Track & Field | January 13, 2025
USC All-American hurdler and jumper Johnny Brackins Jr. has been named to the 2025 Preseason Watch List for The Bowerman, awarded annually to the nation’s top collegiate track and field athlete. The Bowerman Watch List was announced by the USTFCCCA (U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association) on Jan. 9.
The USC senior Brackins Jr. is coming off a tremendous 2024 season which saw him win the USATF Indoor long jump title with a school-record leap of 27-0.00 (8.23m). The USC record he broke had stood for 34 years. He also placed fourth in the long jump at the U.S. Olympic Trials with an outdoor personal-best jump of 26-9.75/8.17m (+1.9) which moved him into fifth place on USC’s all-time list.
The native of Kansas City, Mo. earned 2024 first-team All-America honors in the long jump by placing fourth at the NCAA Outdoor Championships and by placing second in the 60m hurdles and fourth in the long jump at the NCAA Indoor Championships. He also earned 2024 second-team All-America honors by placing ninth in the 110m hurdles at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
Brackins Jr. won the 2024 Pac-12 110m hurdles title and placed fourth in the long jump. He also ran 7.55 in the 60m hurdles to win at the Ken Shannon Last Chance Meet during the indoor season, moving into second on USC’s all-time 60m hurdles list.
On USC’s all-time outdoor top 10 lists, he ranks fifth in the long jump, sixth in the110m hurdles and and ran on the 10th-fastest 4x400m relay in school history. On the Trojans’ all-time indoor lists, he is the school record-holder in the long jump and ranks second in the 60m hurdles.
The Bowerman is bestowed to collegiate track & field’s top male and female athlete for the year. The Bowerman Advisory Board, and ultimately, The Bowerman Voters, are instructed to consider performances inclusively from the collegiate indoor track & field and outdoor track & field seasons only. The current collective track & field season began on November 29, 2024 and will end on June 14, 2025.
The Bowerman’s next watch list will be announced on Feb. 6 for the men and on Feb. 5 for the women.
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