Glenn on latest Bowerman watch list, Whittaker receiving votes
FAYETTEVILLE – A pair of Razorbacks are among the athletes listed on the latest update for the 2025 Bowerman. Rachel Glenn is among the 10 athletes named to the watch list while Isabella Whittaker is receiving votes.
The Bowerman is bestowed to collegiate track & field’s top male and female athlete for the year. The Bowerman was first awarded in 2009, and the first official watch lists were announced in 2010.
Glenn won the SEC Indoor high jump with a collegiate leading mark of 6-6 (1.98), which currently ranks equal No. 3 in the world and No. 1 in the U.S. for the 2025 season.
The 6-6 height ranks as the No. 3 performance on the collegiate all-time list behind the collegiate record height of 6-6.75 (2.00) Glenn shares with Lamara Distin of Texas A&M from the 2024 season.
Prior to the conference meet, Glenn twice jumped 6-3.25 (1.91) in winning the Razorback Invitational and the Tyson Invitational.
The versatile Glenn also set multiple PRs in the 60m hurdles, culminating with a career best of 8.10 in the SEC Indoor prelims and an 8.12 to place sixth in the final. Glenn ranks No. 9 on the UA all-time list.
Glenn supplied an opening leg split of 52.78 as Arkansas posted a season best time of 3:27.47 to win the 4 x 400m relay at the Razorback Invitational, which ranks No. 7 on the UA all-time list.
2025 Bowerman Watch List | March 5, 2025
| Silan Ayylidiz | Oregon |
| Aaliyah Butler | Georgia |
| JaMeesia Ford | South Carolina |
| Rachel Glenn | Arkansas |
| Tacoria Humphrey | Illinois |
| Axelina Johansson | Nebraska |
| Doris Lemngole | Alabama |
| Amanda Moll | Washington |
| Hana Moll | Washington |
| Juliette Whittaker | Stanford |
Whittaker is among seven athletes receiving votes for the Bowerman watch list.
As the silver medalist in the SEC Indoor 400m, Whittaker posted an amazing time of 49.90, becoming the No. 7 performer in the world all-time while ranking No. 3 performer and performance on the U.S. and collegiate all-time lists.
Entering this season with an indoor career best of 51.69 as a transfer from Penn, Whittaker has lowered her PR to 51.29 in winning the Razorback Invitational, and 50.87 as runner-up in the Tyson Invitational. During the SEC Indoor prelims she improved to 50.86 prior to her sub 50 final.
On the UA all-time list, Whittaker only trails the 49.48 collegiate record set by Britton Wilson in 2023.
Whittaker opened the season with the Razorbacks making her debut at 800m, where she produced a time of 2:02.68 that ranks No. 8 on the UA all-time list.
In relays, Whittaker has flourished with some of the fastest all-time splits on the second leg of the 4 x 400m as well as the distance medley relay.
She split 50.45 on the 3:27.47 4 x 400m relay at Razorback Invitational and a 50.37 on a 3:27.83 effort at the Tyson Invitational. The 50.37 split is the world’s fourth fastest indoor second leg and second best by a collegian.
Whittaker also delivered a 50.40 second leg split on a 10:55.09 distance medley relay that placed fourth at the Razorback Invitational, and ranks No. 7 on the UA all-time list. Whittaker registered the first sub-51 indoor second leg by a collegian on a DMR.
