Vote for Syd The Kid: Fan Voting for The Bowerman Ends Thursday night.
fans can still vote for MclLaughlin
Fan voting for The Bowerman, collegiate track and field’s highest individual honor, is coming to an end.
To help push freshman sensation over the line in the fan voting, the UK track and field program is offering up sone cool giveaways to fans.
UK fans who vote for freshman sensation Sydney McLaughlin will be entered into a drawing to recieved signed “Syd the Kid” trading cards.
Fans need only screenshot or video their vote for McLaughlin by 10 p.m. ET tonight (Thursday) and post on social with the hashtag #SydTheKid4Bowerman to be entered into a drawing to receive a signed
Sydney McLaughlin freshman trading card.
Finalists for The Bowerman, Maggie Ewen, McLaughlin and Keturah Orji will assemble on Thursday, December 20, at the annual USTFCCCA Convention in San Antonio. One of them will take home the highest individual honor in collegiate track & field that same night following The Bowerman Presentation.
WINNER SELECTION PROCESS
The Bowerman Voters will receive ballots listing each of the finalists and must rank them by first, second and third choice. First-place votes will receive three points, second place will notch two, and third will receive one point. The finalist with the highest point total will be declared the winner.
The Bowerman Voters consist of:
The Bowerman Advisory Board (11 members)
Select media personnel, statisticians, and collegiate administrators
Galen Rupp, 2009 men’s winner of The Bowerman
Ashton Eaton, 2010 men’s winner of The Bowerman
Ngoni Makusha, 2011 men’s winner of The Bowerman
Cam Levins, 2012 men’s winner of The Bowerman
Derek Drouin, 2013 men’s winner of The Bowerman
Deon Lendore, 2014 men’s winner of The Bowerman
Marquis Dendy, 2015 men’s winner of The Bowerman
Jarrion Lawson, 2016 men’s winner of The Bowerman
Christian Coleman, 2017 men’s winner of The Bowerman
Jenny (Barringer) Simpson, 2009 women’s winner of The Bowerman
Queen Harrison, 2010 women’s winner of The Bowerman
Jessica Beard, 2011 women’s winner of The Bowerman
Kimberlyn Duncan, 2012 women’s winner of The Bowerman
Brianna Rollins, 2013 women’s winner of The Bowerman
Laura Roesler, 2014 women’s winner of The Bowerman
Jenna Prandini, 2015 women’s winner of The Bowerman
Courtney Okolo, 2016 women’s winner of The Bowerman
Raevyn Rogers, 2017 women’s winner of The Bowerman
Online voting by the public will constitute one collective vote (ranking of choices will be made by order of total single votes)
Online voting by USTFCCCA members will constitute one collective vote (ranking of choices will be made by order of total single votes)
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The Bowerman Advisory Board is an 11-person panel of track & field experts from around the nation who selected the finalists based on performances recorded during the 2018 indoor and outdoor track & field seasons. Only performances from Dec. 1, 2017 through the conclusion of the 2018 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon, were eligible for consideration.
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