Florida track and field star [autotag]Jasmine Moore[/autotag] was named a finalist for The Bowerman, an award given to the top male and female collegiate athletes in her sport. The senior from Grand Prairie, Texas, put up a historic performance for the Gators last season, which landed her among the final three contestants.
Also named were the Texas Longhorns‘ Julian Alfred and Arkansas Razorbacks‘ Britton Wilson.
Moore is one of seven track and field athletes in the program’s history named a Bowerman Finalist and one of three times that a Florida women’s athlete has been named a finalist. Anna Hall was the most recent finalist in 2022, preceded by horizontal jump Yanis David in 2019.
On the men’s side, Christian Taylor was a finalist in 2011, followed by Tony McQuay (2012), Marquis Dendy (2015) and Grant Holloway (2018, 2019). Dendy brought home the trophy in 2015 while Holloway did the same in 2019.
The Bowerman presentation is set to be held on Dec. 14 in Denver, Colorado. and will be broadcast live on RunnerSpace.
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