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Track & Field’s McKenzie Long Makes Final Bowerman Watch List
5/29/2024 | Track and Field
NEW ORLEANS – Ole Miss track & field All-American senior and current 200-meter world leader McKenzie Long has again appeared on The Bowerman 2024 Women's Watch List in an update released on Wednesday afternoon, the final Watch List before the semifinalist release following the upcoming NCAA Outdoor Championships.
The Bowerman – collegiate track & field's version of the Heisman Trophy – began in 2009 and is presented each year to the most outstanding male and female athletes in the nation. The trophy is named after famed Oregon head coach, Bill Bowerman.
This is the second consecutive appearance for Long, who two weeks ago became the third Rebel woman to ever make a Bowerman Watch List alongside NCAA Champion Shey Taiwo – who appeared twice during the 2022 season – and two-time Olympian Raven Saunders, who made 15 total appearances and was a Bowerman finalist in 2016 and a semifinalist in 2017.
Long recently put on a clinic at the NCAA East Regional, where she went 3-for-3 on national tickets in the 100-meter, 200-meter and 4x100-meter relay for the second straight season. Long was the top time qualifier in both the 100 and 200, running a wind-legal PR of 10.92 (+0.5) in the former and 22.10 (+0.5) in the latter – just mere hours after running the second leg of Ole Miss' relay that was the No. 2 qualifier at 42.72.
Long's 100-meter performance – which was just her third race of the season in the event – currently puts her No. 7 in the world and No. 4 in the United States this season, as well as No. 11 in collegiate history.
In the 200-meter dash, Long's SEC-winning 22.03 (+0.6) still reigns as the world lead, and she now owns the first and fourth-best 200-meter times in the world this season. Long is the lone runner worldwide in 2024 with wind-legal times at sub-11.00 and sub-22.10, and in collegiate history she is one of just four with multiple wind-legal 22.10's alongside LSU's Favour Ofili (4), Kentucky's Abby Steiner (4) and Texas' Julien Alfred (2).
At the conference meet, Long repeated as the SEC champion in the women's 200-meter dash at a world-leading and SEC meet record wind-legal PR of 22.03 (+0.6), which ranks her No. 5 in collegiate history and No. 22 in the history of the United States. Long was the first repeat champion in the SEC women's 200-meter since LSU's Kimberlyn Duncan, who won three in a row from 2011-13. In that same timespan, no school repeated as champion, let alone the same athlete. Long won by a margin of 0.08 over a stacked field that included three NCAA Champions from this past indoor season.
She also ran the second leg of Ole Miss' 4x100-meter relay that finished as SEC runners-up at 42.47, ranking the Rebels No. 7 in collegiate history and No. 4 all-time among SEC schools. This season, that ranks No. 3 in the NCAA and No. 8 in the world, and it dismantled the previous Ole Miss record of 43.31 set at Florida on April 13. In the combined history of the Ole Miss program, it tied for the best SEC 4x1 finish ever along with the 1984 men's silver medal team.
Long – a native of Ironton, Ohio – has established herself as one of the greatest sprinters in the history of Ole Miss track & field. Since transferring from NC State prior to the 2023 season, she has earned two NCAA runner-up honors in the 200-meter, five All-America awards, two SEC titles, six SEC medals, and has scored 23 career NCAA points and 47.5 points at the conference level. Additionally, two weeks ago Long was named the USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week – the first Rebel honoree during the outdoor season in Ole Miss history.
Academically, Long is currently working toward her master's in public health. She was a 2023 USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree, and this past indoor season was named the 2024 SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Award semifinalists will be announced on Tues., June 18, with finalists to be unveiled on Mon., June 24. The winners of The Bowerman will be announced in December at the USTFCCCA Coaches Convention.
Ole Miss is currently preparing for the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships, which this year returns to TrackTown USA at the University of Oregon's Hayward Field from June 5-8.
