Grant Holloway was a finalist and attended last year's presentation in San Antonio, Texas.
Holloway Named The Bowerman Finalist for Second Year in a Row
Thursday, June 20, 2019 | Track and Field
NEW ORLEANS – For a second consecutive year, Florida all-around standout Grant Holloway is a finalist for The Bowerman, collegiate track and field's highest individual honor and the sport's equivalent to the Heisman Trophy, as announced Thursday by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
Holloway, who was a finalist last year as well, is the fourth multi-time finalist in the award's history, joining him with Arizona's Lawi Lalang (2013-14), and Oregon's Ashton Eaton (2009-10) and Edward Cheserek (2014-16).
The Chesapeake, Va., native's record-breaking junior season has him in prime position to become Florida's second The Bowerman winner. Marquis Dendy captured the 2015 award, while Christian Taylor were finalists in 2011 and 2012, respectively.
Horizontal jumper Yanis David was named a women's finalist for The Bowerman Wednesday, giving Florida a men's and women's finalist for the first time in program history. Aside from the Gators and LSU this season, only three other years saw one school have a men's and women's finalist – Arizona (2013) and Oregon (2014, 2015).
The Bowerman will be presented during a formal ceremony at the annual USTFCCCA Coaches Convention. This year's presentation will be December 19 at the JW Marriott Orlando, Grand Lakes in Orlando, Fla. Joining Holloway as men's finalists are LSU's Mondo Duplantis and Texas Tech's Divine Oduduru.
Holloway, the USTFCCCA National Men's Indoor and Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year, won four individual national titles, set three collegiate records and an American record, and put his name all over the collegiate all-time top 10 lists.
Holloway won his third consecutive 110-meter hurdles national title in 12.98 seconds, breaking Renaldo Nehemiah's 40-year-old collegiate record of 13.00 seconds and tying Americans Mark Crear (1999) and Jason Richardson (2012) for the No. 18 ranking on the world all-time list. The victory also made Holloway the only collegian in history to sweep the indoor and outdoor high hurdles titles three consecutive years.
The same day, Holloway ran the third leg for Florida's collegiate record-breaking 4x100 relay team, which won the NCAA Outdoors title in 37.97 seconds. And he capped it all off with a 43.75-second split for Florida's 4x400 relay team, which finished second and tied the fourth-fastest time in collegiate history (2:59.60).
At the NCAA Indoor Championships, Holloway demolished his own collegiate record and broke a 32-year-old American record to win the 60-meter hurdles, crossing in 7.35 seconds. The time was the fourth-fastest in history and made him the No. 3 performer on the world all-time list.
Holloway also won the 60 meters title, beating fellow The Bowerman finalist Divine Oduduru and becoming the third man in Division I history to complete the straightaway sweep. Even more impressive, he did it with the fastest single-day combined time in the sport's history (13.85 seconds).
Grant Holloway's Additional 2019 Achievements
Fastest 60-meter Hurdles Times in Indoor Track and Field History
Fastest 110 Hurdles Times in the World Since 2016
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Holloway, who was a finalist last year as well, is the fourth multi-time finalist in the award's history, joining him with Arizona's Lawi Lalang (2013-14), and Oregon's Ashton Eaton (2009-10) and Edward Cheserek (2014-16).
The Chesapeake, Va., native's record-breaking junior season has him in prime position to become Florida's second The Bowerman winner. Marquis Dendy captured the 2015 award, while Christian Taylor were finalists in 2011 and 2012, respectively.
Everyone already knew. @thebowerman's just making it official.@Flaamingoo_ is one of 🔟 still in the mix for #NCAATF's highest individual honor.
— Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF) June 14, 2019
Here's a look back at 3⃣@NCAATrackField records and 4⃣ individual titles 📼⏪#GoGators 🐊 #LessSaid pic.twitter.com/YzhXyBbz2J
Horizontal jumper Yanis David was named a women's finalist for The Bowerman Wednesday, giving Florida a men's and women's finalist for the first time in program history. Aside from the Gators and LSU this season, only three other years saw one school have a men's and women's finalist – Arizona (2013) and Oregon (2014, 2015).
The Bowerman will be presented during a formal ceremony at the annual USTFCCCA Coaches Convention. This year's presentation will be December 19 at the JW Marriott Orlando, Grand Lakes in Orlando, Fla. Joining Holloway as men's finalists are LSU's Mondo Duplantis and Texas Tech's Divine Oduduru.
Holloway, the USTFCCCA National Men's Indoor and Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year, won four individual national titles, set three collegiate records and an American record, and put his name all over the collegiate all-time top 10 lists.
Holloway won his third consecutive 110-meter hurdles national title in 12.98 seconds, breaking Renaldo Nehemiah's 40-year-old collegiate record of 13.00 seconds and tying Americans Mark Crear (1999) and Jason Richardson (2012) for the No. 18 ranking on the world all-time list. The victory also made Holloway the only collegian in history to sweep the indoor and outdoor high hurdles titles three consecutive years.
