Seven from SEC named to Bowerman watch list

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (March 23, 2023)—–Seven Southeastern Conference men’s track and field athletes were named to the updated watch list for The Bowerman, it was announced Friday by the US Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

Named to the SEC’s watch list are LSU’s Sean Burrell, Georgia’s Kyle Garland and Elija Godwin, Tennessee’s Dylan Jacobs and Arkansas’ Ayden Owens-Delerme, Jaydon Hibbert and Carey McLeod.

Georgia’s Matthew Boling, Mississippi State’s Cameron Crump and South Carolina’s Anass Essayi were listed among the other athletes who also received votes.

Six SEC athletes were named to the updated women’s Bowerman watch list on Wednesday.

The Bowerman is the highest honor given to the most outstanding athlete in track and field of the year. SEC women’s athletes have won Bowerman each of the last four times the award has been awarded: Georgia’s Keturah Orji in 2018, LSU’s Sha’Carri Richardson in 2019, Texas A&M’s Athing Mu in 2021 and Kentucky’s Abby Steiner in 2022.

SEC male athletes have won the Bowerman in the past six to eight years when the award was presented: Texas A&M’s Deon Lendore in 2014, Florida’s Marquis Dendy in 2015, Arkansas’ Jarrion Lawson in 2016, Tennessee’s Christian Coleman in 2017, Florida’s Grant Holloway in 2019 and LSU’s JuVaughn Harrison in 2021.

Bowerman will be presented in December at the annual USTFCCCA Convention to be held in Aurora, Colo.