Alabama Track and Field Junior Shelby McEwen Once Again on The Bowerman Watch List
3/14/2019 4:12:00 PM | Track & Field, Cross Country
The Bowerman is collegiate track and field’s highest individual honor
NEW ORLEANS - Alabama junior Shelby McEwen has earned a spot on the men's The Bowerman watch list, the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced Thursday. The Bowerman is collegiate track and field's highest individual honor.
The Abbeville, Miss., native, posted the nation's top clearance in the high jump during the indoor season, going 7-7 (2.31 meters), before closing indoors by winning the NCAA high jump championship, with a leap of 7-6 (2.29m), giving him the top-two heights in 2019.Â
In addition to being a personal-best height, McEwen's 7-7 leap is also just three quarters of an inch off both the school and SEC record in the high jump and puts him more than an inch and a half ahead of his closest competitors nationally.
McEwen is also just a quarter of an inch from tying as the ninth best performer in collegiate history and three-quarters of an inch from fourth place. This past summer, he finished fifth in the high jump and was the No. 2 collegian at the USATF National Championships.
McEwen is one of 10 men from throughout the NCAA, including one of four from the SEC, to earn a place on The Bowerman's post-indoor watch list.
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