AURORA, Colo. – On an evening in which the accomplishments of The Bowerman finalists were honored and celebrated during a ceremony at the Gaylord Rockies at the USTFCCCA convention, Florida State’s Trey Cunningham was named the men’s 2022 Bowerman winner.
Razorback Ayden Owens-Delerme produced a remarkable season in his initial year with Arkansas that earned him the recognition of being a Bowerman finalist. Becoming only the fourth person to claim NCAA titles in the heptathlon and decathlon during the same year, Owens-Delerme set numerous records and achievements.
He set a total of four UA school records – heptathlon, twice in the decathlon – and was part of a 4 x 400m relay record that bettered the previous Razorback best dating back to 1985.
Representing Puerto Rico in international competition, which included being the first to represent the nation in a decathlon at the 2022 World Championships, Owens-Delerme also set four national records this season.
In addition to the heptathlon and decathlon, he also bettered the Puerto Rican national record in the 400m when he finished day one of the World Championships with a 45.07 performance that enabled him to be the overall leader with a career best day one score of 4,606 points.