The Bowerman 2024
Women's Watch List – Update #7, May 29, 2024
JaMeesia Ford, South Carolina (Sprints)
Rachel Glenn, Arkansas (Hurdles/Jumps)
Jasmine Jones, Southern California (Sprints/Hurdles)
McKenzie Long, Ole Miss (Sprints)
Brianna Lyston, LSU (Sprints)
Nickisha Pryce, Arkansas (Sprints)
Maia Ramsden, Harvard (Mid-Distance/Distance)
Michaela Rose, LSU (Mid-Distance)
Jaida Ross, Oregon (Throws)
Parker Valby, Florida (Distance)
Also receiving votes:
Maribel Caicedo, Washington State (Hurdles)
Doris Lemngole, Alabama (Distance)
Hilda Olemomoi, Alabama (Distance)
Aliida van Daalen, Florida (Throws)
Collegiate Women's Outdoor 200-Meter • All-Time Top-10 (Wind-Legal)
1. Abby Steiner, Kentucky – 21.80 (+1.3) – June 11, 2022
2. Julien Alfred, Texas – 21.91 (+1.8) – April 14, 2023
3. Favour Ofili, LSU – 21.96 (+1.3) – April 15, 2022
4. Kyra Jefferson, Florida – 22.02 (+1.1) – June 10, 2017
5. McKenzie Long, Ole Miss – 22.03 (+0.6) – May 11, 2024
6. Dawn Sowell, LSU – 22.04a (+0.7) – June 2, 1989
7. Latasha Smith, UCF – 22.09 (+1.4) – May 12, 2023
7. Deajah Stevens, Oregon – 22.09 (+1.5) – May 14, 2017
9. JaMeesia Ford, South Carolina – 22.11 (+0.6) – May 11, 2024
10. Cambrea Sturgis, North Carolina A&T – 22.12 (+0.2) – June 12, 2021
Additional All-Conditions Bests (Over +2.0 Wind)
Julien Alfred, Texas – 21.73 (+2.5) – June 10, 2023
McKenzie Long, Ole Miss – 21.88 (+2.5) – June 10, 2023
Tamara Clark, Alabama – 21.89 (+4.1) – May 15, 2021
Shania Collins, Tennessee – 21.97 (+5.3) – May 25, 2018
2024 World Absolute 200-Meter Leaderboard (Wind-Legal)
1. McKenzie Long, United States – 22.03 (+0.6) – May 11
2. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, United States – 22.07 (-0.3) – May 18
3. Gabby Thomas, United States – 22.08 (+1.2) – March 30
4. JaMeesia Ford, United States – 22.11 (+0.6) – May 11
5. Julien Alfred, Saint Lucia – 22.16 – Feb. 2 (Indoor)
6. Thelma Davies, United States – 22.17 (+0.6) – May 11
7. Tamara Clark, United States – 22.21 (+1.2) – March 30
8. Kaila Jackson, United States – 22.28 (+0.1) – May 23
9. Dina Asher-Smith, United Kingdom – 22.29 (+1.7) – April 26
10. Brianna Lyston, Jamaica – 22.31 (-1.0) – May 9
Additional All-Conditions Bests (Over +2.0 Wind)
Jadyn Mays, United States – 22.13 (+2.7) – May 25
McKenzie Long, United States – 22.18 (+4.1) – April 12
Dejanea Oakley, Jamaica – 22.32 (+2.3) – May 25
Brianna Lyston, Jamaica – 22.35 (+2.8) – April 20
Adriana Tatum, United States – 22.36 (+2.3) – May 25
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, United States – 22.38 (+2.9) – May 4
2024 World Absolute 100-Meter Leaderboard (Wind-Legal)
1. Jacious Sears, United States – 10.77 (+1.6) – April 13
2. Sha'Carri Richardson, United States – 10.83 (+1.5) – May 25
3. Aleia Hobbs, United States – 10.88 (+0.5) – April 20
3. Rosemary Chukwuma, Nigeria – 10.88 (+1.2) – May 25
5. Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith, Ivory Coast – 10.91 (+1.1) – May 11
5. Brianna Lyston, Jamaica – 10.91 (+0.3) – May 11
7. McKenzie Long, United States – 10.92 (+0.5) – May 15
8. Gina Mariam Bass Bittaye, Gambia – 10.93 (+0.5) – May 18
8. Julien Alfred, Saint Lucia – 10.93 (+1.5) – May 25
McKenzie Long – Sub-23.00 200-Meter Times as a Rebel
21.88 (+2.5) – June 10, 2023 (NCAA Outdoor Final) – All-Conditions PR
22.03 (+0.6) – May 11, 2024 (SEC Outdoor Final) – Wind-Legal PR, No. 5 Collegiate History
22.10 (+0.5) – May 25, 2024 (NCAA East Quarters)
22.13 (+2.9) – May 25, 2023 (NCAA East First Round)
22.18 (+4.1) – April 12, 2024 (Tom Jones Memorial)
22.21 (+2.2) – April 27, 2024 (LSU Invite)
22.31 (+1.8) – April 14, 2023 (Tom Jones Memorial)
22.37 (+0.6) – May 9, 2024 (SEC Outdoor Prelims)
22.38 (+0.9) – June 8, 2023 (NCAA Outdoor Semifinals)
22.39 (+0.0) – May 13, 2023 (SEC Outdoor Final)
