The indoor track season is getting ready to pick up as the calendar turns to the new year. Yet, it’s never a bad time to look ahead at who could be some of the best individuals in the sport. Here are some way-too-early women’s Bowerman frontrunners that could lift the trophy in a little less than a year from now.
10 way-too-early women’s Bowerman frontrunners
Athletes are listed alphabetically by last name, not ranked.
Alia Armstrong | LSU
2023 was one of the best years women’s collegiate hurdling has ever seen and we saw some great races, including the outdoor SEC championship 100 hurdles where Alia Armstrong knocked off the collegiate record holder and eventual NCAA champion. Armstrong returns in 2024, now two years removed from her NCAA title in 2022. If Armstrong can continue to build on the excitement created by the hurdles last year and return atop the podium, she could be a Bowerman winner.
Lamara Distin | Texas A&M
Lamara Distin has won four of the last five high jump NCAA titles and sits fourth all-time in the high jump record books. If Distin can rediscover her winning way and finally break the long-attempted two-meter mark in the high jump, she’ll have a strong Bowerman…
