track Athlete and Mountain Region Field Athlete of the Year during the indoor season and the once again the Mountain Region Track Athlete of the Year for the outdoor season.

The next step in selecting a winner will be carried out in the next months with voting. The Bowerman Voters will receive ballots listing each of the finalists and must rank them by first, second and third choice. First-place votes will receive three points, second place will notch two, and third will receive one point. The finalist with the highest point total will be declared the winner.

The Bowerman Voters consist of:

• The Bowerman Advisory Board, media personnel, statisticians, and collegiate administrators.
• Galen Rupp, 2009 men’s winner of The Bowerman
• Jenny Barringer, 2009 women’s winner of The Bowerman
• Online voting by the public will constitute one collective vote (ranking of choices will be made by order of total single votes)
• Online voting by USTFCCCA members will constitute one collective vote (ranking of choices will be made by order of total single votes)

Paper balloting will conclude in August while online voting will begin in the coming weeks and will last until late August. An independent accounting firm will collect, tabulate, and certify final results and will keep the result secret until the envelope is opened in December.

Award winners will be announced in a ceremony at the USTFCCCA Convention on December 15 at the JW Marriott Hill Country, San Antonio, Texas. John Anderson, ESPN SportsCenter anchor and co-host of ABC’s Wipeout, will host the night’s festivities. The three women and three men finalists will be invited to the presentation. The three male finalists will be released Tuesday.

About The Bowerman

The Bowerman is named in honor of track and field pioneer Bill Bowerman, who served the sport of track and field in numerous ways, including his leadership in the USTFCCCA predecessor organization the National Collegiate Track Coaches Association, and his contributions to NCAA track and field and the running community as a whole. The Bowerman was first presented in 2009.

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

About the USTFCCCA

The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) is a professional organization representing cross country and track & field coaches of all levels. USTFCCCA members encompass approximately 94% of all NCAA track & field programs (DI, DII, and DIII) and include members representing the NAIA as well as a number of state high school coaches associations.

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

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

EUGENE, Ore.

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)

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

Also Receiving Mention (29)

(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

TFRRS Report

Ti’erra Brown, Jr., Miami (Fla.),
Hurdles, Hampton, Va., Hampton HS

NCAA Championships:
100-meter hurdles – Semifinal, Thursday, 5:55pm PT … FINAL, Saturday, 11:09 am PT
400-meter hurdles – Semifinal, Wednesday, 7:00pm PT … FINAL, Friday, 5:15 pm PT
4×400-meter relay – Semifinal, Thursday, 7:05pm PT … FINAL, Saturday, 11:40am PT

NCAA Championships:
100-meter dash – Semifinal, Wednesday, 6:00pm PT … FINAL, Friday, 5:32pm PT
200-meter dash – Semifinal, Thursday, 4:30pm PT … FINAL, Saturday, 10:41am PT
4×100-meter relay – Semifinal, Wednesday, 4:15pm PT … FINAL, Saturday, 10:03am PT

TFRRS Report

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

NCAA Championships:
100-meter hurdles – Semifinal, Thursday, 5:55pm PT … FINAL, Saturday, 11:09 am PT
400-meter hurdles – Semifinal, Wednesday, 7:00pm PT … FINAL, Friday, 5:15 pm PT

TFRRS Report

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

NCAA Championships:
Shot Put – FINAL, Friday, 4:45pm PT

TFRRS Report

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

NCAA Championships:
5000-meter run – FINAL, Friday, 6:40pm PT
10,000-meter run – FINAL, Wednesday, 7:15pm PT

TFRRS Report

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

NCAA Championships:
100-meter dash – Semifinal, Wednesday, 6:00pm PT … FINAL, Friday, 5:32pm PT
Long Jump – FINAL, Saturday, 9:30am PT
4×100-meter relay – Semifinal, Wednesday, 4:15pm PT … FINAL, Saturday, 10:03am PT

TFRRS Report

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

NCAA Championships:
Heptathlon – Wednesday/Thursday

TFRRS Report

Kim Williams, Jr., Florida State,
Jumps, Kingston, Jamaica, Vere Technical

NCAA Championships:
Long Jump – FINAL, Saturday, 9:30am PT
Triple Jump – FINAL, Thursday, 4:00pm PT

TFRRS Report

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

NCAA Championships:
800-meter run – Semifinal, Wednesday, 4:45pm PT … FINAL, Friday, 5:50pm PT

TFRRS Report

EUGENE, Ore.

