Adaejah T. Hodge becomes 1st VI athlete on Bowerman’s Watch List
She was added to the 2026 list as part of five changes stemming from the release of Update #3 on Wednesday, March 25, 2026, by the US Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (TSTFCCCA).
The 2026 Bowerman Watch List highlights the top NCAA track and field athletes competing for the sport’s most prestigious individual award, the Bowerman Award.
The Bowerman Award
The Bowerman Award, often called the "Heisman of collegiate track and field," is presented annually by the US Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) to the most outstanding male and female athletes in NCAA track and field. Named after legendary Oregon coach Bill Bowerman, the award recognises exceptional performances across all events, including sprints, distance, jumps, throws, and multi-events.
“Hodge, who hails from Douglasville, Georgia, by way of the British Virgin Islands, won the 200 meters at the NCAA DI Indoor Championships, completing an undefeated season in the event while moving to No. 4 all-time collegiately at 22.22. She added a runner-up finish in the 60 after a PR 7.12 in the prelims,” the Bowerman Presentation said in an article on runnerspace.com.
Hodge is the 14th athlete from her school, Georgia University, to appear on the Women’s Watch List.
A great 2026 for Hodge so far
Hodge has continued her impressive 2026, recently winning the Women’s 200m with a personal best of 22.22 seconds at the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on March 14, 2026.
With this win, she tied for #4 in NCCA history, winning by three-tenths of a second and setting a new World Lead, Facility Record and National Record.
Hodge is also the first VI athlete to capture the NCAA National Indoor Championship.
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Too much bias going on. It sad.
Continue to hide behind the computer because if you are revealed there will be lots that will be said about you and to you in front of your face.
Go address yourself and stop going after people you can’t address in front their face with your nonsense.
The internet does empower the cowards, liars and fools.
Be like the rest of us and go to the local meets and support the sport do something constructive for a change.
Bias in the BVI is defined as when you don’t take crap, when you stand on facts, when your results push back on bad talking and when you don’t let people walk all over you to have their way and when you don’t please the majority or those who think they are important.
The team I see are the athletes who are at the top in the BVI based on the meets for the year. You think every country does only send the extremely fast ones only. Those right below them will get a chance too. Blogging and don’t know crap should be a crime.
I guess I bias too like a lot of others on the island.
Get a life!
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RUN RUN RUN .
Please take your gripes to the people you have them with . Typical BVI Stupidness.
Track and field and the kids doing so well! Something must be right. Shout out to those who keeping it going! We know it takes dedication.