Gators Duo Remains on The Bowerman Watch List
Tuesday, June 4, 2019 | Track and Field
NEW ORLEANS – Florida horizontal jumper Yanis David, all-around standout Grant Holloway both appeared on The Bowerman Watch List for a second consecutive release, as announced by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Tuesday afternoon.
David makes her second straight Women's Watch List appearance following a pair of individual awards – Southeastern Conference Women's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year, and USTFCCCA South Region Women's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year.
The Lamentin, Guadeloupe native swept the horizontal jumps at last month's SEC Outdoor Championships. And the senior won the triple jump crown with the third-farthest jump in collegiate history (14.35 meters / 47 feet, 1 inch). David has four wind-legal jumps of 14 meters this outdoor season, while no other collegian has a wind-legal mark better than 13.77 meters.
She also posted the nation's No. 2-ranked long jump mark (6.65 meters / 21 feet, 10 inches) to win that league title by 12 centimeters.
Paired with her sweep of those titles at February's SEC Indoor Championships, David joined Gator Great and Olympian Shara Proctor (2010) as the only other woman in conference history to win all four horizontal jumps titles – indoor and outdoor long jump and triple jump – in the same year.
This past March, David won her first career national title, finishing 20 centimeters clear of the NCAA Indoor Championships triple jump silver medalist. That, along with a third-place finish in the long jump, earned David the USTFCCCA National Women's Indoor Field Athlete of the Year award.
Holloway is making a 16th consecutive Men's Watch List appearance. He ran three of the five fastest 110-meter hurdles times in collegiate history at SEC Outdoors and the NCAA East Preliminary.
The junior tied second-fastest time in collegiate history (13.07 seconds) to break his own SEC Outdoors record in the preliminary round. In the SEC final, Holloway clocked 13.12, now the fifth-fastest time in collegiate history, and finished behind Kentucky's Daniel Roberts, who tied the meet record of 13.07. The Chesapeake, Va., followed that up with the fourth-fastest time in collegiate history (13.10), which broke the NCAA Outdoor Championships record, since the East Preliminary is technically part of the national meet.
Holloway's top 110 hurdles time is tied for the world lead, and he also holds three of the top four, and six of the top 12 times in the world this year.
Holloway totaled 14 points at SEC Outdoors, as he helped Florida's 4x100 relay team to a silver medal, anchored the 4x400 relay team to a fifth-place finish, and took sixth in the long jump.
Paired with his season-best long jump mark of 8.00 meters, Holloway is the 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.
Holloway's Historic Indoor Season
This past March, Holloway was named USTFCCCA National Men's Indoor Track Athlete of the Year, joining Kerron Clement (2005), Marquis Dendy (2015), and KeAndre Bates (2017) as the only other Gators to garner national recognition from the USTFCCCA. Bates and Dendy were both USTFCCCA National Indoor Field Athlete of the Year, while Clement was the final USTFCCCA National Indoor Athlete of the Year.
Holloway turned in one of the most impressive seasons in indoor track and field history, capping an incredible three months with 27.5 individual points at NCAA Indoor Championships, just a half-point behind the meet record of 28, set by Oregon's Edward Cheserek in 2017.
The Chesapeake, Va., native became the third man in Division I history to complete the straightaway sweep (60 meters, 60-meter hurdles) at NCAA Indoors, and he did it with the fastest single-day combined time in the sport's history (13.85 seconds).
Holloway became the first man in history to win three 60 hurdles national titles, having won each of the last three and securing his latest victory in record-breaking fashion. His winning time of 7.35 seconds broke the American and collegiate records, in addition to being the fourth-fastest time in history and making him the No. 3 performer on the world all-time list.
Fastest 60-meter Hurdles Times in Indoor Track and Field History
Holloway became the fifth man in the sport's history—Jackson (1994-95), Johnson (1995), Anthony Jarrett (1995), Robles (2008)—to break 7.45 seconds at least four times in a season, doing so in four of his final five 60 hurdles races. The junior also finished the season holding 10 of the 17 fastest times in collegiate history, seven of which he ran this year.