22.46 (+2.8) – May 27, 2023 (NCAA East Quarters)
22.48 – March 10, 2023 (NCAA Indoor Semifinals) – Indoor PR
22.51 – March 9, 2024 (NCAA Indoor Final)
22.54 – March 11, 2023 (NCAA Indoor Final)
22.59 (+0.9) – May 23, 2024 (NCAA East First Round)
22.60 – March 8, 2024 (NCAA Indoor Semifinals)
22.60 – Feb. 24, 2024 (SEC Indoor Final)
22.61 (-0.2) – July 9, 2023 (U.S. Outdoor Semifinal)
22.67 – Feb. 25, 2023 (SEC Indoor Final)
22.73 – Feb. 23, 2024 (SEC Indoor Prelims)
22.75 (+2.0) – July 8, 2023 (U.S. Outdoor First Round)
22.82 (-1.9) – May 11, 2023 (SEC Outdoor Prelims)
ABOUT THE BOWERMAN
The Bowerman, which debuted in 2009 and 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.
Past winners also include two-time Olympic decathlon gold medalist and five-time World Champion Ashton Eaton (2010), 2016 Olympic gold medalist and 2013 100-meter hurdles World Champion Brianna Rollins (2013), three-time World Champion 110-meter/60-meter hurdler Grant Holloway (2019) and 2021 Olympic and 2022 World Championships 800-meter gold medalist Athing Mu (2021).
Bill Bowerman served the sport of track and field in numerous ways. His leadership as president of the USTFCCCA's predecessor organization, the National Collegiate Track Coaches Association, and his contributions to NCAA track and field and the running community as a whole are among his many lasting legacies.
For more information on The Bowerman, the award, the trophy and Bill Bowerman himself, visit TheBowerman.org.
The Bowerman – collegiate track & field's version of the Heisman Trophy – began in 2009 and is presented each year to the most outstanding male and female athletes in the nation. The trophy is named after famed Oregon head coach, Bill Bowerman.
This is the second consecutive appearance for Long, who two weeks ago became the third Rebel woman to ever make a Bowerman Watch List alongside NCAA Champion Shey Taiwo – who appeared twice during the 2022 season – and two-time Olympian Raven Saunders, who made 15 total appearances and was a Bowerman finalist in 2016 and a semifinalist in 2017.
Long recently put on a clinic at the NCAA East Regional, where she went 3-for-3 on national tickets in the 100-meter, 200-meter and 4x100-meter relay for the second straight season. Long was the top time qualifier in both the 100 and 200, running a wind-legal PR of 10.92 (+0.5) in the former and 22.10 (+0.5) in the latter – just mere hours after running the second leg of Ole Miss' relay that was the No. 2 qualifier at 42.72.
Long's 100-meter performance – which was just her third race of the season in the event – currently puts her No. 7 in the world and No. 4 in the United States this season, as well as No. 11 in collegiate history.
In the 200-meter dash, Long's SEC-winning 22.03 (+0.6) still reigns as the world lead, and she now owns the first and fourth-best 200-meter times in the world this season. Long is the lone runner worldwide in 2024 with wind-legal times at sub-11.00 and sub-22.10, and in collegiate history she is one of just four with multiple wind-legal 22.10's alongside LSU's Favour Ofili (4), Kentucky's Abby Steiner (4) and Texas' Julien Alfred (2).
At the conference meet, Long repeated as the SEC champion in the women's 200-meter dash at a world-leading and SEC meet record wind-legal PR of 22.03 (+0.6), which ranks her No. 5 in collegiate history and No. 22 in the history of the United States. Long was the first repeat champion in the SEC women's 200-meter since LSU's Kimberlyn Duncan, who won three in a row from 2011-13. In that same timespan, no school repeated as champion, let alone the same athlete. Long won by a margin of 0.08 over a stacked field that included three NCAA Champions from this past indoor season.
