Holloway wins the Bowerman Award!

[instaGATOR]

ORLANDO, Fla. – Gators Great Grant Holloway became the second member of Florida's track and field program to win The Bowerman, collegiate track and field's highest individual honor and the sport's version of the Heisman Trophy, as the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association of America presented the men's and women's awards as part of a 90-minute ceremony Thursday night at Orlando's JW Marriott Grande Lakes.

Holloway joins Marquis Dendy as the program's only other recipient of The Bowerman. As a former winner, Dendy was on hand to witness Holloway's coronation. Dendy won The Bowerman following his senior season in 2015. Florida and Oregon are the only two programs with multiple men's winners of The Bowerman, which was first awarded following the 2009 season.

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Mega Grats to Grant from the iG...

 

[Countygator1]

Again, this guy will go down as one of the greatest Gator athletes of all time. He needs a statue in front of the track complex. He's an outstanding young man too. Congrats Grant!!!

 

[Proud Gator]

This guy is one of the greatest gators of all time! There are lots of people with speed but the elite track athletes combine other skills that are impressive, like Grant. Watch a video of him, there is no wasted movement when he runs the hurdles and the focus is laser like. Clearing the each hurdle with every every body part in the perfect position is far from easy, if an arm, a hand or a foot is in the wrong position he is toast.

 

[sadgator]

sadgator has admittedly never watched one second of Gator track and field...but this sounds great!!!!!!!!

 

[Countygator1]

sadgator has admittedly never watched one second of Gator track and field...but this sounds great!!!!!!!!

Holloway just won the 110m hurdle world championship. So next year you will get to see plenty of him at the Olympics.

 

[Countygator1]

This guy is one of the greatest gators of all time! There are lots of people with speed but the elite track athletes combine other skills that are impressive, like Grant. Watch a video of him, there is no wasted movement when he runs the hurdles and the focus is laser like. Clearing the each hurdle with every every body part in the perfect position is far from easy, if an arm, a hand or a foot is in the wrong position he is toast.

The amazing thing is he not only did hurdles for us, but he also long jumped, and ran 4x1 and 4x4 relays. In high school he was a 7 foot high jumper too.

 

[Proud Gator]

Here is a video that shows him running hurdles