Category of ESPY Award | ||
Winners & Nominees Allyson Felix, Allyson Felix, Winner, Michelle Perry, Michelle Perry, Nominee, Sanya Richards-Ross, Sanya Richards-Ross, Nominee, Gail Devers, Gail Devers, Winner, Deena Kastor, Deena Kastor, Nominee, Hestrie Cloete, Hestrie Cloete, Nominee, Stacy Dragila, Stacy Dragila, Nominee, Gail Devers, Gail Devers, Winner, Paula Radcliffe, Paula Radcliffe, Nominee, Regina Jacobs, Regina Jacobs, Nominee, Stacy Dragila, Stacy Dragila, Nominee, Marion Jones, Marion Jones, Winner, Zhanna Pintusevich-Block, Zhanna Pintusevich-Block, Nominee, Stacy Dragila, Stacy Dragila, Nominee, Suzy Powell-Roos, Suzy Powell-Roos, Nominee, Marion Jones, Marion Jones, Winner, Cathy Freeman, Cathy Freeman, Nominee, Heike Drechsler, Heike Drechsler, Nominee, Stacy Dragila, Stacy Dragila, Nominee | ||
The Best Female Track Athlete ESPY Award was presented annually between 1993 and 2006 to the female track and field athlete, irrespective of nationality, adjudged to be the best in a given calendar year. Beginning in 2007, this award was combined with the parallel Best Male Track Athlete ESPY Award into the single Best Track and Field Athlete ESPY Award.
Between 1993 and 2004, the award voting panel comprised variously fans; sportswriters and broadcasters, sports executives, and retired sportspersons, termed collectively experts; and ESPN personalities, but balloting thereafter was exclusively by fans over the Internet from amongst choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee.
Through the 2001 iteration of the ESPY Awards, ceremonies were conducted in February of each year to honor achievements over the previous calendar year; awards presented thereafter were conferred in June and reflected performance from the June previous.