Tennessee’s Jackie Areson Joins Women’s Bowerman Watch

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Tennessee’s Jackie Areson Joins Women’s Bowerman Watch

Lady Vol leads the nation in the 5000 meters, in top three in the 3k



March 3, 2011



NEW ORLEANS – Tennessee’s Jackie Areson was added to the women’s watch list for The Bowerman, the award’s watch list committee announced on Thursday. The Lady Vol currently leads the NCAA at 5000 meters and is among the nation’s top three performers in the 3k this season. Most recently at the SEC Indoor Championships, Areson won the 3000 meters and anchored the squad to a conference crown in the DMR.



Also being recognized for the first time this year in the “honorable mention” category is thrower Gwen Berry (Southern Illinois), sprinter Kimberlyn Duncan (LSU), thrower Holly Ozanich (UW Oshkosh), and distance runner Lucy Van Dalen (Stony Brook).



THE BOWERMAN OFFICIAL WATCH LIST, 2011 WOMEN

(updated March 3, 2011, listed in alphabetical order)



NAME
YEAR
SCHOOL
EVENTS
HOMETOWN

Jackie Areson
SR
Tennessee
Distance
Delray Beach, Fla.

Jessica Beard
SR
Texas A&M
Sprints
Euclid, Ohio

LaKya Brookins
SR
South Carolina
Sprints
Seneca, S.C.

Ti'erra Brown
SR
Miami (Fla.)
Hurdles
Hampton, Va.

Semoy Hackett
JR
LSU
Sprints
Scarborough, T.&T.

Sheila Reid
JR
Villanova
Distance
Newmarket, Ont.

Tina Sutej
JR
Arkansas
Pole Vault
Ljubljana, Slovenia

Jeneba Tarmoh
JR
Texas A&M
Sprints
San Jose, Calif.

Brianne Theisen
SR
Oregon
Combined Events
Humboldt, Sask.

Kim Williams
SR
Florida State
Jumps
Kingston, Jamaica




Jackie Areson, Tennessee

Senior, Distance, Delray Beach, Fla. (Atlantic Community HS)



IN 2011: Areson most recently brought two SEC titles to the Lady Vols in the 3000 meters and as anchor of the distance medley relay. The time of 11:05.37 turned in by the DMR team is among the nation’s top five this year. In addition, Areson is the national leader in the 5000 meters with a clocking of 15:39.81 which was captured in winning the event at the Flotrack Husky Classic by nearly five full seconds. Areson’s 3000-meter run in winning the Penn State National in 9:01.91 ranks third in the NCAA this year.





Jessica Beard, Texas A&M

Senior, Sprints, Euclid, Ohio (Euclid HS)



IN 2011: Beard won an unprecedented fourth-straight indoor Big 12 title at 400 meters this past weekend and did so in a collegiate-leading time of 51.68. Beard was named Big 12 Performer of the Year as she also scored second-place honors in the 200 meters at the conference meet and anchored the Aggies to a fifth-straight crown in the 4x400. Her season’s best 200 time of 22.95 ranks fourth in the NCAA. Beard is undefeated in the 400 meters this season.





LaKya Brookins, South Carolina

Senior, Sprints, Seneca, S.C. (Seneca HS)



IN 2011: Brookins has the nation’s leading time in the 60 meters with a 7.14 run captured in winning the SEC title in the event. All told, Brookins has won five-out-of-six finals at the distance this year and has clocked sub-7.20 performances on four occasions, including the last three. Brookins also won 60-meter titles at the Tyson Invitational, the New Balance Collegiate Invitational, and the Texas A&M Challenge.





Ti’erra Brown, Miami (Fla.)

Junior, Hurdles, Hampton, Va. (Hampton HS)



IN 2011: Known mostly for her 400-meter hurdle prowess, Brown has overall had a light indoor season. However, that doesn’t mean she hasn’t been competitive. Most recently at the ACC Indoor Championships, Brown placed second overall in the open 400, and won her section of the finals, in a time of 53.25. The time currently stands as the No. 16 time in the NCAA this year and is on the “bubble” to be selected for the NCAA Indoor Championships.





Semoy Hackett, LSU

Sprints, Scarborough, Trinidad & Tobago (Bishop’s HS/Lincoln (Mo.))



IN 2011: In her first season as a Division I participant, Hackett has achieved marks in the 60 and 200 that among the nation’s top five in both events. Her season best in the 200 meters of 22.84 is just off the 22.78 leader set by teammate Kimberlyn Duncan in winning the SEC title. In the 60, Hackett is tied with the fifth-best mark of the 2011season at 7.24. Hackett finished runner-up in the SEC in both the 60 and 200.





Sheila Reid, Villanova

Junior, Distance, Newmarket, Ontario



IN 2011: In one of the more impressive showings by anyone at a conference championship this year, Reid won three Big East titles this indoor season. Starting off, she was the winner of the 1000 meters in a very fast 2:43.70, was the third leg of the Wildcats’ winning DMR, and anchor of the squad’s 4x800 team that won a conference crown. Reid holds claim to the second best mark among collegians this year in the 3000 meters, having run 8:56.92 in competition against collegians. At the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston, Reid ran a would-be NCAA-leading mark in the mile with an impressive showing against a bevy of professionals in the event’s 3000-meter run. Reid would finish third in that event with a 4:35.30 clocking.





