LSU senior Kimberlyn Duncan was named Wednesday this year’s women’s recipient of The Bowerman, an award regarded as track and field’s version of the Heisman Trophy.

The Bowerman is presented annually by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association to the nation’s premier male and female athlete at the collegiate level each season. Duncan is the first two-time finalist in the four-year history of the award, and the first representative from the SEC to win it.

“I’m in total shock right now, I don’t even know what to say,” Duncan said in a news release following the announcement. “When I heard them call my name, I had to take a moment just to make sure I heard them right. It’s so surreal.”

The announcement capped off a historic year for Duncan in which she became the first sprinter in collegiate history to win NCAA Indoor and NCAA Outdoor championships in the 200-meter dash in back-to-back years. She also broke her own low-altitude collegiate record for the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.19 seconds in the semifinals at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.

Duncan also thrived in the 100-meter dash. With a run of 10.96 seconds, she won her first career SEC title in the event and became just the fifth collegiate sprinter all-time to break 11 seconds.

She is now the No. 3-ranked sprinter in collegiate history both in the 100 meter and 200 meters.

Arizona high jumper Brigetta Barrett and Oregon heptathlete Brianne Theisen joined Duncan as finalists. Distance runner Cam Levins of Southern Utah was honored as the men’s recipient of The Bowerman.

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