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Woof™ For 16th Best Season in History of UGA Football #6 Final AP Poll (SEC Champs)

ATHENS, Ga. --- The Bulldogs collected two U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) national awards, according to an announcement Tuesday. Caryl Smith Gilbert garnered Women's National Coach of the Year honors and Karim Abdel Wahab was voted Women's National Assistant Coach of the Year.

Smith Gilbert's honor was the first of its kind for the Bulldogs since Petros Kyprianou earned the honor in 2017. Smith Gilbert was the National Women's Coach of the Year in 2018 and 2021 while at USC. Smith Gilbert, who was also the USTFCCCA South Region Women's Coach of the Year, locked down her third team national championship and first at Georgia by leaving the nearest competition behind by 26 points at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.

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Abdel Wahab is the first winner of the National Women's Assistant Coach of the Year at Georgia. Abdel Wahab, who was also the USTFCCCA South Region Women's Assistant Coach of the Year, guided his event area athletes to total 34 of Georgia's 73 points as the team clinched the women's first NCAA outdoor crown. He had the 400-meter dash champion (Aaliyah Butler) and the 400m runner-up (Dejanea Oakley), the bronze medalist in the 400m hurdles (Michelle Smith) and concluded the meet with the winning 4x400m relay squad (Butler, Oakley, Smith, Sydney Harris).

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