Tag: Bowerman Award

Jacious Sears named to Bowerman Award watch list

Tennessee sprinter named to Bowerman Award watch list.

Lady Vols’ senior sprinter Jacious Sears was named to the Bowerman Award women’s watch list by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

Sears, who made the women’s watch list for the first time in her career, is one of 10 athletes named for the Bowerman Award, which is the highest annual individual honor awarded by the USTFCCCA.

She posted the second highest time in NCAA history in the women’s 100-meter dash April 13 at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational.

Sears, who is the fourth Lady Vol to appear on the watch list for the Bowerman Award, posted the fastest world time of the 2024 outdoor season in the 100-meter dash when she recorded a mark of 10.77 seconds. Her time is just 0.02 seconds behind the the record time of 10.75 seconds, set by Sha’Carri Richardson in 2019.

Arkansas track and field’s Hibbert wins prestigious Bowerman Award

Jaydon Hibbert took home the most prestigious award a collegiate track and field athlete can win on Thursday night.

Jaydon Hibbert etched his name in the Arkansas track and field’s history books last night in Denver.

The freshman from Jamaica became the first freshman male and the youngest to ever win the Bowerman Award which goes to the top collegiate track & field athlete.

He is only the second Razorback to ever win it, joining Texarkana’s Jarrion Lawson who won it in 2016.

The award comes after Hibbert produced an undefeated collegiate season in the triple jump, including a sweep of the SEC and NCAA titles. He has also broken decades old collegiate and world U20 records while finishing the year as a track and field world leader.

Arkansas is the fourth school to have a pair of men’s winners, joining Florida State, Florida, and Oregon.