She also ran the second leg of Ole Miss' 4x100-meter relay that finished as SEC runners-up at 42.47, ranking the Rebels No. 7 in collegiate history and No. 4 all-time among SEC schools. This season, that ranks No. 3 in the NCAA and No. 8 in the world, and it dismantled the previous Ole Miss record of 43.31 set at Florida on April 13. In the combined history of the Ole Miss program, it tied for the best SEC 4x1 finish ever along with the 1984 men's silver medal team.
Long – a native of Ironton, Ohio – has established herself as one of the greatest sprinters in the history of Ole Miss track & field. Since transferring from NC State prior to the 2023 season, she has earned two NCAA runner-up honors in the 200-meter, five All-America awards, two SEC titles, six SEC medals, and has scored 23 career NCAA points and 47.5 points at the conference level. Additionally, two weeks ago Long was named the USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week – the first Rebel honoree during the outdoor season in Ole Miss history.
Academically, Long is currently working toward her master's in public health. She was a 2023 USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree, and this past indoor season was named the 2024 SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Award semifinalists will be announced on Tues., June 18, with finalists to be unveiled on Mon., June 24. The winners of The Bowerman will be announced in December at the USTFCCCA Coaches Convention.
Ole Miss is currently preparing for the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships, which this year returns to TrackTown USA at the University of Oregon's Hayward Field from June 5-8.
The Bowerman 2024
Women's Watch List – Update #7, May 29, 2024
JaMeesia Ford, South Carolina (Sprints)
Rachel Glenn, Arkansas (Hurdles/Jumps)
Jasmine Jones, Southern California (Sprints/Hurdles)
McKenzie Long, Ole Miss (Sprints)
Brianna Lyston, LSU (Sprints)
Nickisha Pryce, Arkansas (Sprints)
Maia Ramsden, Harvard (Mid-Distance/Distance)
Michaela Rose, LSU (Mid-Distance)
Jaida Ross, Oregon (Throws)
Parker Valby, Florida (Distance)
Also receiving votes:
Maribel Caicedo, Washington State (Hurdles)
Doris Lemngole, Alabama (Distance)
Hilda Olemomoi, Alabama (Distance)
Aliida van Daalen, Florida (Throws)
Collegiate Women's Outdoor 200-Meter • All-Time Top-10 (Wind-Legal)
1. Abby Steiner, Kentucky – 21.80 (+1.3) – June 11, 2022
2. Julien Alfred, Texas – 21.91 (+1.8) – April 14, 2023
3. Favour Ofili, LSU – 21.96 (+1.3) – April 15, 2022
4. Kyra Jefferson, Florida – 22.02 (+1.1) – June 10, 2017
5. McKenzie Long, Ole Miss – 22.03 (+0.6) – May 11, 2024
6. Dawn Sowell, LSU – 22.04a (+0.7) – June 2, 1989
7. Latasha Smith, UCF – 22.09 (+1.4) – May 12, 2023
7. Deajah Stevens, Oregon – 22.09 (+1.5) – May 14, 2017
9. JaMeesia Ford, South Carolina – 22.11 (+0.6) – May 11, 2024
10. Cambrea Sturgis, North Carolina A&T – 22.12 (+0.2) – June 12, 2021
Additional All-Conditions Bests (Over +2.0 Wind)
Julien Alfred, Texas – 21.73 (+2.5) – June 10, 2023
McKenzie Long, Ole Miss – 21.88 (+2.5) – June 10, 2023
Tamara Clark, Alabama – 21.89 (+4.1) – May 15, 2021
Shania Collins, Tennessee – 21.97 (+5.3) – May 25, 2018
2024 World Absolute 200-Meter Leaderboard (Wind-Legal)
1. McKenzie Long, United States – 22.03 (+0.6) – May 11
2. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, United States – 22.07 (-0.3) – May 18
3. Gabby Thomas, United States – 22.08 (+1.2) – March 30
4. JaMeesia Ford, United States – 22.11 (+0.6) – May 11