Tina Sutej, Arkansas

Junior, Pole Vault, Ljubljana, Slovenia (Gimnazija Bezigrad)



IN 2011: After having achieved the chance to break the collegiate record in her last four competitions, Sutej was relieved to finally break through with a clearance of 14-10¾ (4.54m) to reset the record in winning the SEC title in the event. Sutej broke the 2002 record of Amy Linnen Undoubtedly the most consistent in the vault this season, Sutej has cleared more than 14-6 (4.42m) four times this season and has won six-straight events.





Sutej is undefeated in four tries this season in the pole vault. Having twice cleared more than 14-6 (4.42m) so far in the 2011 seasons, Sutej most recently bettered her own collegiate-leading mark with a 14-7¼ (4.45m) clearance – also a Slovenian national record – in winning the New Balance Collegiate Invitational. Sutej has also attempted to break the collegiate indoor record in the event twice this year.







Jeneba Tarmoh, Texas A&M

Junior, Sprints, San Jose, Calif. (Mt. Pleasant HS/Tennessee)



IN 2011: Tarmoh has been busy to start the 2011 season. Including relays and all rounds, Tarmoh has contested 22 races in the 60, 200, and 4x400. Like Hackett, Tarmoh is also in the nation’s top five in the 60 (7.24, tied fifth) and 200 (22.88, third). Tarmoh was the Big 12 Champion in the 200 meters, runner-up in the 60, and helped the Aggies to another conference victory in the 4x400. Additional winning credits from 2011 include a victory in the 200 at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational and in the 60 at the Texas A&M Conference Challenge on January 15.





Brianne Theisen, Oregon

Senior, Combined Events, Humboldt, Saskatchewan (Humboldt Collegiate Institute)



IN 2011: Theisen has already claimed a collegiate-record to begin the 2011 season. On January 28 at the Washington Invitational, Theisen scored 4,507 points in the heptathlon to top the previous mark of 4,498 set by Arizona State’s Jacquelyn Johnson in 2008. With a high jump of 6-0 (1.83m) in the record-setting pentathlon, Theisen also ranks in seventh in the NCAA this season in that event. In addition, Theisen has won nine-straight combined-event competitions against collegiate competition with the win at the UW Invitational. At the MPSF Championships, Theisen sat out the pentathlon, but competed in four other events, including leading-off the Ducks 4x400 to victory, placing second in the high jump, and third in the 60-meter hurdles.





Kim Williams, Florida State

Senior, Jumps, Kingston, Jamaica (Vere Technical HS)



IN 2011: Netted impressive performances in both long and triple jumps at the ACC Championships. In becoming the first in ACC Championship history to win an event for a fourth time, Williams triple jumped to a collegiate-leading mark of 45-9¾ (13.96m). In addition, the previous day, Williams won the ACC long jump title with a leap of 21-6 (6.55m) – a performance that ranks No. 2 in the NCAA this year.





The Bowerman Advisory Board appointed four of its members to comprise The Bowerman Women’s Watch Committee and another four of its members to make up The Bowerman Men’s Watch Committee. The committee will release their next women’s update on Thursday, March 17. The three men and three women finalists will be named late June.



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ALSO RECEIVING MENTION (23)



NAME
YEAR
SCHOOL
EVENTS
HOMETOWN

Nia Ali
SR
Southern California
Combined Events
Philadelphia, Pa.

Marie Louise Asselin
SR
West Virginia
Distance
Sarnia, Ont.

Joanna Atkins
SR
Auburn
Sprints
Stone Mountain, Ga.

Brigetta Barrett
SO
Arizona
Jumps
Duncanville, Texas

Gwen Berry
SR
Southern Illinois
Throws
St. Louis, Mo.

Kimberlyn Duncan
SO
LSU
Sprints
Katy, Texas

Colleen Felix
JR
Georgia
Jumps
St. Andrews, Grenada

Sheniqua Ferguson
SR
Auburn
Sprints
Nassau, Bahamas

Melissa Gergel
SR
Oregon
Pole Vault
Glenwood, Ill.

Jordan Hasay
SO
Oregon
Sophomore
Arroyo Grande, Calif.

Amber Kaufman
SR
Hawai'i
Jumps
San Jose, Calif.

Liz Lawton
SR
Chicago
Distance
North Easton, Mass.

Chantel Malone
SR
Texas
Jumps/Sprints
Tortola, British V.I.

Gabby Mayo
JR
Texas A&M
Sprints/Hurdles
Raleigh, N.C.

Chaunte McMillan
SR
Nebraska
Combined Events
Rolla, Mo.

Lauryn Newson
JR
Oregon
Jumps
Richmond, Calif.

Holly Ozanich
SR
UW Oshkosh
Throws
Green Bay, Wis.

Ashton Purvis
FR
Miami (Fla.)
Sprints
Oakland, Calif.

Faith Sherrill
SR
Indiana
Throws
Ft. Wayne, Ind.

Karen Shump
SO
Oklahoma
Throws
Media, Pa.

Neely Spence
JR
Shippensburg
Distance
Shippensburg, Pa.

Kate Van Buskirk
SR
Duke
Mid-Distance
Brampton, Ont.

Lucy Van Dalen
SR
Stony Brook
Distance
Wanganui, N.Z.










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