Six SEC Athletes on Women's Bowerman Watch List

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (May 4, 2022)-----Six Southeastern Conference female track and field student-athletes were named to the updated watch list for The Bowerman, according to an announcement Wednesday by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).

Named to the watch list from the SEC were LSU's Alia Armstrong and Favour Ofili, Florida's Anna Hall, Jasmine Moore and Grace Stark and Kentucky's Abby Steiner.

In addition, both of the student-athletes listed as also receiving votes are from the SEC: Texas A&M teammates Lamara Distin and Charokee Young.

A total of 10 athletes were named to the watch list on Wednesday. The men's watch list will be announced Thursday.

The Bowerman is the highest honor bestowed to collegiate track and field's most outstanding athletes of the year. An SEC female athlete has won the Bowerman each of the last three times the award was presented: Georgia's Keturah Orji in 2018, LSU's Sha'Carri Richardson in 2019 and Texas A&M's Athing Mu in 2021.

The Bowerman will be presented in December at the annual USTFCCCA Convention to be held in Denver.