Tyra Gittens named to pre-NCAA Bowerman watch list
Texas A&M student Tyra Gittens -
TEXAS A&M University track and field athlete Tyra Gittens has been named to the pre-National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Bowerman watch list.
The Bowerman is an award presented annually by the US Track and Field Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) to the most outstanding male and female NCAA track and field athletes.
Gittens, who qualified to represent TT in the women’s long jump at the Tokyo Games, currently leads the US rankings in the heptathlon (6,418 points) and high jump (1.95 metres) and is also ranked number two in the long jump (6.96 metres).
The NAIA National Office announced its sixth National Athletes of the Week selections for the 2021 indoor track & field season on Wednesday.
Landon Miller of Indiana Wesleyan was named Men’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week after winning both the mile and 5000 in meet records times at the Crossroads League Indoor Championships this past weekend. Miller went 4:11.59 in the mile and hit 14:27.27 in the 5000.
Taylor Bottomley of Central Methodist (Mo.) was named Men’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week after winning both the shot put and weight throw at the Heart of America Athletic Conference Indoor Championships this past weekend. Bottomley hit 16.81m (55-2) in the shot put and 19.03m (62-5¼) in the weight throw.
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Chelsea Igberaese (left) and Kyle Mitchell (right)
For the third consecutive week, Liberty s Chelsea Igberaese has been honored as ASUN Conference Women s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week. Meanwhile, fellow thrower Kyle Mitchell was named ASUN Men s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week, the fifth ASUN weekly honor of his career.
A redshirt junior from Dacula, Ga., Igberaese was victorious in the women s weight throw at the Virginia Tech Challenge on Friday. Her winning mark of 65-1.5 outdistanced the runner-up by more than seven and a half feet as Igberaese picked up her third straight weight throw victory. She had four throws measured at more than 64 feet on the day.