Dutch will be on hand in Eugene for three events, including both the 110- and 400-meter hurdles as well as a potential member of South Carolina’s 4×400-meter relay. In the national quarterfinal of the 400-meter hurdles in Greensboro, Dutch clocked 48.12 for a personal best and the second-best performance in the world in 2010.

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 MEN

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

(N) new addition to either list

Also Receiving Mention (29)

(D) demoted from watch list

THE BOWERMAN WATCH LIST PROFILES

Jeshua Anderson, Jr., Washington State,
Hurdles, Woodland Hills, Calif., Taft HS

NCAA Championships:
400-meter hurdles – Semifinal, Wednesday, 6:45pm PT … FINAL, Friday, 5:05pm PT

TFRRS Report

Ronnie Ash, Jr., Oklahoma,
Hurdles, Raleigh, N.C., Knightdale HS/Bethune-Cookman

NCAA Championships:
110-meter hurdles – Semifinal, Thursday, 5:35pm PT … FINAL, Saturday, 11:16am PT

TFRRS Report

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

NCAA Championships:
5000-meter run – FINAL, Saturday, 11:21am PT
10,000-meter run – FINAL, Thursday, 7:25pm PT

TFRRS Report

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

NCAA Championships:
100-meter dash – Semifinal, Wednesday, 5:45pm PT … FINAL, Friday, 5:25pm PT
4×100-meter relay – Semifinal, Wednesday, 4:00pm PT … FINAL, Saturday, 10:11am PT

TFRRS Report

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

NCAA Championships:
110-meter hurdles – Semifinal, Thursday, 5:35pm PT … FINAL, Saturday, 11:16am PT
400-meter hurdles – Semifinal, Wednesday, 6:45pm PT … FINAL, Friday, 5:05pm PT
4×400-meter relay – Semifinal, Thursday, 6:45pm PT … FINAL, Saturday, 11:50am PT

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

NCAA Championships:
Decathlon – Thursday/Friday
Long Jump – FINAL, Saturday, 9:30am PT

TFRRS Report

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

NCAA Championships:
5000-meter run – FINAL, Saturday, 11:21am PT

TFRRS Report

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

NCAA Championships:
Long Jump – FINAL, Saturday, 9:30am PT
Triple Jump – FINAL, Wednesday, 4:00pm PT
4×400-meter relay – Semifinal, Thursday, 6:45pm PT … FINAL, Saturday, 11:50am PT

TFRRS Report

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

NCAA Championships:
800-meter run – Semifinal, Wednesday, 4:30pm PT … FINAL, Friday, 5:40pm PT
1500-meter run – Semifinal, Thursday, 4:45pm PT … FINAL, Saturday, 10:30am PT

TFRRS Report

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

NCAA Championships:
Shot Put – FINAL, Saturday, 9:40am PT

TFRRS Report

NEW ORLEANS

Along with Bailey’s recognition, Alabama’s Kirani James, earned praise by the watch list committee in being added to the “also receiving mention” list.

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 on Monday, June 7, following the opening rounds of the NCAA Championships that occur May 27-29. 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 MEN

(updated, May 17, 2010, listed in alphabetical order)

(N) new addition to either list

Also Receiving Mention (28)

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

THE BOWERMAN WATCH LIST PROFILES

Jeshua Anderson, Jr., Washington State,
Hurdles, Woodland Hills, Calif., Taft HS

OUTDOOR: Anderson became the third man to win three Pac-10 400-meter hurdles titles (since 1976), and only the second student-athlete to win three consecutive times (UCLA’s Kevin Young) … Anderson clocked a new collegiate-leading season best of 48.63 in defense of his title … the time is also No. 7 in the world this year … notched previous season’s best 400-meter hurdle time (49.11) in winning at the Mt. SAC Relays on April 17 … Anderson is undefeated this year in the 400-meter hurdles this year.

INDOOR: Anderson notched a 46.38 indoor personal best over 400 meters in earning runner-up honors at the MSPF Championships, a mark that ranks No. 10 in the NCAA this season … Anderson, the 400-meter hurdle standout in the outdoor season, put together a solid 2010 indoor campaign and tallied a season best of 8.04 in the short-distance hurdles.

