Koll Named Finalist for Bowerman

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana - The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) has announced Iowa State's Lisa Koll as one of 10 women student-athletes that will be considered for The Bowerman in 2010 as chosen by The Bowerman Men's and Women's Watch List Committees. The groups of 10 will be narrowed to three women and three men by the ten-member Bowerman Advisory Board in the coming weeks.

The Board, chaired by Herman Frazier, Senior Associate Athletics Director for Sports Administration at Temple University, will release their selections on the week of July 12. The Board is vice chaired by Alfreeda Goff, Horizon League Senior Associate Commissioner.

Once the finalists are set, The Bowerman Voters, a group of around 100, consisting of national and regional media personnel, track & field statisticians, NCAA collegiate administrators, and Presidents of affiliated organizations will make their selections. Previous winners Galen Rupp and Jenny Barringer will also receive one vote. Once tabulations are calculated, award winners will be announced at the USTFCCCA Convention, held December 13-16 in San Antonio, Texas.

For more information on The Bowerman, the award, the recently-debuted trophy, and Bill Bowerman himself, visit TheBowerman.org.

Lisa Koll, Sr., Iowa State,
Distance, Fort Dodge, Iowa, Fort Dodge HS

INDOOR: Koll won her first NCAA indoor crown with a 15:39.65 run at 5000 meters and beat the field by more than 10 seconds ... Koll nearly pulled off the NCAA distance double, but was outdueled by Illinois' Angela Bizzarri in the 3000 meters by just 12 hundredths of a second to take runner-up honors (8:57.52) ... Koll claimed double Big 12 Championship titles and double collegiate-best marks of the season at the conference meet in Ames ... Combining times on 200 meter and oversized tracks, Koll would be the fifth-best collegiate performer all-time in the 5000m and sixth-best all-time in the 3000m from times recorded at the Big 12 meet ... USTFCCCA Midwest Track Athlete of the Year.

OUTDOOR: Swept NCAA crowns in the 5000 and 10,000 meters becoming only the fourth female in NCAA history to notch, the 5k-10k double, joining Amy Skieresz (Arizona, 1997-98), Stephanie Herbst (Wisconsin, 1986), and Betty Jo Springs (North Carolina State, 1983) ... Koll's 10k victory of 32:49.35 gave her the second NCAA title of the event in her career, cruising to victory after breaking from the pack at the 7000-meter mark to win by over 20 second ... two days later, Koll returned for the 5000 and led nearly wire-to-wire in a 30-second, 15:23.80 victory, the third-fastest time recorded by a collegian ... opened the season with a collegiate record clocking of 31:18.07 in the 10,000 meters at the Stanford Invitational, topping the previous mark of 31:25.45 set by Texas Tech's Sally Kipyego in 2008 ... on May 1, Koll posted a 15:17.76 collegiate-leading time over 5000 meters in placing fourth overall and as the first collegiate at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational, again at Stanford ... anchored DMR team with a 4:31.8, 1600-meter split to a Drake Relays title ... Went on to win Big 12 titles in both the 5000 and 10,000 meters and reset the 5000 meet record with a 15:22.42 clocking previously held by Sara Slattery of Colorado ... USTFCCCA National Track Athlete of the Year ... finalist for Honda-Broderick Cup, representing track & field.

Lisa Koll's Recent Awards:
2010 Honda Sports Award winner for Track and Field (Honda) June 21, 2010
2010 NCAA Female Track Athlete of the Year (USTFCCA) June 17, 2010

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