UNC Track & Field
Complete coverage of North Carolina Tar Heels Track & Field.
Ethan Strand Qualifies For 1,500-Meter World Championships In Tokyo
Ethan Strand, fresh off a successful collegiate career at UNC, nearly stole the show at the men’s 1500-meter final at the USATF Outdoor Championships, finishing second in 3:30.25. It was nearly a three-second personal best. Now, it's on to the world championships in Tokyo. Former UNC NCAA champion
Parker Wolfe runs the 5K Sunday on NBC. (
Runner's World)
Ford, Vázquez Montaño, Strand, Wolfe Named 2024-25 Patterson Medal Winners
A 4-time NCAA champion diver, men's golf National Player of the Year, and two national champion track stars are 2024-25 recipients of the Patterson Medal, UNC's most prestigious individual athletics award. This year's medalists include men's golf's David Ford, diver Aranza Vázquez Montaño, and men's track and field's Ethan Strand and
Parker Wolfe. (
GoHeels.com)
Makayla Paige, Colton Sands Earn Spots On CSC Academic All-America Teams
As standouts on the track and in the classroom, Makayla Paige and Colton Sands each picked up honors for the Track & Field/Cross Country Academic All-America. Paige bested her own school record at the NCAA Track & Field Indoor Championships en route to earning the national title in the 800m. Sands picked up second team All-America honors. (
GoHeels.com)
Former UNC track star Ethan Strand wins in his professional race debut
Former UNC track and field star Ethan Strand made his professional debut on Saturday, competing in the International Mile race in the 2025 Prefontaine Classic. The result was about what anyone who’s followed Strand at UNC expected. Strand won the race with a time of 3:48.86. His time was a personal best for an outdoor mile. (
Tar Heel Blog)
Ethan Strand Named ACC Outdoor Track Performer of The Year
Ethan Strand swept the ACC season awards as he was named the Men's Outdoor Track Performer of the Year by the ACC on Monday, June 30. Strand also was named Men's Indoor Track Performer of the Year at the end of the indoor season. Strand had a phenomenal outdoor season, running the second-fastest 1,500m time in NCAA history (3:33.22). (
GoHeels.com)
Ethan Strand Named Bowerman Award Semifinalist
Ethan Strand's historic track season continues to bring home more awards as he was named a semifinalist for The Bowerman Award by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association on Thursday, June 26. This is the second straight season in which a Tar Heel has been named a semifinalist, following
Parker Wolfe's selection last season. (
GoHeels.com)
UNC Athletics has its best Directors’ Cup finish in 16 years
Led by national championships in women’s soccer and women’s lacrosse, North Carolina finished fourth in the 2024-25 Learfield Directors’ Cup standings, the Tar Heels’ best finish in 16 years. It was UNC’s sixth straight top-10 finish and ninth in the last 10 years. It’s the Tar Heels 26th top-10 finish. Only Stanford and Florida (31 each) have more. (
Tar Heel Tribune)
UNC's Tommy Kitchell Named Southeast Region Men's Field Athlete Of The Year
Tommy Kitchell was named Southeast Region Men's Field Athlete of the Year on Friday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. Kitchell is the second Tar Heel in as many seasons to earn a Southeast Region postseason award. Kitchell (20.74m) closed out his college career as the shot put silver medalist in the National Championships. (
GoHeels.com)
My Tar Heel Tale: Patrick Anderson
In the spring of 2023, five UNC Men’s Track & Field athletes were in a car crash, and student-athletes Patrick Anderson and Will Coogan suffered catastrophic injuries. They went from athletes at the top of their game, to fighting to survive, to grueling rehab and long-term physical challenges. Patrick discusses life lessons learned and his ongoing development. (
Rams Club)
3 UNC Athletes Finish as National Runners-Up at NCAA Track & Field Championships
Three Tar Heels – shot putter Tommy Kitchell and runners Makayla Paige and Ethan Strand – finished as national runners-up in their events at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Oregon last week. Strand earned All-America honors by finishing second in the 1,500-meter race with a time of 3:47.33, just .07 seconds behind the champion. (
Chapelboro.com)