Grant Holloway was one of two freshmen to win a title at last weekend's NCAA Indoor Championships.
Bates, Holloway Remain on The Bowerman Watch List
Thursday, March 16, 2017 | Track and Field
KeAndre Bates and Grant Holloway both won individual titles last weekend at NCAA Indoor Championships
NEW ORLEANS – Florida jumper KeAndre Bates as well as hurdler, jumper, and sprinter Grant Holloway were both named to the post-NCAA Indoor Championships edition of The Bowerman Men's Watch List, the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced Thursday (March 16).
This is Holloway's third consecutive appearance, and Bates' second in a row.
The Bowerman Award is presented annually to the most outstanding male and female collegiate track and field athletes in the nation. It is the sport's equivalent of the Heisman Trophy. A list of 10 semifinalists will be revealed after June's NCAA Outdoor Championships, followed by the announcement of three finalists roughly two weeks later.
GATORS' THE BOWERMAN MEN'S WATCH LIST HISTORICAL NOTES
Here is a look at what kept Bates on the list for a second consecutive release:
And here is a look at what allowed Holloway, the SEC Indoor Freshman Runner of the Year, to stay on the list a third straight time:
The Gators' distance corps opens their outdoor season at this weekend's Black & Gold Challenge in Orlando, while the majority of the team will begin their campaigns at next Saturday's (March 25) Hurricane Collegiate Invitational.
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This is Holloway's third consecutive appearance, and Bates' second in a row.
The Bowerman Award is presented annually to the most outstanding male and female collegiate track and field athletes in the nation. It is the sport's equivalent of the Heisman Trophy. A list of 10 semifinalists will be revealed after June's NCAA Outdoor Championships, followed by the announcement of three finalists roughly two weeks later.
GATORS' THE BOWERMAN MEN'S WATCH LIST HISTORICAL NOTES
- 13 Gators have appeared on The Bowerman Watch List since its inception in 2010, more than any program in the nation
- Only Texas A&M (10) can claim more than six
- Florida's 83 total watch list appearances lead all programs, and are 30 more appearances than the next-closest program, Oregon, which is the only other program with more than 36 total appearances
Here is a look at what kept Bates on the list for a second consecutive release:
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— Gators T & F and XC (@GatorsTF) March 14, 2017
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- USTFCCCA National Indoor Field Athlete of the Year
- SEC Indoor Field Athlete of the Year
- Fourth Division I man since 2006 to log top-2 finishes in both horizontal jumps at NCAA Indoor Championships
- NCAA long jump champion—third title in school history (Marquis Dendy, 2013, 2015)
- 11th man in history to sweep indoor SEC long jump and triple jump titles
- 11th man in school history to win the Cliff Harper Trophy (SEC Indoors individual high point scorer)
- Owned four of the 10 farthest long jump marks for the indoor season
- Boasted three of the 10 farthest triple jump marks for the indoor season
- Posted No. 4-ranked triple jump mark on UF's All-Time Indoor Top 10 (16.81 meters / 55 feet, 2 inches)
- Tied No. 4-ranked long jump mark on UF's All-Time Indoor Top 10 (8.04 meters / 26 feet, 4.5 inches)
And here is a look at what allowed Holloway, the SEC Indoor Freshman Runner of the Year, to stay on the list a third straight time:
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— Gators T & F and XC (@GatorsTF) March 15, 2017
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- Second freshman since 1999 to win the NCAA 60-meter hurdles title—Omar McLeod, Arkansas (2014)
- Holloway was one of two Division I freshmen to win an individual national title this year
- Won the second 60 hurdles national title in school history—Eddie Lovett (2013)
- Ran a 44.81-second split, the fastest by any man in the competition, for UF's NCAA runner-up 4x400 relay—which ran the 11th-fastest time in collegiate history and No. 4-ranked time in school history (3:03.52)
- Second freshman since 2000 to win the SEC 60 hurdles title—Lovett (2011)
- First man since at least 2001 to score in both the 60 hurdles and long jump (fifth place) at SEC Indoors
- Ran a sub-45-second split for UF's SEC runner-up 4x400 relay—which clocked the second-fastest oversized track time in collegiate history and broke the school record (3:02.73)
- Joined three-time world indoor heptathlon champion and two-time Olympic decathlon gold medalist Ashton Eaton as the only other man in the world since 1999 to indoor long jump 8.05-plus meters and break 7.75 seconds in the 60 hurdles
- Tied the second-fastest time by a Division I true freshman since 2002 in the 60 hurdles (7.58)
- Only Arkansas' Omar McLeod, the collegiate record holder, ran faster as a true freshman (7.57 and 7.58 at 2014 NCAA Indoors)
- Sixth Division I true freshman (and fourth Gators freshman) since 2002 to indoor long jump farther than 8.00 meters—boasts the fourth-longest jump in that group
The Gators' distance corps opens their outdoor season at this weekend's Black & Gold Challenge in Orlando, while the majority of the team will begin their campaigns at next Saturday's (March 25) Hurricane Collegiate Invitational.
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