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Ethan Strand Named Bowerman Semifinalist

NEW ORLEANS – Ethan Strand’s historic track season continues to bring home more awards as he was named a semifinalist for The Bowerman Award by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association on Thursday, June 26. This is the second straight season in which a Tar Heel has been named a semifinalist, following […]

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NEW ORLEANS – Ethan Strand’s historic track season continues to bring home more awards as he was named a semifinalist for The Bowerman Award by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association on Thursday, June 26.

This is the second straight season in which a Tar Heel has been named a semifinalist, following Parker Wolfe’s selection last season. The Bowerman, which debuted in 2009, is named after former Oregon Head Coach Bill Bowerman and is presented annually to the most outstanding male and female NCAA track and field athletes in the nation.

Strand’s historic track season kicked off by setting two NCAA records in his first two races of the year. He is the only student-athlete to set the NCAA record in the mile (3:48.32) and the 3000m (7:30.15) in the same year. Strand won the Atlantic Coast Conference title in the men’s 5000m, setting the meet record (13:26.60). Strand was also part of the national runner-up DMR squad that set an unratified American Indoor Record (9:17.17), earning First Team All-American honors. He followed that up by winning the national championship in the men’s 3000m (7:52.03).

 

After the indoor season, the national champion received numerous awards, including the ACC Indoor Men’s Track Athlete of the Year and the USTFCCCA Southeast Region Men’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Year. Strand also became the first Tar Heel to win USTFCCCA National Men’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Year. Shalane Flanagan won the award for the Tar Heels in cross country in 2002 and 2003.

 

The historic success continued into the outdoor season as he ran the second-fastest 1,500m time in NCAA history (3:33.22) at the Duke Twilight. Strand entered the postseason on a high note. The senior became the first Tar Heel and only the fourth in ACC history to win the 1,500 three times at the ACC Outdoor Championships. Strand was also the ACC runner-up behind his teammate Wolfe in the 5,000m. Strand earned a spot at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 5,000m and 1,500m. Strand finished as the national runner-up in the 1,500m, earning his third First Team All-America honors of the year.

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