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continued to grow when he was recently named among the two recipients of the biggest track and field award in that country – The Bowerman.
According to reports from New Orleans, the Bowerman Men’s Watch Committee in conjunction with the US Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced on Wednesday their fifth update of the men’s watch list for collegiate track and field’s biggest award – The Bowerman.

And in this update, Florida State University’s Makusha was added to the watch list for the first time this year while Virginia’s Robby Andrews rejoins the watch list for the first time since March.
Makusha has this outdoor season’s top wind-legal collegiate time in the 100 metres of 9.97 seconds, claimed in winning his first ACC title in the event two weeks ago.
Makusha is a three-time NCAA long jump champion and won his first indoor national crown in the event this March.

After taking the indoor season off to redshirt, Andrews has claimed runner-up in the 1500m at the ACC Championships and led the Cavaliers to their second-straight Penn Relays title in the 4×800 relay this past weekend.

With an anchor split of 1:46.00, Andrews was able to push the relay to a final time of 7:12.15, the third-best all-time collegiate mark in the event.
The Bowerman Advisory Board appointed four of its members to comprise The Bowerman Men’s Watch Committee and another four of its members to make up The Bowerman Women’s Watch Committee.

The committee will release their next men’s update on May 18. The 10 semi-finalists will be named on June 20, and the three finalists will be named on July 13.

THE BOWERMAN OFFICIAL WATCH LIST 2011 MEN
Jeshua Anderson, Washington State Senior, Hurdles, Woodland Hills, Calif. (Taft HS)

Ooutdoor: Anderson clocked a season-best time of 49.33 in the 400-meter hurdles to win the Jim Click Shootout on April 2, a performance that ranks among the top ten in the world this year
Indoor: His indoor season best in the 400m dash of 46.93 placed him in the collegiate top 35.

Robby Andrews, Virginia Sophomore, Distance, Englishtown, N.J. (Manalapan HS)
Outdoor: Andrews claimed runner-up honours in the 1500m at the ACC Championships with a time of 3:40.77 that ranks sixth collegiately this season.

Indoor: Redshirted. Successfully was the “rabbit” for Bernard Lagat’s attempt to break the American two-mile record.
Miles Batty, BYU Junior, Distance, Sandy, Utah (Jordan HS)

Outdoor: In his first 1500m race of the season at the Mt. SAC Relays, Batty finished behind two pros, but clocked 3:36.25, three seconds ahead of all collegians.
Indoor: Batty, the USTFCCCA’s National Men’s Track Athlete of the Year, spurred BYU’s run to the podium for a third-place team finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships with national titles in the mile and as anchor of the squad’s DMR team.

Sam Chelanga, Liberty RS Senior, Distance, Nairobi, Kenya (Bartolimo HS/Fairleigh Dickinson)

Outdoor: Opened the season with a win in the 10 000m at the Raleigh Relays in a then-collegiate-leading time of 28:15.64.
Indoor: At the NCAA Indoor Championships, Chelanga placed runner-up in the 5000m to Iona’s Leonard Korir with a 13:27.34 clocking. Chelanga, finished 15th overall at the NCAA meet in the 3000.
Will Claye, Florida Junior, Jumps, Phoenix, Ariz. (Mountain Pointe HS/Oklahoma)

Outdoor: Finished third at the Penn Relays long jump with his best of the season, a wind-aided 25-11½ (7.91m, w: 6.2).
Indoor: At the NCAA indoor meet, Claye left his best for the last attempt in the triple jump.
Jeff Demps, Florida Sophomore (indoor)/Junior (outdoor), Sprints, Winter Garden, Fla. (South Lake HS)

Outdoor: Demps has completed and won two 100m races with slightly wind-aided times of 10.07 and 9.96.
Indoor: Demps claimed his second-straight NCAA indoor 60-meter title with a personal-best run in the finals of 6.53 seconds.
Kirani James, Alabama Sophomore, Sprints, Gouyave, Grenada

Ooutdoor: Notched a time of 45.12 in the 400m at the Ole Miss Open and is third on the NCAA list this season.
Indoor: Prior to the NCAA Indoor Championships, on every occasion in which he has stepped on the track for the 400m during the 2011 indoor season, Kirani James set a new world leader.
Ngonidzashe Makusha, Florida StateJunior, Jumps/Sprints, Zimbabwe (Mandedza High School)

Outdoor: A three-event winner at the ACC Outdoor Championships with titles in the 100 meters, long jump, and as second leg of the 4×100 relay. The 100m conference title was won in a collegiate-leading time of 9.97 seconds. To win the Texas Relays title in the long jump, Makusha claimed an all-conditions collegiate leading jump of 27-6¾ (8.40m) to win by over a foot.

Indoor: Won his first NCAA indoor long jump crown to go with two outdoor crowns with a fourth-round winning leap of 26-8½ (8.14m). Makusha won the event by four inches over Florida’s Will Claye. Makusha claimed the collegiate season’s best mark of 26-9 (8.15m) in winning his second ACC indoor crown in the event.
Omo Osaghae, Texas Tech Senior, Hurdles, Lubbock, Texas (Monterey HS)

Outdoor: Osaghae has started off his senior season with his best marks of his career and kept getting faster.
Indoor: With no indoor eligibility remaining, Osaghae competed unattached through the indoor season.
Christian Taylor, Florida Junior, Jumps, Fayetteville, Ga. (Sandy Creek HS)

Outdoor: Taylor added to his resume as quarter-miler in opening the season with a win at the Florida Relays in the 400m, clocking a 45.46 that ranks fifth in the NCAA this season.
Indoor: Taylor sent quite a message in winning the SEC Championship triple jump on his final attempt. With a mark of 56-11½ (17.36m) that not only won the event for the third-straight time and set a new SEC record, he became the third all-time best collegian indoors in the event.

About The Bowerman
The Bowerman, which debuted in 2009, is presented annually by the USTFCCCA to the top male and female collegiate track and field athletes in the nation. Oregon’s Ashton Eaton and Virginia Tech’s Queen Harrison are the reigning winners of The Bowerman, which is named for legendary Oregon track & field and cross-country coach Bill Bowerman.