Fastest 60-meter Hurdles Times in Collegiate History
Roughly 40 minutes after that record-setting performance, Holloway tied the 10th-fastest 60 meters time in collegiate history (6.50 seconds) to win another national title. It was also the third-fastest time in the world this season, broke his own school record of 6.51 he set in January, and tied the No. 8-ranked performer on the collegiate all-time top 10.
Fastest 60 meters Times in the World (2019 season)
Holloway also took third place in the long jump the night prior, finishing just two centimeters behind the national champion despite only taking three of a possible six jumps (he led until late in the fifth round of attempts). And to top it all off, he ran second for Florida's 4x400 relay team, which finished third overall.
Additional Notes and Achievements from Holloway's 2019 Season
The Gators begin the NCAA Outdoor Championships Wednesday afternoon.
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David makes her second straight Women's Watch List appearance following a pair of individual awards – Southeastern Conference Women's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year, and USTFCCCA South Region Women's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year.
👀👀👀👀👀👀
— Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF) May 16, 2019
Here's the #SECTF 🏆🏆 SWEEP that put @Yaniis_Dav on @thebowerman Watch List!#GoGators 🐊 #WeBelieve pic.twitter.com/3jr1OrN98Z
The Lamentin, Guadeloupe native swept the horizontal jumps at last month's SEC Outdoor Championships. And the senior won the triple jump crown with the third-farthest jump in collegiate history (14.35 meters / 47 feet, 1 inch). David has four wind-legal jumps of 14 meters this outdoor season, while no other collegian has a wind-legal mark better than 13.77 meters.
She also posted the nation's No. 2-ranked long jump mark (6.65 meters / 21 feet, 10 inches) to win that league title by 12 centimeters.
Paired with her sweep of those titles at February's SEC Indoor Championships, David joined Gator Great and Olympian Shara Proctor (2010) as the only other woman in conference history to win all four horizontal jumps titles – indoor and outdoor long jump and triple jump – in the same year.
This past March, David won her first career national title, finishing 20 centimeters clear of the NCAA Indoor Championships triple jump silver medalist. That, along with a third-place finish in the long jump, earned David the USTFCCCA National Women's Indoor Field Athlete of the Year award.
Holloway is making a 16th consecutive Men's Watch List appearance. He ran three of the five fastest 110-meter hurdles times in collegiate history at SEC Outdoors and the NCAA East Preliminary.
The junior tied second-fastest time in collegiate history (13.07 seconds) to break his own SEC Outdoors record in the preliminary round. In the SEC final, Holloway clocked 13.12, now the fifth-fastest time in collegiate history, and finished behind Kentucky's Daniel Roberts, who tied the meet record of 13.07. The Chesapeake, Va., followed that up with the fourth-fastest time in collegiate history (13.10), which broke the NCAA Outdoor Championships record, since the East Preliminary is technically part of the national meet.
1⃣3⃣.0⃣7⃣ 🔥🔥🔥🔥
— Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF) May 10, 2019
🐊 #SECTF Outdoors Record
🐊 🌎 Leader
🐊 John McDonnell Field Record@Flaamingoo_ just did all that in a PRELIM. LAWD 😨😨😱😱
📹: https://t.co/TKFpGe5eve pic.twitter.com/VtlFsNXHlD
Holloway's top 110 hurdles time is tied for the world lead, and he also holds three of the top four, and six of the top 12 times in the world this year.
Holloway totaled 14 points at SEC Outdoors, as he helped Florida's 4x100 relay team to a silver medal, anchored the 4x400 relay team to a fifth-place finish, and took sixth in the long jump.
Paired with his season-best long jump mark of 8.00 meters, Holloway is the 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.
Holloway's Historic Indoor Season
This past March, Holloway was named USTFCCCA National Men's Indoor Track Athlete of the Year, joining Kerron Clement (2005), Marquis Dendy (2015), and KeAndre Bates (2017) as the only other Gators to garner national recognition from the USTFCCCA. Bates and Dendy were both USTFCCCA National Indoor Field Athlete of the Year, while Clement was the final USTFCCCA National Indoor Athlete of the Year.
Holloway turned in one of the most impressive seasons in indoor track and field history, capping an incredible three months with 27.5 individual points at NCAA Indoor Championships, just a half-point behind the meet record of 28, set by Oregon's Edward Cheserek in 2017.
