Dawn Bowles

Dawn Bowles, a 1988 graduate if Neptune, NJ High School was one of the most distinguished high school athletes in the state. She was selected by The Star Ledger as one of the Ten Best HS Track Girls of the Decades(1980s). She was named by Walt Murphys News and Results Service as Eastern Track’s H.S Girls Athlete of the Year for 1988.

 

HS Highlights

  • 1986 Monmouth County, NJ Girls Varsity Championships Most Valuable Runner
  • 1986 National HS Athletic Coaches Assoc. All-American
  • 1986, 1987, 1988 Indoor Group IV 55mD & 55mH State Champion & Meet of Champions
  • 1987 Outdoor Group IV State Champion 100mD, 100mH
  • 1987/88 Neptune High School Outstanding Senior
  • 1988 Outdoor State Champion & Meet of Champions 100mH, 100mD, 200mD
  • 1988 Eastern State Champion 100mH 13.5 best time of the year in the USA by a HS hurdler
  • 1988 California Golden West Invitational Track & Field 100mH Champion 13.1
  • 1988 US Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete Award
  • 1988 Gatorade Player of the Year
  • 1988 Olympic Trials Semi-Finalist 

Collegiate Highlights

ü      1990-SEC Indoor 3rd 55mH, Outdoor 6th 100mH; NCAA 6th 100mH,

ü      1991-NCAA Indoor 4th 55mH, Outdoor-NCAA 4th 100mH, World Record Shuttle Hurdles (53.0) at Penn Relays (with LSU), NCAA Outdoor Champion 100mH, Pan American (Havana Cuba) 4th 100mH

ü      1992-NCAA Indoor 4th 55mH, Outdoor 2nd 100mH; SEC Outdoor 2nd 100mH; Olympic Trials Finalist 4th 100mH

Professional Highlights

ü      1993-USA World Championships Trials 3rd 100mH, World Championships (Stuttgart, Germany) 7th

ü      1996- Olympic Trials Finalist 4th 100mH, Grand Prix Final (Milan Italy 3rd 100mH, Ranked 7th in the world 100mH

ü      1997 USA World Championship Trials 3rd 100mH, World Championships (Athens Greece Semi-Finalist 100mH (injured)