The Bowerman: Ready To Shine At Tokyo Olympic Games
The Tokyo Olympic Games might as well be called The Bowerman Reunion.
Nine past winners, five current finalists and 11 past finalists will compete across the 10-day track & field program, which begins Thursday, July 29, and goes through Saturday, August, 7.
The Bowerman History: Past Winners & Finalists (2009-2019)
Current Finalists For The Bowerman: Men | Women
That’s right: 25 athletes who have been associated with The Bowerman in some way over the past 13 years could establish themselves as the best in the world in the Land of the Rising Sun.
The Bowerman At The Olympic Games |
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Past Winners – 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games
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Name
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Program
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Country
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Event(s)
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Grant Holloway
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Florida
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United States
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110 Hurdles
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Michael Norman
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Southern California
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United States
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400 Meters
4×400 Relay |
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Marquis Dendy
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Florida
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United States
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Long Jump
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Deon Lendore
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Texas A&M
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Trinidad and Tobago
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400 Meters
4×400 Relay |
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Cam Levins
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Southern Utah
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Canada
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Marathon
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Galen Rupp
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Oregon
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United States
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Marathon
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Keturah Orji
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Georgia
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United States
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Triple Jump
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Raevyn Rogers
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Oregon
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United States
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800 Meters
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Jenna Prandini
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Oregon
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United States
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100 Meters
200 Meters 4×100 Relay |
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Current Finalists – 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games
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Name
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Program
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Country
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Event(s)
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JuVaughn Harrison
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LSU
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United States
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High Jump
Long Jump |
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Cole Hocker
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Oregon
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United States
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1500 Meters
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Tara Davis
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Texas
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United States
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Long Jump
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Tyra Gittens
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Texas A&M
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Trinidad and Tobago
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Long Jump
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Athing Mu
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Texas A&M
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United States
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800 Meters
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Past Finalists – 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games
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Name
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Program
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Country
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Event(s)
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Mondo Duplantis
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LSU
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Sweden
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Pole Vault
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Divine Oduduru
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Texas Tech
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Nigeria
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100 Meters
200 Meters |
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Yanis David
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Florida
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France
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Long Jump
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Rai Benjamin
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Southern California
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United States
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400 Hurdles
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Sydney McLaughlin
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Kentucky
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United States
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400 Hurdles
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Fred Kerley
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Texas A&M
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United States
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100 Meters
4×100 Relay |
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Lindon Victor
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Texas A&M
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Grenada
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Decathlon
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Raven Saunders
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Ole Miss
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United States
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Shot Put
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Keni Harrison
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Kentucky
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United States
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100 Hurdles
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Tina Sutej
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Arkansas
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Slovenia
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Pole Vault
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Blessing Okagbare
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UTEP
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Nigeria
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100 Meters
200 Meters 4×100 Relay |
Let’s take a closer look at that chart:
- Five of those athletes are either current world record holders in their respective events or extremely close: 2019 men’s finalist Mondo Duplantis in the pole vault (world record); 2018 women’s finalist Sydney McLaughlin in the 400 hurdles (world record); 2015 women’s finalist Keni Harrison in the 100 hurdles (world record); 2019 men’s winner Grant Holloway in the 110 hurdles (No. 2 all-time); 2018 men’s finalist Rai Benjamin in the 400 hurdles (No. 3 all-time)
- Four of those athletes are current world leaders in their respective events: 2021 women’s finalist Athing Mu in the 800 (1:56.07); 2019 men’s winner Grant Holloway in the 110 hurdles (12.81); 2019 men’s finalist Mondo Duplantis in the pole vault (6.10m); 2018 women’s finalist Sydney McLaughlin in the 400 hurdles (51.90)
- Three of those athletes have already won an Olympic medal: 2009 men’s winner Galen Rupp has both a silver (2012, 10,000 meters) and a bronze (2016, marathon); 2014 men’s winner Deon Lendore has two bronze from the 4×400 relay (2012, 2016); 2010 women’s finalist Blessing Okagbare has a bronze from the long jump in 2008
- Each of the past four finalist classes have at least four athletes competing in Tokyo
- 2021 (5 of 6): JuVaughn Harrison, Cole Hocker; Tara Davis, Tyra Gittens, Athing Mu
- 2019 (4 of 6): Grant Holloway (winner), Mondo Duplantis, Divine Oduduru; Yanis David
- 2018 (5 of 6): Michael Norman (winner), Rai Benjamin, Grant Holloway; Keturah Orji (winner), Sydney McLaughlin
- 2017 (4 of 6): Fred Kerley, Lindon Victor; Raevyn Rogers (winner), Keturah Orji