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
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
The Chesapeake, Va., native became the third man in Division I history to complete the straightaway sweep (60 meters, 60-meter hurdles) at NCAA Indoors, and he did it with the fastest single-day combined time in the sport's history (13.85 seconds).
That completes the best ever one-day 60m/60mH double in history.
— Jon Mulkeen (@Statman_Jon) March 9, 2019
The top four:
13.85 (6.50 / 7.35)@Flaamingoo_, Birmingham '19
13.88 (6.46 / 7.42)
Terrence Trammell, Fayetteville '03
13.95 (6.49 / 7.46)
Mark McCoy, Karlsruhe '93
14.06 (6.62 / 7.44)
Allen Johnson, Madrid '98
Holloway became the first man in history to win three 60 hurdles national titles, having won each of the last three and securing his latest victory in record-breaking fashion. His winning time of 7.35 seconds broke the American and collegiate records, in addition to being the fourth-fastest time in history and making him the No. 3 performer on the world all-time list.
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 – 7.36 (Jan. 16, 1987)
- Jackson – 7.36 (Feb. 12, 1994)
- Allen Johnson, United States – 7.36 (2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships)
- Robles – 7.36 (Feb. 2, 2008)
- Terrence Trammell, United States – 7.36 (2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships)
Holloway became the fifth man in the sport's history—Jackson (1994-95), Johnson (1995), Anthony Jarrett (1995), Robles (2008)—to break 7.45 seconds at least four times in a season, doing so in four of his final five 60 hurdles races. The junior also finished the season holding 10 of the 17 fastest times in collegiate history, seven of which he ran this year.
Fastest 60-meter Hurdles Times in Collegiate History
- Grant Holloway, Florida – 7.35 (2019 NCAA Indoor Championships)
- Daniel Roberts, Kentucky – 7.41 (2019 NCAA Indoor Championships
- Holloway – 7.42 (2018 Tiger Paw Invitational)
- Holloway – 7.43 (2019 Tyson Invitational)
- Holloway – 7.44 (2019 NCAA Indoor Championships)
- Holloway – 7.44 (2019 SEC Indoor Championships)
- Omar McLeod, Arkansas – 7.45 (2015 NCAA Indoor Championships)
Roughly 40 minutes after that record-setting performance, Holloway tied the 10th-fastest 60 meters time in collegiate history (6.50 seconds) to win another national title. It was also the third-fastest time in the world this season, broke his own school record of 6.51 he set in January, and tied the No. 8-ranked performer on the collegiate all-time top 10.
Fastest 60 meters Times in the World (2019 season)
- Bingtian Su, China – 6.47 (Feb. 16, 2019)
- Su – 6.49 (Feb. 20, 2019)
- Grant Holloway, Florida – 6.50 (2019 NCAA Indoor Championships)
- Holloway – 6.51 (2019 Razorback Invitational)
- Su – 6.52 (Feb. 13, 2019)
- Divine Oduduru, Texas Tech – 6.52 (2019 Big 12 Championships)
Holloway also took third place in the long jump the night prior, finishing just two centimeters behind the national champion despite only taking three of a possible six jumps (he led until late in the fifth round of attempts). And to top it all off, he ran second for Florida's 4x400 relay team, which finished third overall.
Additional Notes and Achievements from Holloway's 2019 Season
- 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).
- Joined Trammell (1999-2000) as the only other man in history to sweep the 60 meters and 60 hurdles at the SEC Indoor Championships.
- Scored 28 individual points at SEC Indoor Championships, breaking the previous meet record of 22.5.
- SEC Men's Indoor Runner of the Year
- USTFCCCA Men's Indoor South Region Track Athlete of the Year
- SEC Indoor Championships long jump silver medalist
- 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.
4⃣ Wins in 4 Races
— Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF) March 4, 2019
3⃣ Meet Records
2⃣8⃣ Points across 3 Events
And @Flaamingoo_ did it all in 24 hours. Here's an exclusive dive into a record-breaking #SECTF Indoors performance 📹 pic.twitter.com/Ux20q0sj4j
The Gators begin the NCAA Outdoor Championships Wednesday afternoon.
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