NEW ORLEANS, LA – Graduate student Brynn King has vaulted her way onto the watch list for the most prestigious track and field award from the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) as she earned a spot on the Bowerman Award Watch List released Wednesday.

King, who hails from The Woodlands, Texas, is the first athlete from Roberts Wesleyan University to make the Watch List – and the first female from any NCAA DII program since 2011.

King was at her highest ever in winning the Texas Relays at 4.75m (15-7) to break the six-year-old outdoor college record. Her previous PR was also special – 4.73m (15-6¼) to make the U.S. team for the Paris Olympics last summer.

A three-time DII champ (twice indoors, once outdoors), she is the only DII vaulter ever to clear 15 feet (4.57m), doing so collegiately in 10 different meets including last year.