TFRRS Report

Ronnie Ash, Jr., Oklahoma,
Hurdles, Raleigh, N.C., Knightdale HS/Bethune-Cookman

OUTDOOR: Ash clocked 13.31 in the 110-meter hurdles for the Big 12 title on May 16 for a meet record and the third-best in the World in 2010 … Ash won the 110-meter hurdles at the Texas Relays in a wind-aided 13.50… at the Texas Invitational on May 1, Ash ran a wind-legal season’s best of 13.54 … Ash has went the season undefeated in the 110-meter hurdles.

INDOOR: Ash captured his second-straight 60-meter hurdle NCAA crown this indoor season, joining Antwon Hicks of Mississippi (2004-05), Terrence Trammell of South Carolina (1999-2000), Tony Li of Washington State (1990-91, 55mH), Renaldo Nehemiah of Maryland (1978-79, 55mH), and Danny Smith of Florida State (1974-75, 55mH) as back-to-back high hurdle champs … Ash notched his personal best and collegiate-leading time of the season in the preliminary round of the NCAA Championships at 7.55 … Ash blazed a 7.59 in winning his first Big 12 Championship in Ames … Ash’s performance not only helped the Sooners to a Big 12 team title, but it also placed him among the all-time top 10 collegians in the event.

TFRRS Report

Alain Bailey, Sr., Arkansas,         
Jumps, Kingston, Jamaica, Kingston College

OUTDOOR: Bailey notched a world-, American-, and collegiate-leading mark in winning the SEC Outdoor title on May 15, marking 27-4¾ (8.35m) … finished second at the Penn Relays in the long jump and was winner of the long jump in Arkansas’ dual at Texas.

INDOOR: NCAA Champion and SEC Champion in the long jump … marked 26-9¾ (8.17m) to win both titles, ending the season as the collegiate-best mark of the season.

TFRRS Report

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

OUTDOOR: Opened the outdoor season by smashing his own collegiate record with a 27:08.39 billing, topping his previous mark set a year ago of 27:28.48, at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational at Stanford.

INDOOR: Took runner-up honors in the 5000 meters at the NCAA Indoor Championships with a season-best time of 13:37.01 … picked up two Big South titles this season and helped his squad grab their 13th-straight conference title with runs in the 3000 meters and the DMR.

TFRRS Report

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

OUTDOOR: Demps became Florida’s first SEC 100-meter champ since 2000 with a 10.06 collegiate-leading (wind legal) time … Demps anchored the 4×100 to a second-place showing at the conference meet as well … Earlier in the season, Demps took the 100-meter dash title at the Florida Relays with a time of 10.11 … also at the Florida Relays, Demps anchored the Gator 4×100-meter relay squad to a collegiate-leading time of 38.93.

INDOOR: Won the NCAA Indoor 60-meter title in 6.57 seconds and clocked 6.60 or better on three occasions during the season … his 6.56 in the preliminaries of the 60 meters was the fastest time by a collegian during the season … Demps placed second at the SEC Championships at 60 meters and was the winner of the Tyson Invitational 60.

TFRRS Report

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

OUTDOOR: Eaton caped off the regular season in winning three Pac-10 titles with victories in the decathlon, the 110-meter hurdles, and the long jump … Eaton scored 8,154 points for the conference decathlon win for a wind-legal American- and collegiate-leading mark on May 8-9 … Eaton followed with a 25-7½ (7.81m) measure to win the Pac-10 long jump and a personal best 13.54 to win the 110-meter hurdle title … Eaton scored 8,310 points in his first decathlon of the season at the Texas Relays for a new personal best and the collegiate and American lead in the event … scoring 4,494 on the first day, Eaton recorded an all-time collegiate best tally for the first five events.

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).

TFRRS Report

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

OUTDOOR: Ran to a collegiate-leading time of 13:25.63 in the 5000 meters to win the Stanford Invitational … won Big Sky titles in the 1500- and 5000-meter events … placed third in the 1500m at the Australian National Championships in Perth.

INDOOR: McNeill won the NCAA title in the 5000 meters with a the collegiate-season’s best time of 13:36.41 in holding off Liberty’s Sam Chelanga … McNeill nearly also won the 3000-meter title, but was outkicked to the finish by Arkansas’ Dorian Ulrey … Earlier in the season, McNeill claimed two collegiate-leading marks in the distance events on back-to-back weekends … in mid-February, McNeill 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, McNeill claimed an altitude-hindered  14:17.92 clocking over 5000 meters for his second collegiate leader of the season (when converted to 13:39.32) … McNeill also picked up Big Sky titles in the 3000-meter run and the DMR during the indoor season.

