Bates (center back) and Holloway (center front) together during the long jump at the 2017 NCAA Outdoor Championships.
Bates, Holloway Remain on The Bowerman Watch List
Thursday, February 8, 2018 | Track and Field
KeAndre Bates and Grant Holloway both lead the nation in at least one event
NEW ORLEANS – Senior horizontal jumper KeAndre Bates and sophomore hurdler, jumper and sprinter Grant Holloway remained on the latest edition of The Bowerman Men's Watch List, as announced Thursday afternoon by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
Bates, a 2017 semifinalist for The Bowerman and the 2017 USTFCCCA National Indoor Field Athlete of the Year, is the only Division I man ranked in the top five nationally in both the long jump and triple jump this season.
The three-time national champion's season-best triple jump mark (16.48 meters / 54 feet, 1 inch) leads all of Division I by 15 centimeters. The El Paso, Texas native also ranks third nationally in the long jump at 7.88 meters (25 feet, 10.25 inches). Both those marks were set two weeks ago at the Razorback Invitational.
Bates entered the 2018 season coming off of the following highlights:
Holloway, also a 2017 semifinalist for The Bowerman, picked up right where he left off following his stellar freshman campaign. The two-time national champion leads the nation with the third-fastest 60-meter hurdles time in collegiate history (7.49 seconds), ranks second nationally in the long jump (7.97 meters / 26 feet, 1.75 inches), and ran second for the Gators' nation-leading 4x400 relay team—which ran the eighth-fastest time in collegiate history (3:03.49).
The Chesapeake, Va., native is the only man in collegiate history to crack the collegiate all-time top 10 in the 60 hurdles and with a 4x400 relay team. Holloway is also the only collegian in history to run 7.53 seconds or faster in the 60 hurdles and long jump at least 7.90 meters indoors. Wisconsin's Reggie Torian (1994-97) was the closest, touting collegiate PRs of 7.47 seconds and 7.89 meters.
Entering the season, Holloway and two-time Olympic decathlon gold medalist Ashton Eaton were the only men in the world since 1999 with indoor personal records below 7.75 seconds (60 hurdles) and of at least 8.05 meters (long jump). With his near-historic 60 hurdles run this year, Holloway is now the only man in the world since 1999 to break 7.50 seconds and long jump at least 8.05 meters indoors, the latter of which he did last season.
Here's a closer look at some of Holloway's other achievements from a year ago:
The Gators continue their 2018 season Friday and Saturday at Clemson's Tiger Paw Invitational and the Iowa State Classic.
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Bates, a 2017 semifinalist for The Bowerman and the 2017 USTFCCCA National Indoor Field Athlete of the Year, is the only Division I man ranked in the top five nationally in both the long jump and triple jump this season.
The three-time national champion's season-best triple jump mark (16.48 meters / 54 feet, 1 inch) leads all of Division I by 15 centimeters. The El Paso, Texas native also ranks third nationally in the long jump at 7.88 meters (25 feet, 10.25 inches). Both those marks were set two weeks ago at the Razorback Invitational.
Here's @ijump_524 throwing down that @NCAATrackField lead!
— Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF) January 27, 2018
16.48 meters / 54 feet, 1 inch ???? pic.twitter.com/n8x6MJ0AGc
Bates entered the 2018 season coming off of the following highlights:
- NCAA Titles: indoor long jump; outdoor long jump and triple jump
- SEC Titles: indoor long jump and triple jump; outdoor triple jump
- Seventh man in Division I history to sweep horizontal jumps at NCAA Outdoor Championships (11th all-time sweep)
- Eighth man in Division I history to post top-3 finishes in both horizontal jumps at consecutive NCAA Outdoor Championships
- Fourth Division I man since 2006 with top-2 finishes in both horizontal jumps at NCAA Indoor Championships
- 2017 SEC Indoor Field Athlete of the year
- 2017 Cliff Harper Trophy winner (individual high point scorer at SEC Indoor Championships)
- 2017 NCAA Indoor Championships runner-up (triple jump)
- 2017 SEC Outdoor Championships runner-up (long jump)
Holloway, also a 2017 semifinalist for The Bowerman, picked up right where he left off following his stellar freshman campaign. The two-time national champion leads the nation with the third-fastest 60-meter hurdles time in collegiate history (7.49 seconds), ranks second nationally in the long jump (7.97 meters / 26 feet, 1.75 inches), and ran second for the Gators' nation-leading 4x400 relay team—which ran the eighth-fastest time in collegiate history (3:03.49).
The Chesapeake, Va., native is the only man in collegiate history to crack the collegiate all-time top 10 in the 60 hurdles and with a 4x400 relay team. Holloway is also the only collegian in history to run 7.53 seconds or faster in the 60 hurdles and long jump at least 7.90 meters indoors. Wisconsin's Reggie Torian (1994-97) was the closest, touting collegiate PRs of 7.47 seconds and 7.89 meters.
Entering the season, Holloway and two-time Olympic decathlon gold medalist Ashton Eaton were the only men in the world since 1999 with indoor personal records below 7.75 seconds (60 hurdles) and of at least 8.05 meters (long jump). With his near-historic 60 hurdles run this year, Holloway is now the only man in the world since 1999 to break 7.50 seconds and long jump at least 8.05 meters indoors, the latter of which he did last season.
Here's a closer look at some of Holloway's other achievements from a year ago:
- NCAA Titles: 60-meter hurdles; 110-meter hurdles
- SEC Titles: 60-meter hurdles
- 2017 NCAA Outdoor Championships runner-up (long jump)
- Joined Ashton Eaton and Damian Warner as the only other man in the world since 1999 to wind-legally break 13.50 seconds (110 hurdles) and long jump over 8.00 meters in an outdoor season
- First man in Division I history to log top-2 finishes in both 110 hurdles and long jump at NCAA Outdoor Championships
- First freshman in Division I history to sweep indoor 60 hurdles and outdoor 110 hurdles NCAA titles
- Third freshman in Division I history to win the 110 hurdles NCAA title (Devon Allen, Oregon, 2014; Dedy Cooper, 1976, San Jose State)
- Second Division I freshman since at least 1999 to win the 60 hurdles NCAA title (Omar McLeod, Arkansas, 2014)
- Split 43.89 seconds anchoring Florida's 4x400 relay to the No. 10-ranked time in school history (3:02.16) and a fourth-place finish at NCAA Outdoors
- Split 44.81 seconds running second and helping the Gators to the 11th-fastest 4x400 relay time in collegiate history and a runner-up finish at NCAA Indoors
- 2017 SEC Indoor and Outdoor Freshman Runner of the Year
- 2017 SEC Outdoor Championships runner-up (110-meter hurdles)
- 2017 SEC Outdoor Championships bronze medalist (long jump)
The Gators continue their 2018 season Friday and Saturday at Clemson's Tiger Paw Invitational and the Iowa State Classic.
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JOIN THE CONVERSATION: #GoGators; #PushTheButton; #TheMissionContinues
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