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Bates, Korir named Bowerman semifinalists

Victor Calzada/El Paso Times

The list of the 10 semifinalists for the Bowerman Award - NCAA track and field's equivalent of the Heisman Award - have El Paso ties.

UTEP freshman Emmanuel Korir became the seventh freshman to make the semifinals in the nine-year history of the award, while Burges alum and Florida junior Keandre Bates was another semifinalists.

The 10 semifinalists will be culled to three finalists on June 21.