Florida's Grant Holloway and LSU's Sha'Carri Richardson win the 2019 Bowerman Award...
ORLANDO, Florida--Junior Grant Holloway of the University of Florida and freshman Sha'Carri Richardson of LSU were named the winners of The Bowerman Award Thursday night at the JW Marriott Orlando, Grande Lakes in conjunction with the annual United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches (USTFCCCA) convention.
Holloway (left/photo by Paul Merca) won both the NCAA titles in the 60 hurdles and the 110 hurdles outdoors. He set the collegiate record in the 60 hurdles, running 7.35 in Birmingham, and won the outdoor title in Austin, running 12.98, breaking the collegiate record of 13.00 set in 1979 by Renaldo Nehemiah of Maryland.
During the indoor season, Holloway also won the NCAA title in the 60 meter dash, running 6.50. He also finished third in the long jump, and ran a leg on the Gators' 4 x 400 relay team that took third, giving the Gators 27.5 points, the second most in NCAA indoor championship history.
He was unbeaten indoors in the 60 hurdles, and only lost once to a collegian outdoors.
Holloway's 2019 season ended with him winning the 110 hurdles at the IAAF World Track & Field Championships in Doha, Qatar, where he ran 13.10.
Richardson (above/photo by Craig Macaluso, USTFCCCA) set a collegiate record in the 100, running 10.75 in the NCAA finals in Austin, and was second in the 200, running 22.17. Both marks were world U-20 records. She also ran on their 4 x 100 relay team that finished second.
The LSU freshman won SEC outdoor titles in the 100, 200 and as part of the Bayou Bengals' 4 x 100 meter relay team.
Richardson was the third freshman in NCAA history to win the 100 meters (USC's Angela Williams in 1999 & Oregon's Ariana Washington in 2016), and finished the season undefeated against collegians.
In her acceptance speech, Richardson mentioned that she used a sub-par performance at the 2018 Brooks PR meet in Seattle, where she finished fourth, as motivation for the 2019 season.
After the NCAA championships, both Richardson and Holloway turned pro.
The other Bowerman Award finalists were Mondo Duplantis of LSU, Divine Oduduru of Texas Tech, Yanis David of Florida, and Janeek Brown of Arkansas. All except Richardson competed at the world championships.
The Bowerman, which is named after former University of Oregon coach Bill Bowerman, is presented annually by the USTFCCCA to the most outstanding male and female NCAA track & field athletes in the nation.
NOTE: The USTFCCCA contributed to this report. Publisher Paul Merca is a national media voter of The Bowerman Award.
During the indoor season, Holloway also won the NCAA title in the 60 meter dash, running 6.50. He also finished third in the long jump, and ran a leg on the Gators' 4 x 400 relay team that took third, giving the Gators 27.5 points, the second most in NCAA indoor championship history.
He was unbeaten indoors in the 60 hurdles, and only lost once to a collegian outdoors.
Holloway's 2019 season ended with him winning the 110 hurdles at the IAAF World Track & Field Championships in Doha, Qatar, where he ran 13.10.
Richardson (above/photo by Craig Macaluso, USTFCCCA) set a collegiate record in the 100, running 10.75 in the NCAA finals in Austin, and was second in the 200, running 22.17. Both marks were world U-20 records. She also ran on their 4 x 100 relay team that finished second.
The LSU freshman won SEC outdoor titles in the 100, 200 and as part of the Bayou Bengals' 4 x 100 meter relay team.
Richardson was the third freshman in NCAA history to win the 100 meters (USC's Angela Williams in 1999 & Oregon's Ariana Washington in 2016), and finished the season undefeated against collegians.
In her acceptance speech, Richardson mentioned that she used a sub-par performance at the 2018 Brooks PR meet in Seattle, where she finished fourth, as motivation for the 2019 season.
After the NCAA championships, both Richardson and Holloway turned pro.
The other Bowerman Award finalists were Mondo Duplantis of LSU, Divine Oduduru of Texas Tech, Yanis David of Florida, and Janeek Brown of Arkansas. All except Richardson competed at the world championships.
The Bowerman, which is named after former University of Oregon coach Bill Bowerman, is presented annually by the USTFCCCA to the most outstanding male and female NCAA track & field athletes in the nation.
NOTE: The USTFCCCA contributed to this report. Publisher Paul Merca is a national media voter of The Bowerman Award.
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