NEW ORLEANS – Florida horizontal jumper
Yanis David became Florida's first women's finalist for The Bowerman, collegiate track and field's highest individual honor and the sport's equivalent to the Heisman Trophy, as announced Wednesday by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
The three women's finalists came from a list of 10 semifinalists, which were announced last week. Prior to David, the Gators' only other semifinalists for The Bowerman were
Kyra Jefferson (2017) and Mariam Kevkhisvili (2010).
The Bowerman will be presented during a formal ceremony at the annual USTFCCCA Coaches Convention. This year's presentation will be December 19 at the JW Marriott Orlando, Grand Lakes in Orlando, Fla. Joining David as finalists are Arkansas' Janeek Brown and LSU's Sha'Carri Richardson.
The USTFCCCA will name three men's finalists – a group likely to include Gators all-around standout
Grant Holloway – Thursday.
David, the USTFCCCA National Women's Indoor and Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year, won indoor triple jump and outdoor long jump national titles en route to a nation-leading 34 points at the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships. No other woman reached 29 points this year.
The Lamentin, Guadeloupe native also made history outdoors, as she became the first woman to crack the collegiate all-time top 10 list in both horizontal jumps.
Yanis David's Additional 2019 Achievements
- Posted the third-farthest triple jump mark and No. 2-ranked triple jump performance in collegiate history (14.35 meters / 47 feet, 1 inch) to win the SEC Outdoors title
- Tied the 10th-farthest long jump mark and tied the No. 7-ranked long jump performance in collegiate history (6.84 meters / 22 feet, 5.25 inches) to win the NCAA Outdoors title
- Also posted third-farthest long jump mark in NCAA Outdoors history, with only future Olympic gold medalists Sheila Echols (1987) and Brittney Reese (2008) jumping farther
- Seventh woman in NCAA Outdoors history to score 18-plus points in the horizontal jumps (won long jump, second in triple jump)
- Second woman in history to sweep the horizontal jumps titles at both SEC Indoor and Outdoor Championships in the same year, with the other being Gator Great Shara Proctor (2010)
- Posted four wind-legal triple jumps of 14-plus meters, a distance no other collegian reached this year
- Won NCAA Indoor Championships triple jump title by 20 centimeters
- Honda Sports Award winner (track and field)
- SEC Women's Indoor and Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year
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