By Chris Chavez
June 26, 2023
Texas’ Julien Alfred, Florida’s Jasmine Moore and Arkansas’ Britton Wilson were named the 2023 Bowerman Award women’s finalists, the USTFCCCA announced on Monday.
Here’s what you need to know about each:
Julien Alfred, Texas sprinter (Jr.)
– Julien Alfred went four-for-four in individual NCAA titles for the Longhorns. She won the women’s 60m and 200m indoors before taking the 100m and 200m outdoors.
– She broke the 60m indoor record five times until it settled at 6.94s when she won the indoor title in Albuquerque on March 11.
– Her 22.01 to win the NCAA Indoor title is the second-fastest indoor time in history behind Merlene Ottey’s 21.87 in 1993.
– She was part of Texas’ NCAA record-setting 4x100m squad that clocked a 41.55 at the NCAA Outdoor Championships semifinal. Texas broke the record three times this season.
– The wind pushed her to a 10.72s for 100m and 21.73s for 200m, which were both the fastest all-condition marks.
– Her 10.83 wind-legal 100m personal best from the NCAA West Regional on May 27th put her at No. 4 on the NCAA all-time list.
– Her 21.91 wind-legal 200m personal best from the Tom Jones Invitational in Florida on April 14th made her No. 2 on the NCAA all-time list.
– She now owns national records for St. Lucia in the 60m, 100m and 200m.
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Jasmine Moore, Florida jumper (Jr.)
– Jasmine Moore went three-for-four in individual NCAA titles for the Gators. She swept the long jump and triple back at the NCAA Indoor Championships for the second year in row. At the NCAA Outdoor Championships, she won the triple jump in a collegiate record.
– She won the NCAA Indoor long jump title with a 7.03m jump. She stunned many with her triple jump mark of 15.12m, which also broke the American record.
– Moore’s outdoor long jump personal best of 6.88m moved her to No. 10 on the all-time NCAA list.
– She jumped an outdoor collegiate record of 14.78m at the NCAA Outdoor Championships to defend her title from the previous year.
– Moore also finished third in the long jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a 6.66m jump.
Britton Wilson, Arkansas sprinter (Jr.)
– Britton Wilson won the NCAA indoor 400m title in an American record of 49.48s.
– Wilson broke the NCAA 400m record once indoors and three times outdoors.
– She broke 50 seconds for the 400m on six occasions during the outdoor season. She ran the NCAA outdoor record of 49.13 at the SEC Championships in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on May 13. The time puts her at No. 4 on the all-time U.S. list and the fastest American woman of the year for 400m.
– Wilson ran an NCAA indoor record of 1:25.16 for 600m on Jan. 13 on her home track in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
– Wilson clocked a season’s best of 53.23 to move to No. 3 on the NCAA all-time list for the 400m hurdles with her victory at the Tom Jones Invitational in Florida on April 14.
– Her 49.19s split on the Razorbacks’ 4x400m team at the NCAA Indoor Championships helped seal a team title.
– At the NCAA Outdoor Championships, she finished second in the 400m in 49.64s and seventh in the 400m hurdles in 55.92. Both finals were contested 25 minutes apart. Wilson was attempting to become the first athlete to win both events.
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How will the winner be decided?
As explained by the USTFCCA: “The Bowerman Voters will receive ballots listing each of the finalists and must rank them by first, second and third choice. First-place votes will receive three points, second place will notch two, and third will receive one point. The finalist with the highest point total will be declared the winner.”
The Bowerman Advisory Board, select media, statisticians and college administrators and past winners of the Bowerman award will vote on this year’s champion. The selection process will also take into account online voting from the public, which will constitute one collective vote. Online voting by USTFCCCA members will also constitute one collective vote.
When will we know the winner?
The winner will be announced on Dec. 14 at the USTCCCA Convention in Denver.
Chris Chavez
Chris Chavez launched CITIUS MAG in 2016 as a passion project while working full-time for Sports Illustrated. He covered the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and grew his humble blog into a multi-pronged media company. He completed all six World Marathon Majors and is an aspiring sub-five-minute miler.
