[2][3] Bowie competed collegiately for the University of Southern Mississippi and was a two-time NCAA Division I long jump champion, winning indoors and outdoors in 2011.

After the 2014 World Indoor Championships, where she made her international debut competing in the long jump, she switched her focus to the sprints.

[10] Bowie gained an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Southern Mississippi,[6] doing an interdisciplinary degree in psychology and social work.

[12] She also jumped nationally at the 2010 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, claiming eighth place overall.

[18] In her final year of college at the University of Southern Mississippi, she began with a triple jump win at the Conference USA indoor championships with a mark of 13.09 m (42 ft 11+1⁄4 in),[19] a personal record for the event.

[22] In her last major outing for Southern Miss she tried to repeat her NCAA outdoor title in the long jump, but finished second to Texas Christian University's Whitney Gipson.

She also competed on the Diamond League circuit for the first time, long jumping at the Adidas Grand Prix and Herculis meets.

To everyone's surprise, she outsprinted Blessing Okagbare and the renowned Allyson Felix with a time of 22.18 s. Bowie then claimed wins in the 100 m races at the Rome, New York and Monaco Diamond League meets, clocking a swift 10.80 seconds at the latter.

[34] In April 2019 at the Robison Invitational in Provo, Utah, Bowie jumped the entry standard for the Doha World Championships in Qatar with a leap of 6.78 m (22 ft 2+3⁄4 in).

[20] On May 2, 2023, after Bowie had not been seen or heard from for several days, authorities performed a wellness check at her home in Orange County, Florida, where she was found dead.