University of Tennessee Athletics
Finalist Coleman Heads To Phoenix For 2017 Bowerman Presentation
December 11, 2017 | Track & Field
Tune in at 9 p.m. ET on Dec. 15 via Facebook live to watch presentation of The 2017 Bowerman
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee track legend and VFL Christian Coleman is one of three men's finalists for The 2017 Bowerman Award. Coleman and the Tennessee track and field coaching staff will be in Phoenix, Arizona, on Dec. 15 for the award presentation.
The 2017 presentation of The Bowerman starts at 9 p.m. ET and will feature a Facebook live broadcast at this link. ESPN's John Anderson and co-hosts Ryan Fenton and Queen Harrison will present collegiate track and field's most prestigious award to the most outstanding male and female athletes of 2017. FloTrack will also stream a Red Carpet Show starting at 8:20 p.m. ET.
Fans can also follow coverage of The Bowerman presentation on social media by following @Vol_Track on Twitter and Instagram or by checking in on Tennessee track and field's Facebook page: facebook.com/tenntrack.
Coleman and Texas A&M's Fred Kerley and Lindon Victor are the three male finalists. Arizona State's Maggie Ewen, Georgia's Keturah Orji and Oregon's Raevyn Rogers are the female finalists.
Coleman, who was also a finalist for the 2017 IAAF Rising Star Award and a nominee for the 2017 Jesse Owens Award, is just the second person to win the USTFCCCA National Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year and USTFCCCA National Indoor Track Athlete of the Year awards in the same season since the Bowerman Award was introduced in 2009. The other person to sweep the awards, Galen Rupp, won the Bowerman in 2009. Coleman became just the second person in NCAA history to win four sprint national championships in one year as he won the 60 meters and 200 meters during the indoor season and the 100 meters and 200 meters during the outdoor season. VFL Justin Gatlin, who accomplished the feat in 2002, is the only other person to complete the sprint double-double.
In 2017, Coleman ran eight sub-10 times in the 100 meters, including a NCAA-record 9.82. He clocked a 19.85 in the 200 meters in the NCAA East first round. He was named SEC Outdoor Men's Runner of the Year and he earned the 2017 SEC Commissioner's Trophy as the high point scorer at the SEC Championships. During the indoor season, he matched the collegiate record for the 60 meters, clocking a 6.45 at NCAA Championships in College Station, Texas.
In August, Coleman also earned silver in the men's 100 meters and the men's 4x100 at the London 2017 IAAF World Championships.