TFRRS Report

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

OUTDOOR: Taylor popped off a personal best leap of 26-10½  (8.19m) in placing runner-up in the SEC Championships, a performance that is in the World’s top 10 in 2010 … In the 4×400, Taylor ran the third leg to help the Gators to a Florida Relays win and a world-leading time of 3:00.31 on April 3.

INDOOR: Taylor claimed his second-straight NCAA indoor triple jump title with an American- and collegiate-best for the 2010 indoor season of 56-4½ (17.18m) … Taylor’s best mark in the NCAA meet was preceded by his third-round performance that was just a half-inch shorter … Taylor also used a season’s best of 26-¼ (7.93m) in the long jump to place second nationally … In total, Taylor scored 18 team points for the Gators who went on to win their first NCAA indoor crown … Earlier in the season, Taylor won his second-straight SEC triple jump title and helped the Gators 4×400 to the conference crown.

TFRRS Report

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

OUTDOOR: Wheating notched collegiate-leading times in the 800 (1:47.71) and 1500 (3:37.83) at the Oregon Relays on April 30 and May 1 … his 3:37.83 also stands as the American-leading time … at the Penn Relays, Wheating anchored the Ducks DMR team with a 3:59.84, 1600-meter split for victory … in the 4×800, Wheating’s anchor of 1:47.77 led to a second-place showing … at the Pac-10 Championships, Wheating again went sub-1:48 with an actual clocking of 1:47.77.

INDOOR: Anchored DMR with a 4:01.23 split to a second-straight NCAA title … was runner-up in the 800 for the second-straight year as well at the national championships … clocked 1:46.36 over 800 meters at the Husky Classic on February 13 for the American all-track best of the season. .

TFRRS Report

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

OUTDOOR:  Currently holds the world-leading mark in the shot put, having tossed 71-2¾ (21.71m) at the Sun Angel Classic on April 10 … has claimed throws of over 69-8¾ and 21.25m in each of his five competitions this outdoor season … has yet to lose to a collegian with the shot put in 2010 and leads the collegiate ranks by more than seven feet in the event.

INDOOR: Whiting won his third-consecutive NCAA indoor shot put title, becoming the first to grab three straight since UTEP’s Hans Hogland (1973-74-75) … Whiting matched his collegiate-leading season best with a 70-7¼ (21.52m) toss in the fourth round at the NCAA Championships and ultimately defeated his competition by over seven feet … Whiting finished the season No. 3 in the world standings and as the second-best performer in America … Whiting finished second at the USATF Indoor Championships in Albuquerque, earning him a berth on the IAAF Indoor World Championship team … Unfortunately, the world championship in Doha, Qatar, conflicted with the NCAA Indoor Championship.

TFRRS Report

NEW ORLEANS

Baker became the first woman ever to win three straight Pac-10 400-meter titles, running the fastest time in the nation of 50.76 to break the meet record at the Pac-10 Championship final on Sunday. Baker also ran the third leg of Oregon’s 4×100 meter relay team (43.27) which won the Pac-10 title for just the second time in school history and broke the Pac-10 meet record of 43.47 set by USC in 2000.

Ferguson won the SEC Commissioner’s Trophy as the high point scorer (22½) at the SEC Outdoor Championships this past weekend with championship-title runs at 100 meters, 200 meters and as part of Auburn’s 4×400-meter relay team. Ferguson’s winning time in the 100 meters of 11.19 ranks tied for fifth in the nation this year.

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 on Monday, June 7, following the opening rounds of the NCAA Championships that occur May 27-29. 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.

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 May 19, 2010, listed in alphabetical order)

(P1) promoted to the watch list for the first time, (N) new addition to either list

Also Receiving Mention (28)

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

THE BOWERMAN WATCH LIST PROFILES

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

OUTDOOR: Baker became the first woman ever to win three straight Pac-10 400 meter titles, running the fastest time in the nation in the Pac-10 final, 50.76, and breaking Monique Henderson’s 2004 conference meet record … Baker also ran the third leg of Oregon’s 4×100 meter relay team (43.27) which won the Pac-10 title for just the second time in school history and broke the Pac-10 meet record of 43.47 set by USC in 2000.

