NEW ORLEANS - On Wednesday, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced the ten women student-athletes that will be considered for The Bowerman in 2010 as chosen by The Bowerman Women’s Watch List Committee. The groups of 10 will be narrowed to three women by the ten-member Bowerman Advisory Board in the coming weeks. Lincoln’s Semoy Hackett again landed on the list and remains the only Division II athlete selected, just as she was during the preseason selection.
Hackett dominated the 2009-10 indoor and outdoor track seasons, collecting five more national championships and helped the Lady Blue Tigers claim their 10th overall national championship during the indoor season.
During the indoor season, she won NCAA titles in both the 60 and 200 in meet record time at the Division II Championships in Albuquerque, as she claimed the 60 with a time of 7.24 seconds to top the 2009 record of 7.29 set by Saint Augustine’s Barbara Pierre. She wasn’t done there, as she dominated the NCAA 200 in record fashion, coming across with a time of 23.32 to break the championship record by over two-tenths of a second (23.56). She was named the 2009 USTFCCCA South Central Region Indoor Women’s Track Athlete of the Year.
During the outdoor season at the NCAA Division II Championships, Hackett won the 100, 200, and 4×100-meter relay for the second straight year. In the 200, she set the NCAA Championships meet record and all-time Division II best in the process, as her time of 22.75 broke a 17-year-old standard set by Chandra Sturrup of Norfolk State, as among all collegians, Hackett finished the season among the top five. She won the NCAA 100-meter crown in 11.33 and ran as a member of the national champion 4×100 (44.73) on the second leg.
Hackett now has ten titles in just two years at Lincoln, as the Blue Tigers finished the 2009-10 season placing second at the outdoor championships.
The Board, chaired by Herman Frazier, Senior Associate Athletics Director for Sports Administration at Temple University, will release their selections on the week of July 12. The Board is vice chaired by Alfreeda Goff, Horizon League Senior Associate Commissioner.
Once the finalists are set, The Bowerman Voters, a group of around 100, consisting of national and regional media personnel, track & field statisticians, NCAA collegiate administrators, and Presidents of affiliated organizations will make their selections. Previous winners Galen Rupp and Jenny Barringer will also receive one vote. Once tabulations are calculated, award winners will be announced at the USTFCCCA Convention, held December 13-16 in San Antonio, Texas.
The other nine candidates are listed below:
Queen Harrison, Virginia Tech, Senior, Hurdles, Richmond, Va. (Hermitage HS)
Became the first female to win NCAA titles in the 100- and 400-meter hurdles in same season, also was 60m hurdle champ indoors
Kylie Hutson, Indiana State, Senior, Pole Vault, Terre Haute, Ind. (Terre Haute North HS)
Swept indoor and outdoor NCAA pole vault crowns, was undefeated in collegiate competition, and set outdoor NCAA meet record
Mariam Kevkhishvili, Florida, Senior, Throws, Tbilisi, Georgia (Varketili Secondary)
Swept indoor and outdoor NCAA shot put titles, was undefeated in 2010, and claimed marks of over 60 feet four times
Lisa Koll, Iowa State, Senior, Distance, Fort Dodge, Iowa (Fort Dodge HS)
Won NCAA 5k/10k titles outdoors and was 5k champion indoors and notched new collegiate record in 10k at 31:18.07
Porscha Lucas, Texas A&M, Senior, Sprints, Plano, Texas (Plano HS)
NCAA outdoor 200-meter 4×100 champ, second nationally at 100m, second leg of undefeated 4×100-meter squad
Francena McCorory, Hampton, Junior, Sprints, Hampton, Va. (Bethel HS)
Claimed both indoor and outdoor 400-meter titles, won indoor title in American Record 50.54
Blessing Okagbare, UTEP, Senior, Sprints/Jumps, Umuahi, Nigeria (Delta State)
First ever to win both 100m and long jump titles in single NCAA meet, also was NCAA indoor champ at 60m and long jump
Brianne Theisen, Oregon, Junior, Combined Events, Humboldt, Saskatchewan (Humboldt Collegiate Institute)
Was the NCAA champ in the pentathlon indoors and heptathlon outdoors, also led off Ducks’ 4×400 that won NCAA crown
Phoebe Wright, Tennessee, Senior, Mid-Distance, Signal Mountain, Tenn. (Red Bank HS)
Swept 800m NCAA crowns, led off DMR to NCAA indoor title, undefeated at 800m, member of three Penn Relays champ teams