The Bowerman: 2024 Fan Vote & USTFCCCA Membership Vote Results

NEW ORLEANS – Collegiate track & field fans and USTFCCCA members made their choices.

Leo Neugebauer and Parker Valby won both The Bowerman Fan Vote and the USTFCCCA Membership Vote. Neugebauer held off fellow finalists Caleb Dean and Christopher Morales Williams in a tight race, while Valby ran away from the pack on the final day thanks to her fans.

The order of the Men’s Fan Vote and the USTFCCCA Membership Vote were nearly identical, like both versions of the Women’s Vote, but Dean and Morales Williams switched places between them. Otherwise, Leo Neugebauer swept the Men’s Votes, while Parker Valby of Florida, Jaida Ross of Oregon and Maia Ramsden of Harvard finished first, second and third, respectively, in the Women’s Votes.

Remember: The Bowerman Fan Vote and USTFCCCA Membership Vote might give finalists a leg up on the others, but it’s just a small portion of the overall tally, which also includes ballots from The Bowerman Advisory Board, each of the past winners of The Bowerman from 2009 to 2023, as well as votes from select media personnel, statisticians and collegiate administrators.

Looking back through the history of The Bowerman Fan Vote, seven of the 14 men’s winners and seven of the 14 women’s winners would win collegiate track & field’s highest individual honor later that year: Ngoni Makusha (2011), Cam Levins (2012), Deon Lendore (2014), Jarrion Lawson (2016), JuVaughn Harrison (2021), Trey Cunningham (2022) and Jaydon Hibbert of Arkansas (2023) on the men’s side; Jenny Barringer (2009), Jessica Beard (2011), Laura Roesler (2014), Raevyn Rogers (2017) and Sha’Carri Richardson (2019), Abby Steiner (2022) and Julien Alfred (2023) on the women’s side.

The Bowerman Presentation is scheduled for Thursday, December 19.