Grant Holloway became the second freshman since 2000 to win the SEC 60 hurdles title last weekend.
Bates Added to The Bowerman Watch List, Holloway Appears Again
Thursday, March 2, 2017 | Track and Field
Grant Holloway makes his second straight appearance, while KeAndre Bates becomes the 13th Gator to appear on the list
NEW ORLEANS – Florida jumper KeAndre Bates as well as hurdler, jumper, and sprinter Grant Holloway were named to the pre-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 2).
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.
Bates is the 13th man in school history to appear on The Bowerman Watch List. Only Texas A&M (10) can claim more than six. Bates' and Holloway's appearances are the 80th and 81st in history by Gators. Only Oregon (52) has more than 34 total appearances.
Here is a look at what elevated Bates onto the list after merely receiving votes in February:
And here is a look at some of the remarkable achievements that kept Holloway on a list a second straight time:
The Gators, whose men lead the nation with seven NCAA Indoor Championships entries ranked in the top three, will enter next week's national meet as one of the favorites to win the team title.
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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.
Bates is the 13th man in school history to appear on The Bowerman Watch List. Only Texas A&M (10) can claim more than six. Bates' and Holloway's appearances are the 80th and 81st in history by Gators. Only Oregon (52) has more than 34 total appearances.
Here is a look at what elevated Bates onto the list after merely receiving votes in February:
The Cliff Harper Trophy winner (individual high point scorer) @ijump_524 got some air time on @espn tonight ??#GoGators pic.twitter.com/Wjc9gkhGHg
— Gators T & F and XC (@GatorsTF) February 27, 2017
- 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)
- Only man in the nation ranked in the top 10 in both horizontal jumps
- No. 2-ranked triple jumper (16.81 meters / 55 feet, 2 inches)
- No. 3-ranked long jumper (8.04 meters / 26 feet, 4.5 inches)
- Second Division I man since 2006 to triple jump over 16.80 meters and long jump over 8.00 meters prior to NCAA Indoors—Marquis Dendy, Florida (2015)
- Posted No. 4-ranked triple jump mark on UF's All-Time Indoor Top 10
- Tied No. 4-ranked long jump mark on UF's All-Time Indoor Top 10
And here is a look at some of the remarkable achievements that kept Holloway on a list a second straight time:
? 60 hurdles ??
— Gators T & F and XC (@GatorsTF) February 27, 2017
? ?? Chomp on TV
? Shoutout to @Jill_Montgomery ????@Flaamingoo_ did it all this weekend #GoGators
(??: ESPN) pic.twitter.com/dEggD64Xih
- Second freshman since 2000 to win the SEC 60-meter hurdles title—Eddie Lovett, Florida (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 leg on UF's runner-up 4x400 relay team, which clocked the second-fastest oversized track time and third-fastest overall time in collegiate history at SEC Indoors (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), and the only freshman since 2002 to do it prior to NCAA Indoor Championships
- Only Arkansas' Omar McLeod, the collegiate record holder and 2016 world indoor champion, 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
- First man in history to break 32.81 in the 300 meters and 7.65 in the 60 hurdles
- Ran the third-fastest 300 meters time (32.80) by any man in history prior to turning 20 years old (per AllTime-Athletics), and third-fastest time in collegiate history
- Three-time Olympic gold medalist LaShawn Merritt (31.94 -- Feb. 10, 2006) and 2016 world junior 100 meters champion Noah Lyles (32.67 – Jan. 28, 2017) are the only others to run faster before turning 20
The Gators, whose men lead the nation with seven NCAA Indoor Championships entries ranked in the top three, will enter next week's national meet as one of the favorites to win the team title.
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