INDOOR: Was NCAA runner-up at 400 meters, running 51.63 to win the first section of the championship final … ran second leg on NCAA Champion 4×400-meter relay team (3:32.97) which helped the Ducks to their first NCAA team title.

TFRRS Report

Sheniqua Ferguson, Jr., Auburn,
Sprints, Nassau, Bahamas, Southwest Mississippi JC

OUTDOOR: Won the SEC Commissioner’s Trophy as the high point scorer (22½) at the SEC Outdoor Championships with wins at 100 meters, 200 meters and as part of 4×400-meter relay team … Won the 100 meters with a time of 11.19 that ranks tied for fifth in the nation this year … Won the 200 meters in 23.09 after clocking a 23.08 in the prelims that ranks tied for 10th in the NCAA this year.

INDOOR: NCAA Champion at 200 meters, clocking 23.09 in the final for the crown … Also finished fourth at the NCAA Championships in the 60 meters (7.23) … SEC Champion at 200 meters with 23.14 clocking.

TFRRS Report

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

OUTDOOR: Harrison has the started the outdoor season with a bang, compling a world- and collegiate-leading 12.61 in the 100-meter hurdles in winning at the Penn Relays … Harrison won the ACC title in the sprint hurdles with a wind-aided (5.3 m/s) 12.44, the best ever time by a collegian in all conditions … Harrison also tallied an ACC title in the 400-meter hurdles with a collegiate-leading 54.66, a time that also ranks second in the world this year.

INDOOR: Harrison completed a fantastic collegiate season with an NCAA title in the 60-meter hurdles, clocking 7.95 in the final and winning by six hundredths of a second … Harrison was the only collegian in 2010 to run under eight seconds in the event, and did so a total of five times … Harrison’s collegiate-leading and personal-best mark of 7.94 came in winning the ACC crown … The 7.94 also placed Harrison as the sixth-best performer in collegiate history … Harrison was a double winner at the ACCs, capturing victory in the 400 meters with a personal-best 53.06 time.

TFRRS Report

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

OUTDOOR: Collegiate-leading mark of 60-6¾ (18.46m) was claimed in winning at the Tom Jones Memorial … the Gator is undefeated this season and has now won 18 collegiate competitions in a row, dating back to 2008.

INDOOR: Kevkhisvili won her second-consecutive NCAA indoor shot put crown and third overall with a personal best of 61-0 (18.59m) … The distance is also a national record for her home country of the Republic of Georgia and places her as the third-best performer all-time in the collegiate ranks … At the SEC Championships, Kevkhisvili broke her own SEC meet record in winning the conference crown for the second-straight year.

TFRRS Report

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

OUTDOOR: 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.

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.

TFRRS Report

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

OUTDOOR: Holds the third-best collegiate time for 200 meters this season with a 22.92 run in winning the Florida Relays … captured the MEAC title at 400 meters and scored 23½ team points in the championship.

INDOOR: McCorory floored those watching the NCAA Indoor Championships by winning her second-straight national indoor title at 400 meters with an American-, collegiate-, and meet-record clocking of 50.54 … The time also ended the 2010 indoor season as the World-leading mark … McCorory became the third two-time winner of the event, joining Maciel Malone of Arizona State (1990-91-92) and Suziann Reid of Texas (1998-99) … At the MEAC Championships, McCorory claimed titles in the 400- and 200-meter events, placed fourth in the 60 and lead her team to a 4×400-meter relay crown for a total of 27½ team points.

TFRRS Report

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

OUTDOOR: At the Texas Relays, Okagbare stole the show, notching a collegiate-leading mark of 22-7 (6.88m) in the long jump and adding a title in the 100-meter dash with an all-conditions collegiate-leader of 11.10 … history certainly could have been made at the UTEP Invitational on April 10, but a timing malfunction only allowed for a hand time of Okagbare’s 100-meter run that was on the stopwatch at 10.7h … Won Conference USA titles in the 100 meters and long jump and anchored the Miners’ 4×100-meter squad to a second-place showing.

