NEW ORLEANS, La. (March 5, 2020) – After making his debut on The Bowerman Watch List last month, Northern Arizona senior distance runner
Tyler Day remains on the list in the pre-NCAA Indoor Championships update released by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) on Thursday.
Day is the only true distance runner on the 10-man watch list for The Bowerman, presented annually by the USTFCCCA to the most outstanding male and female NCAA track & field athletes in the nation. The Bowerman debuted in 2009 and is named after former Oregon coach Bill Bowerman.
The Gilbert, Ariz. native is one of seven Lumberjack athletes who will run at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships next weekend in Albuquerque, N.M.
Day will compete in the 3000m and the 5000m for the third-ranked Lumberjack men. In the 5K, Day will take the nation's fastest time this season, and the American collegiate record, of 13:16.95 with him in search of his first career individual national championship. Day will be seeded third, behind teammates
Luis Grijalva and
Geordie Beamish, in the 3K with a time of 7:45.70.
Day's 5K time is third all-time in collegiate history, while his 3K time is 12th all-time.
Day, the third Lumberjack male to be on The Bowerman Watch List, has qualified for four consecutive NCAA Track & Field Championships following the 2018 Outdoor Championships and both the Indoor and Outdoor Championships in 2019.
At last week's Big Sky Indoor Championships, Day was the bronze medalist in the men's 3000m and ran the anchor leg on NAU's Big Sky Championship meet record-breaking Distance Medley Relay team. Day and the Lumberjacks won gold in the DMR with a time of 9:42.57, breaking the previous meet record set 40 years ago by more than 11 seconds.
The Bowerman Men's Watch List – March 5, 2020
Trey Cunningham, Florida State (Hurdles)
Tyler Day, Northern Arizona (Distance)
Devin Dixon, Texas A&M (Mid-Distance/Relays)
Gleb Dudarev, Kansas (Throws)
Johannes Erm, Georgia (Combined Events)
JuVaughn Harrison, LSU (Jumps)
KC Lightfoot*, Baylor (Pole Vault)
Chris Nilsen, South Dakota (Pole Vault)
Jordan Scott*, Virginia (Jumps)
Darryl Sullivan, Tennessee (Jumps)
* watch list career debut
Also receiving votes
Clayton Brown, Florida
Bryce Deadmon, Texas A&M
Raymond Ekevwo, Florida
Quincy Hall, South Carolina
Oliver Hoare, Wisconsin
Edwin Kurgat, Iowa State
Carey McLeod, Tennessee
Yared Nuguse, Notre Dame
Jacory Patterson, Virginia Tech
Randolph Ross, North Carolina A&T
Trevor Stewart, North Carolina A&T
James West, Oregon
