Alabama’s Quanesha Burks Named to 2017 Bowerman Watch List
1/4/2017 2:38:00 PM | Track & Field, Cross Country
NEW ORLEANS - Alabama senior long jumper Quanesha Burks has earned a spot on the Preseason Women's Bowerman Award Watch List, the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced Wednesday afternoon. The Bowerman Trophy is collegiate track and field's highest individual honor.
This is Burks' third consecutive appearance on the Bowerman Watch List. Burks won the long jump at the 2015 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships and the 2016 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships, while finishing as the runner-up in the event at the 2016 outdoor championships. Burks also claimed long jump titles at the 2015 and 2016 SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships and the 2016 SEC Indoor Track & Field Championships.
Burks broke Alabama's 28-year-old school record in the outdoor long jump in 2015 with a leap of 21-9 (6.63 meters) at the John Jacobs Invitational in Norman, Okla. She has gone on to record the top-10 outdoor long jump marks in Crimson Tide history and owns nine of the top-10 indoor marks as well.
Joining Burks on the watch list are: Oregon's Raevyn Rogers, Deajah Stevens and Ariana Washington; Georgia's Keturah Orji and Kendell Williams; Kentucky's Jasmine Camacho-Quinn; Ole Miss' Raven Saunders; Notre Dame's Molly Seidel and Arkansas' Lexi Weeks.
Alabama opens the 2017 indoor season on Jan. 13-14 at the Vanderbilt Commodore Classic in Nashville, Tenn.
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