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Ash, Claye Named to Bowerman Watch List
January 14, 2010 | Track and Field
Jan. 14, 2010
NORMAN, Okla. -- Oklahoma hurdler Ronnie Ash and triple jumper Will Claye have been named to the pre-season watch list for the 2010 Bowerman Award, collegiate track and field's top individual honor. With only 10 individuals named to the watch list for the award that is the equivalent to the Heisman, the Oklahoma Track and Field program is one of only two in the nation to have multiple athletes on the watch list joining the University of Oregon with two athletes.
Both athletes enter the 2010 season with NCAA titles to their name as Ash, a junior and recent transfer from Bethune-Cookman, won both the 60-meter hurdles and 110-meter hurdles NCAA titles in 2009 and Claye, a sophomore, claimed the NCAA outdoor triple jump title.
Claye is currently ranked second nationally in the indoor triple jump and fifth in the long jump in the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) rankings. As a 17-year old freshman in 2009, Claye finished second in the triple jump, breaking the Oklahoma program record in the process, and third in the long jump at the NCAA Indoor Championships.
After a successful indoor season, Claye continued his progression during the outdoor season breaking the Oklahoma program record and a 27-year old U.S. Junior National record en route to the NCAA triple jump title on his 18th birthday, the U.S. Junior National triple jump title and the Pan Am Junior Championships triple jump title. Claye was undefeated throughout the NCAA outdoor season, winning every triple jump competition he was entered in.
A newcomer to the OU program, Ash arrives in Norman as the nation's top-ranked collegiate hurdler having won the 2009 NCAA titles in the 60- and 110-meter hurdles. The junior from Raleigh, N.C., was a three-time MEAC Champion while at Bethune-Cookman and earned three All-America honors as well.
The two join Oregon's Ashton Eaton and Andrew Wheating, German Fernandez (Oklahoma State), Samuel Chelanga (Liberty), Jeshua Anderson (Washington State), Trindon Holliday (LSU), Jason Colwick (Rice) and Ryan Whiting (Arizona State) as finalists for the award.
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