5. Julien Alfred, Saint Lucia – 22.16 – Feb. 2 (Indoor)
6. Thelma Davies, United States – 22.17 (+0.6) – May 11
7. Tamara Clark, United States – 22.21 (+1.2) – March 30
8. Kaila Jackson, United States – 22.28 (+0.1) – May 23
9. Dina Asher-Smith, United Kingdom – 22.29 (+1.7) – April 26
10. Brianna Lyston, Jamaica – 22.31 (-1.0) – May 9
Additional All-Conditions Bests (Over +2.0 Wind)
Jadyn Mays, United States – 22.13 (+2.7) – May 25
McKenzie Long, United States – 22.18 (+4.1) – April 12
Dejanea Oakley, Jamaica – 22.32 (+2.3) – May 25
Brianna Lyston, Jamaica – 22.35 (+2.8) – April 20
Adriana Tatum, United States – 22.36 (+2.3) – May 25
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, United States – 22.38 (+2.9) – May 4
2024 World Absolute 100-Meter Leaderboard (Wind-Legal)
1. Jacious Sears, United States – 10.77 (+1.6) – April 13
2. Sha'Carri Richardson, United States – 10.83 (+1.5) – May 25
3. Aleia Hobbs, United States – 10.88 (+0.5) – April 20
3. Rosemary Chukwuma, Nigeria – 10.88 (+1.2) – May 25
5. Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith, Ivory Coast – 10.91 (+1.1) – May 11
5. Brianna Lyston, Jamaica – 10.91 (+0.3) – May 11
7. McKenzie Long, United States – 10.92 (+0.5) – May 15
8. Gina Mariam Bass Bittaye, Gambia – 10.93 (+0.5) – May 18
8. Julien Alfred, Saint Lucia – 10.93 (+1.5) – May 25
McKenzie Long – Sub-23.00 200-Meter Times as a Rebel
21.88 (+2.5) – June 10, 2023 (NCAA Outdoor Final) – All-Conditions PR
22.03 (+0.6) – May 11, 2024 (SEC Outdoor Final) – Wind-Legal PR, No. 5 Collegiate History
22.10 (+0.5) – May 25, 2024 (NCAA East Quarters)
22.13 (+2.9) – May 25, 2023 (NCAA East First Round)
22.18 (+4.1) – April 12, 2024 (Tom Jones Memorial)
22.21 (+2.2) – April 27, 2024 (LSU Invite)
22.31 (+1.8) – April 14, 2023 (Tom Jones Memorial)
22.37 (+0.6) – May 9, 2024 (SEC Outdoor Prelims)
22.38 (+0.9) – June 8, 2023 (NCAA Outdoor Semifinals)
22.39 (+0.0) – May 13, 2023 (SEC Outdoor Final)
22.46 (+2.8) – May 27, 2023 (NCAA East Quarters)
22.48 – March 10, 2023 (NCAA Indoor Semifinals) – Indoor PR
22.51 – March 9, 2024 (NCAA Indoor Final)
22.54 – March 11, 2023 (NCAA Indoor Final)
22.59 (+0.9) – May 23, 2024 (NCAA East First Round)
22.60 – March 8, 2024 (NCAA Indoor Semifinals)
22.60 – Feb. 24, 2024 (SEC Indoor Final)
22.61 (-0.2) – July 9, 2023 (U.S. Outdoor Semifinal)
22.67 – Feb. 25, 2023 (SEC Indoor Final)
22.73 – Feb. 23, 2024 (SEC Indoor Prelims)
22.75 (+2.0) – July 8, 2023 (U.S. Outdoor First Round)
22.82 (-1.9) – May 11, 2023 (SEC Outdoor Prelims)
ABOUT THE BOWERMAN
The Bowerman, which debuted in 2009 and 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.
Past winners also include two-time Olympic decathlon gold medalist and five-time World Champion Ashton Eaton (2010), 2016 Olympic gold medalist and 2013 100-meter hurdles World Champion Brianna Rollins (2013), three-time World Champion 110-meter/60-meter hurdler Grant Holloway (2019) and 2021 Olympic and 2022 World Championships 800-meter gold medalist Athing Mu (2021).
Bill Bowerman served the sport of track and field in numerous ways. His leadership as president of the USTFCCCA's predecessor organization, the National Collegiate Track Coaches Association, and his contributions to NCAA track and field and the running community as a whole are among his many lasting legacies.
For more information on The Bowerman, the award, the trophy and Bill Bowerman himself, visit TheBowerman.org.
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