*tips cap to @RenaldoNehemiah*
— Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF) June 8, 2019
1⃣2⃣.9⃣8⃣ 🗣️🗣️ @Flaamingoo_#GoGators 🐊 #LessSaid 🐊 #TheHolloWAYpic.twitter.com/fzv0vqZHM3
The same day, Holloway ran the third leg for Florida's collegiate record-breaking 4x100 relay team, which won the NCAA Outdoors title in 37.97 seconds. And he capped it all off with a 43.75-second split for Florida's 4x400 relay team, which finished second and tied the fourth-fastest time in collegiate history (2:59.60).
Sub-3⃣8⃣ moves 😎@RaymondEkevwo ➡️ @Hakimsanib ➡️ @Flaamingoo_ ➡️ @clarknation14#GoGators 🐊 #LessSaid 🐊 #TheHolloWAYpic.twitter.com/fwSxj7qI8c
— Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF) June 8, 2019
THIS is how you F I N I S H!!!
— Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF) June 8, 2019
2⃣:5⃣9⃣.6⃣0⃣ for a #Gators record
4⃣3⃣.7⃣ anchor and an all-out effort from @Flaamingoo_ to cap one of the greatest collegiate careers of all time 😭😭😭pic.twitter.com/bz3rprQAUl
At the NCAA Indoor Championships, Holloway demolished his own collegiate record and broke a 32-year-old American record to win the 60-meter hurdles, crossing in 7.35 seconds. The time was the fourth-fastest in history and made him the No. 3 performer on the world all-time list.
7⃣.3⃣5⃣
— Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF) March 9, 2019
AMERICAN RECORD, No. 3⃣ in 🌎HISTORY@Flaamingoo_ JUST WENT SUPER SAIYAN!pic.twitter.com/MavFylAlX2
Holloway also won the 60 meters title, beating fellow The Bowerman finalist Divine Oduduru and becoming the third man in Division I history to complete the straightaway sweep. Even more impressive, he did it with the fastest single-day combined time in the sport's history (13.85 seconds).
L E G E N D A R Y
— Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF) March 15, 2019
Relive one of the greatest performances in @NCAATrackField history, as @Flaamingoo_ scores 27.5 points and completes the straightaway sweep.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 #FBF pic.twitter.com/xeWddudLYJ
Grant Holloway's Additional 2019 Achievements
- Third man in the world to break 13.00 seconds in the 110-meter hurdles since the start of 2016 (Omar McLeod, Sergey Shubenkov)
- Scored second-most individual points in NCAA Indoor Championships history (27.5 – won 60 meters and 60-meter hurdles, third in long jump, third in 4x400 relay)
- Posted five 110 hurdles times that rank among the 11 fastest in collegiate history (12.98 / 13.07 / 13.10 / 13.12 / 13.16), as well as the world-leading time and five of the world's 10 fastest times this year
- Posted four of the six fastest 60 hurdles times in collegiate history (7.35 / 7.43 / 7.44 / 7.44 – fifth man in history to break 7.45 seconds four times in a season), as well as the world-leading time and seven of the world's 10 fastest times this year
- Joined South Carolina's Terrence Trammell (2000) and Tennessee's Willie Gault (1983) as the only men to sweep the 60 hurdles and 60 meters titles at NCAA Indoors (Gault did it in the 55-meter hurdles and 55 meters, the distance run prior to 1999)
- Only man in outdoor track and field history to break 13.10 seconds in the 110 hurdles and wind-legally long jump at least 8.00 meters, according to athlete bios maintained by the IAAF
- Joined Trammell and Great Britain's Colin Jackson as the only other men in indoor track and field history to break 7.40 seconds in the 60 hurdles and run 6.50 or faster in the 60 meters.
- Joined Leroy Burrell and Dwight Phillips as the only men in indoor track and field history to run 6.51 seconds or faster in the 60 and long jump at least 8.00 meters, a feat Holloway accomplished in less than 21 hours at January's Razorback Invitational
- Became No. 8 performer on the collegiate all-time top 10 in the 60 meters with a time equal to 10th-fastest in collegiate history (6.50 seconds – broke Jeff Demps' school record)
- Ran the third- and fourth-fastest 60 meters times in the world for 2019 (6.50 / 6.51)
- Broke Marquis Dendy's school record for career individual national titles (eight)
- Scored 28 individual points at SEC Indoor Championships (second man in history to win 60 meters and 60-meter hurdles; took second in long jump), breaking the previous meet record of 22.5
Fastest 60-meter Hurdles Times in Indoor Track and Field History
- Colin Jackson, Great Britain – 7.30 (March 6, 1994)
- Dayron Robles, Cuba – 7.33 (Feb. 8, 2008)
- Robles – 7.34 (2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships)
- Grant Holloway, Florida – 7.35 (2019 NCAA Indoor Championships)
- Greg Foster, United States (Jan. 16, 1987) / Jackson (Feb. 12, 1994) / Allen Johnson, United States (2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships) / Robles (Feb. 2, 2008) / Terrence Trammell, United States (2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships) – 7.36
Fastest 110 Hurdles Times in the World Since 2016
- McLeod – 12.90 (2017)
- Shubenkov – 12.92 (2018)
- Shubenkov – 12.95 (2018)
- McLeod – 12.96 (2017)
- Shubenkov – 12.97 (2018)
- Grant Holloway (2019) / McLeod (2016) – 12.98
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