INDOOR: Okagbare was the NCAA Indoor Champion in both the 60-meter dash and long jump … Okagbare matched former Texas great Marshevet Hooker (2006) as a sprint-jump double national champ … In the long jump, Okagbare topped the former championships record twice, leaping to 22-5¼ (6.84m) in the second round and followed with a 22-6½ (6.87m) mark in the third to win the event by seven inches … In the 60-meter dash, Okagbare clocked a 7.18 in the final to match her collegiate-best of the season set previously in the heats of the Conference USA Championships … At the conference championships, Okagbare claimed crowns in four events, adding titles in the 200 meters and triple jump to go with the 60 and long jump … Okagbare ended the season ranked among the collegiate top five in all four events and second in the world in the long jump … Among indoor collegians all-time, Okagbare ranks tied for second in the long jump.

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

OUTDOOR: Caputred another Pac-10 title in winning the heptathlon at the Pac-10 Championships with a score of 5,917 … In the week following, Theisen placed fourth in the open 100-meter hurdle event and second in the open high jump at the Pac-10 meet … Despite some windy conditions, Theisen scored an all-conditions collegiate leader of 5,942 in winning the heptathlon at the Texas Relays.

INDOOR: Theisen added the NCAA pentathlon title holder 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 personal 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.

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Kim Williams, Jr., Florida State,
Jumps, Kingston, Jamaica, Vere Technical

OUTDOOR: Recorded a collegiate-leading triple jump in winning the Seminole Invitational on April 10 with a mark of 44-4½ (13.52m) … winner of the triple jump at the ACC Championships with a heavily wind-aided mark of 44-2½ (13.47m) … notched season best of 20-3½ (6.18m) in the long jump at the Seminole Invite on May 8.

INDOOR: Williams notched her second-consecutive NCAA indoor triple jump title with a mark of 45-9¼ (13.95m) … Williams joined Yvette Bates of Southern California (1986-87-88), Leah Kirklin of Florida (1991-92), Telisa Young of Texas (1993-94) and Erica McClain of Stanford (2007-08) as two-time winners of the event … Williams also took fifth place in the long jump at the national championships … Earlier in the season, Williams notched a new collegiate-leading triple jump of 46-8¼ (14.24m) in winning the ACC title, a mark that placed her just two centimeters shy of the collegiate record held by Suzette Lee of LSU (46-9, 14.25m) … The mark also ended the season as the national-leading mark for Jamaica … Williams was runner-up at the ACC meet in the long jump and as well.

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

OUTDOOR: Helped the Lady Vols to a Penn Relays distance trifecta for the second-straight year, anchoring Tennessee’s 4×800-meter relay with a 2:00.89 split and the 4×1500-meter relay with a 4:17.3 split … Wright ran the 800-meter third leg in the DMR with a 2:02.12 split for the other relays title … also notched wins at the Florida State Relays 800 meters (2:05.98) and at the Florida Relays in the 1500 meters (4:18.29) … her 800-meter time this season is No. 2 on the 2010 outdoor collegiate list.

INDOOR: Wright claimed her first NCAA indoor 800-meter title with a run of 2:02.55, a day after guiding the Lady Vols to their third-straight NCAA crown in the distance medley relay … Wright has been a part of each of the DMR wins by Tennessee over the past three years (lead off twice, 800-meter leg in 2008), and lead off this year’s team to a 3:22.21 split and a two-second lead … Wright was the collegiate leader by a substancial margin for the entire season, starting with a 2:04.00 run in late January … Wright bested her that time twice, clocking a 2:02.84 at Texas A&M in mid-February and running her personal best of 2:01.47 in winning the SEC title for the second-straight time … Only Tennessee’s Nicole Cook (2:00.75) has had a faster indoor run among collegians all-time … Shortly after winning the SEC 800m crown, Wright lead-off her SEC Champ DMR team to a 3:29.58, 1200-meter split.

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NEW ORLEANS

Along with those promoted to the ten-member watch list – Josh Como of Cal State LA, Leford Green of Johnson C. Smith, Sam Humphreys of Texas A&M, Marcel Lomnicky of Virginia Tech, and Jake Winder of North Central (Ill.) – earned praise by the watch list committee in being added to the “also receiving mention” list.

This group of ten on The Bowerman Watch List is responsible for two world-leading marks, three American-leading marks, and ten collegiate-leading marks so far this outdoor season. In addition, Chelanga reset his own collegiate record in the 10,000 meters on May 1.

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 on Wednesday, May 19, following the collegiate regular season. 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 MEN

(updated, May 5, 2010, listed in alphabetical order)