Today's featured candidates are TCU's Lorraine Ugen and Charles Silmon.
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MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR NOMINEE
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FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR NOMINEE
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| Charles Silmon; Indoor & Outdoor Track Senior; Waco, Texas ♦ NCAA Champion in the 100-meter dash, tying the all-conditions NCAA Championships record with a wind-aided 9.89 seconds ♦ Finished third in the 100-meter dash at the USA Championships, making the World Championships team in the event ♦ Earned first-team All-America honors outdoors in the 100- and 200-meter dash and 4x100-meter relay ♦ Indoors, earned First-Team All-America in the 60-meter dash ♦ Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Outstanding Performer of the Year |
Lorraine Ugen; Indoor & Outdoor Track Junior; London, England ♦ 2013 NCAA Outdoor long jump champion, recording a career-best jump of 22-2 1/2 feet, a mark that met the World Championships 'A' standard ♦ Along with earning first-team All-America honors in the long jump, earned second-team All-America for the women's 4x100 relay, which she ran the anchor leg of and helped to a ninth place finish ♦ Scored in the 100-meter dash, long jump and 4x100-meter relay at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships ♦ Finished fifth in the long jump at the NCAA Indoor Championships ♦ Finished third in the long jump at the Big 12 Indoor Championships |
