Coburn Named to Bowerman Watch List

NEW ORLEANS - University of Colorado junior Emma Coburn has been named to The Bowerman Women's Watch List for the 2011 season as announced by the USTFCCCA on Thursday.

The Crested Butte, Colo. native has had a great junior campaign, and her recent performance at the Big 12 Championship helped her catapult to the official watch list, bypassing the receiving mention list. Coburn won her second straight Big 12 Outdoor 3,000-meter steeplechase title after running the second fastest time in meet history at 9 minutes, 57.39 seconds. Just two weeks before that race she ran a U.S. leading mark and personal best time of 9:40.51. She was honored as the USATF, Big 12 and CU Athlete of the Week for the performance. At the time Coburn's mark was the fastest in the world and currently ranks sixth.

During the indoor season Coburn won the Big 12 3,000-meter run in 9:17.46, the ninth fastest time ever by a Buffalo. She did so in the unseeded heat as she did not have a seed time heading into the meet. Coburn was a part of the CU distance medley relay team that recorded a school record and a fourth-place finish the previous night at the Big 12 meet as the anchor leg. The time of 11:22.87 broke a 12-year old record (11:23.34).

Her top event was the mile run. She ranks second on CU's all-time list and has three of the top four times. Her PR of 4:36.08 was set at the NCAA Championship where she placed eighth overall to earn her first indoor All-American honor.

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 Women's Watch Committee will release their next update on Thursday, June 2. The ten semifinalists will be named on Monday, June 21, and the three finalists will be named on Thursday, July 14.

Coburn is one of 10 women on the list that is updated during the season. In addition to the 10 on the watch list, there are another 29 that are receiving mention.

Colorado is back in action May 26-28 at the 2011 NCAA West Preliminary Championship in Eugene, Ore.

THE BOWERMAN OFFICIAL WATCH LIST, 2011 WOMEN

(updated May 19, 2011, listed in alphabetical order, always ten names)

NAME	YEAR	SCHOOL	EVENTS	HOMETOWN
Nia Ali (P)	SR	Southern California	Hurdles/Jumps	Philadelphia, Pa.
Brigetta Barrett (P)	SO	Arizona	Jumps	Duncanville, Texas
Jessica Beard	SR	Texas A&M	Sprints	Euclid, Ohio
Emma Coburn (N)	JR	Colorado	Distance	Crested Butte, Colo.
Kimberlyn Duncan	SO	LSU	Sprints	Katy, Texas
Semoy Hackett (P2)	JR	LSU	Sprints	Scarborough, T.&T.
Jordan Hasay	SO	Oregon	Distance	Arroyo Grande, Calif.
Tina Sutej	JR	Arkansas	Pole Vault	Ljubljana, Slovenia
Jeneba Tarmoh (P2)	JR	Texas A&M	Sprints	San Jose, Calif.
Kim Williams	SR	Florida State	Jumps	Kingston, Jamaica

(P) - Promoted from "receiving mention" list this update

(N) - New to either list this update

ALSO RECEIVING MENTION (29)

NAME	YEAR	SCHOOL	EVENTS	HOMETOWN
Jackie Areson	SR	Tennessee	Distance	Delray Beach, Fla.
Marie Louise Asselin	SR	West Virginia	Distance	Sarnia, Ont.
Joanna Atkins	SR	Auburn	Sprints	Stone Mountain, Ga.
Gwen Berry	SR	Southern Illinois	Throws	St. Louis, Mo.
LaKya Brookins (D)	SR	South Carolina	Sprints	Seneca, S.C.
Ti'erra Brown (D)	SR	Miami (Fla.)	Hurdles	Hampton, Va.
Dominique Duncan (D)	JR	Texas A&M	Sprints	Houston, Texas
Colleen Felix	JR	Georgia	Jumps	St. Andrews, Grenada
Sheniqua Ferguson	SR	Auburn	Sprints	Nassau, Bahamas
Melissa Gergel	SR	Oregon	Pole Vault	Glenwood, Ill.
Anna Jelmini	RS FR	Arizona State	Throws	Bakersfield, Calif.
Amber Kaufman	SR	Hawai'i	Jumps	San Jose, Calif.
Liz Lawton	SR	Chicago	Distance	North Easton, Mass.
Lindsay Lettow	JR	Central Missouri	Combined Events	Urbandale, Iowa
Chantel Malone	SR	Texas	Jumps/Sprints	Tortola, British V.I.
Gabby Mayo	JR	Texas A&M	Sprints/Hurdles	Raleigh, N.C.
Chantae 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.
Sheila Reid	JR	Villanova	Distance	Newmarket, Ont.
Brianna Rollins	SO/FR	Clemson	Hurdles	Miami, Fla.
Faith Sherrill	SR	Indiana	Throws	Ft. Wayne, Ind.
Karen Shump	SO	Oklahoma	Throws	Media, Pa.
Neely Spence	JR	Shippensburg	Distance	Shippensburg, Pa.
Brianne Theisen (D)	SR	Oregon	Combined Events	Humboldt, Sask.
Kate Van Buskirk	SR	Duke	Mid-Distance	Brampton, Ont.
Lucy Van Dalen	SR	Stony Brook	Distance	Wanganui, N.Z.
Lea Wallace (D)	SR	Sacramento State	Mid-Distance	Napa, Calif.

(D) - demoted from the watch list this update

(N) - new to either list this update

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