Bowerman Preseason Watch List Includes Baylor TF Chinecherem Prosper Nnamdi

[Hutton, Josie]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Jan. 9, 2025

Bowerman Preseason Watch List Includes Baylor TF Chinecherem Prosper Nnamdi
Senior makes his career watch list debut and third Baylor man on Bowerman
For more information contact: Josie Hutton; 254-709-7720, josie_hutton at baylor.edu<mailto:josie_hutton at baylor.edu>



NEW ORLEANS – Baylor track & field javelin thrower Chinicherem Prosper Nnamdi, commonly known as “Zaza,” is among 10 athletes named to The Bowerman 2025 men’s preseason watch list, announced by USTFCCCA on Thursday.



The Bowerman is the highest honor bestowed to collegiate track and field’s most outstanding athletes of the year. Nnamdi makes his career watch list debut and is the third Baylor man to do so, joining Trayvon Bromell (2014, 2015) and KC Lightfoot (2020, 2021).



For the first time since 2017, three throwers (Mykolas Alekna, California; Nmandi; Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan, Ole Miss) are on the preseason watch list (Filip Mihaljevic, Curtis Thompson, Rudy Winkler).



Nnamdi, the three-time All-American, competed for Team Nigeria this past summer at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where he had a best throw of 254 feet, 4 inches. During the 2024 outdoor season, Nnamdi continued his conference title streak and won the title for the third-consecutive year in a row. At the Big 12 Championships, the Awka, Nigeria, native broke the meet-record with a throw of 262-6 on his final attempt after hyperextending his knee the previous week.



Nnamdi took the 2024 African Games title with a 271-8 mark, breaking the program record in Ghana and earning a personal best. Additionally, Nnamdi broke the NCAA West Preliminary meet record and punched his ticket to Eugune with a mark of 270-10. He went on and tabbed his third All-American honor at the NCAA Championships, placing in fourth. Nnamdi holds every top 10 mark in Baylor program history in the javelin.



Nnamdi is the only Big 12 representative on the preseason watch list, while there are four from the SEC, three from the ACC, one from the Big 10 and one from the Mountain West conference.



Nnamdi will continue his offseason preparation for the outdoor season that is set to open on March 22 at the Clyde Hart Invite in Waco.



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2025 Bowerman Preseason Watch List

Mykolas Alekna, California (Discus)

Johnny Brackins, Jr., Southern California (Hurdles/Jumps)

*Chinecherem Nnamdi, Baylor (Javelin)

*Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan, Ole Miss (Throws)

Tarsis Orogot, Alabama (Sprints)

Habtom Samuel, New Mexico (Distance)

*Ethan Strand, North Carolina (Mid-Distance/Distance)

Ja'Kobe Tharp, Auburn (Hurdles)

Sam Whitmarsh, Texas A&M (Sprints/Mid-Distance)

Parker Wolfe, North Carolina (Distance)



* making watch list career debuts



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Josie Hutton | Associate Director of Athletics Communications (FB, T&F/XC, MTEN)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
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