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Florida’s Parker Valby a finalist for The Bowerman Award

Parker Valby could become the first-ever Gators woman to earn earn The Bowerman Award.

The United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced the three finalists for The Bowerman Award on Monday afternoon with Florida’s Parker Valby making the cut, joining Harvard’s Maia Ramsden and Oregon‘s Jaida Ross.

Valby is one of four women and eight Gator Track and Field athletes in the program’s history to be named a finalist for The Bowerman. Marquis Dendy (2015) and [autotag]Grant Holloway[/autotag] (2019) are the only two Gators to have won the award.

If Valby earns a third, she will be the first female in program history to do so as well.

THE BOWERMAN VOTING

Votes received from The Bowerman Voters for female candidates shall be tabulated as follows:

  1. Ballots: Each female Finalist shall receive 3 points for each “first choice” vote, 2 points for each “second choice” vote, and 1 point for each “third choice” vote.
  2. Fan Voting: The top female vote-getter in the Fan Voting for The Bowerman shall receive 3 points. The second-highest female vote-getter shall receive 2 points, and the third-highest female vote-getter shall receive 1 point.
  3. USTFCCCA Member Voting: The top female vote-getter in the USTFCCCA Member Voting for The Bowerman shall receive 3 points. The second-highest female vote-getter shall receive 2 points, and the female third-highest vote-getter shall receive 1 point.

DETERMINATION OF THE WINNER

The female Finalist with the highest point total after the tabulation of ballots, fan voting, and USTFCCCA member voting shall be declared the women’s winner of The Bowerman.

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Otabor named semifinalist for The Bowerman

Rhema Otabor was one of ten athletes across the NCAA named semifinalist for The 2024 Bowerman. 

A Nebraska track and field athlete has been named a semifinalist for one of the sport’s top awards. Rhema Otabor was one of ten athletes across the NCAA named semifinalist for The 2024 Bowerman.

The Bowerman, presented by the USTFCCA, is considered the highest accolade given to outstanding college male and female track and field athletes. For the second straight year, Otabor won the NCAA Javelin Championship.

Otabor is Nebraska’s first semifinalist for the award in program history. Three women and three men will be announced as finalists on June 24.

The Bowerman winners are announced on Dec. 19 at the USTFCCCA Convention in Orlando, Florida.

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Track and field star seeks Gators’ third-ever The Bowerman award

Florida track and field star Jasmine Moore was named one of three finalists for The Bowerman.

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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2023 Bowerman women’s finalists announced, including this Gator

The U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced on Monday its women’s finalists for The Bowerman award.

The U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced on Monday its women’s finalists for The Bowerman — collegiate track and field’s highest individual honor.

Julien Alfred (Texas Longhorns), Jasmine Moore (Florida Gators) and Britton Wilson (Arkansas Razorbacks) were the three chosen by The Bowerman Advisory Board as the most outstanding athletes in collegiate women’s track and field during the 2023 indoor and outdoor seasons. The trio combined for 10 NCAA titles — eight individual, two relay — plus a share of 12 collegiate records and 33 all-time top-10 performances in the collegiate record books.

Take a look below at what College Sports Wire’s Alex Sinatra had to say about Florida’s finalist.

This season, Moore swept the indoor long jump and triple jump titles at SEC and NCAA championships and set the indoor collegiate records in the long jump and triple jump at NCAA championships.

Moore also swept the SEC outdoor long jump and triple jump during the spring season. Moore won the outdoor triple jump and set an NCAA record. If Moore wins the award, she will be the first woman to win in Florida history.

According to the award’s website, the Bowerman Advisory Board is a panel of track and field experts from around the nation who select finalists based on performances recorded during the 2023 indoor and outdoor track and field seasons. Only performances from December 1, 2022, through the conclusion of the 2023 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Austin, Texas, were eligible for consideration. Voting for The Bowerman closes July 14.

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