Knight Stays on The Bowerman List
4/19/2018 4:31:00 PM | Track and Field
One-of-four athletes to make each of the five watch lists for The Bowerman, Justyn Knight continues to be one of the leading names in the hunt for track and field's most prestigious award.
The NCAA Champion in the 5000-meters and silver medalist in the 3000-meters at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships last month, Knight has proven to be the nation's top distance runner and once again is the lone distance competitor on the list.
The Bowerman is awarded each year to the top male collegiate athlete and to the top female collegiate athlete in the sport of NCAA track & field.
Florida's Grant Holloway, New Mexico's Josh Kerr – who Knight will race in Kerr's favorite 1500-meters this weekend, an event the Lobos' mid-distance star is the defending NCAA Champion in – and Texas A&M's Ioannis Kyriazis are the lone for runners to make each of the five watch lists thus far.
Georgia's Denzel Comenentia, Houston's Elijah Hall, Southeastern Louisana's Devin King, USC's Michael Norman and UTEP's Michael Saruni make up the six other athletes on the 10-man watch list.
Majoring in social work at the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, Knight enters the peak of his outdoor campaign looking for a third-straight season with an NCAA title after becoming the first Syracuse athlete to claim an individual cross country championship and winning the indoor 5000-meters as well.
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Knight, who easily won the 1500-meters at Bucknell last weekend, will take to the track to compete in a loaded 1500-meter field at the Bryan Clay Invitational on Friday night.
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The NCAA Champion in the 5000-meters and silver medalist in the 3000-meters at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships last month, Knight has proven to be the nation's top distance runner and once again is the lone distance competitor on the list.
The Bowerman is awarded each year to the top male collegiate athlete and to the top female collegiate athlete in the sport of NCAA track & field.
Florida's Grant Holloway, New Mexico's Josh Kerr – who Knight will race in Kerr's favorite 1500-meters this weekend, an event the Lobos' mid-distance star is the defending NCAA Champion in – and Texas A&M's Ioannis Kyriazis are the lone for runners to make each of the five watch lists thus far.
Georgia's Denzel Comenentia, Houston's Elijah Hall, Southeastern Louisana's Devin King, USC's Michael Norman and UTEP's Michael Saruni make up the six other athletes on the 10-man watch list.
Majoring in social work at the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, Knight enters the peak of his outdoor campaign looking for a third-straight season with an NCAA title after becoming the first Syracuse athlete to claim an individual cross country championship and winning the indoor 5000-meters as well.
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Knight, who easily won the 1500-meters at Bucknell last weekend, will take to the track to compete in a loaded 1500-meter field at the Bryan Clay Invitational on Friday night.
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