STANFORD, Calif. - Alyssa Jones has been named to the preseason watch list for The Bowerman, collegiate track & field’s most prestigious honor.
Announced Wednesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), Jones becomes the sixth woman in program history to earn preseason watch list recognition and the first jumper to do so.
The Bowerman watch list features 10 men and 10 women and will be updated periodically throughout the 2026 season. Stanford has placed at least one student-athlete on the preseason watch list each year since 2023, with Jones joining Juliette Whittaker (2025), Ky Robinson and Roisin Willis (2024), and Charles Hicks (2023).
A civil engineering major from Homestead, Fla., Jones is an eight-time All-American, including five first team honors throughout her career. Last season, she captured both the indoor and outdoor long jump ACC titles, and added the indoor high jump championship to earn ACC Women’s Field Indoor Most Valuable Performer.
The senior is a five-time Stanford record holder, owning program marks in the indoor long jump (22-1 1/2), outdoor long jump (22-7 3/4), outdoor high jump (6-2 3/4), pentathlon (4,127 points), and the 4x100 relay (43.69). Jones also holds the ACC, Pac-12, and U.S. U-20 long jump records, claiming the U.S. U-20 national title in 2023.
Stanford has yet to produce a Bowerman winner, with Jones aiming to become the Cardinal’s first finalist since hurdler Kori Carter in 2013.