UNC Track & Field

Complete coverage of North Carolina Tar Heels Track & Field.

UNC Track & Field to Send 7 Tar Heels to NCAA Outdoor Championships

Seven UNC athletes advanced to the NCAA Track & Field Outdoor National Championships next week with their performances in the regional round. Distance runner Ethan Strand qualified for championship events in the 1,500m and 5,000m. Defending 800m indoor national champion Makalya Paige also continued to rewrite the record books. (Chapelboro.com)

UNC’s ACC, NCAA title numbers easily outshine the rest of the league

As UNC Baseball begins its pursuit of a second straight trip to the College World Series, it has already been a dominant school year for Carolina athletics, continuing years of consistent excellence. The numbers are astounding. With the baseball team winning the final ACC title of the school year, UNC was the only school that won four ACC championships. (Tar Heel Tribune)

Parker Wolfe Named National Athlete Of The Week

The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association named UNC's Parker Wolfe as Men's National Athlete of the Week on Monday. This is the second time in program history that a male athlete from UNC has been named M-F Athletic National Athlete of the Week during the outdoor season. Ethan Strand won for the first time earlier in May. (GoHeels.com)

UNC's Parker Wolfe Named Track MVP, Sets ACC Record In 5k

North Carolina closed out the ACC Championship with a historic feat. Parker Wolfe became the first ACC runner to successfully defend the 5k (13:13) and 10k titles (28:51). Wolfe also was named men's track MVP. This was the second time in Wolfe's career that he won a conference MVP, as he was named 2024 Men's Indoor Championship MVP. (GoHeels.com)

UNC's Parker Wolfe Wins Sixth ACC Title, Cruises To Victory In The 10K

North Carolina track and field dominated the 10,000m on day one of the Atlantic Coast Conference Championships. After day one, the men's team is second with 13 points, and the women's team is tied for seventh with seven points. Parker Wolfe (28:51.09) notched his sixth career ACC title, running the fourth fastest 10k time in school history. (GoHeels.com)

Tar Heel Teams Excel Again In APR

The UNC women's soccer team, which won its 23rd national title in December, also scored a perfect single-year 1000 in the NCAA's Academic Progress Rates for student-athletes. Fifteen Tar Heel teams scored a perfect 1000, and four – men's and women's golf, women's cross country, and women's tennis – recorded 1000s in the four-year rates. (GoHeels.com)

Ethan Strand Earns Third National Athlete Of The Week Honor Of The Season

UNC's Ethan Strand earned his third national track and field accolade of the season when the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association named him Men's Co-National Athlete of the Week on Monday. This is the first time a male athlete from Carolina has been named M-F Athletic National Athlete of the Week during the outdoor season. (GoHeels.com)

UNC's Ethan Strand Runs Second-Fastest 1500m In NCAA History Sunday

UNC's Ethan Strand (3:33.22) continued his historic season by running the second-fastest 1500m time in NCAA history Sunday at Duke's Track & Field Stadium. Strand battled indoor mile national champion, Abel Teffra from Georgetown. Parker Wolfe (3:34.24) finished with the second-fastest time in Tar Heel history and sixth-fastest in the country. (GoHeels.com)

Makayla Paige, Ethan Strand Named ACC Indoor Track & Field Scholar-Athletes Of The Year

Seniors Ethan Strand and Makayla Paige were named the Men's and Women's Indoor Track Scholar-Athletes of the Year by the Atlantic Coast Conference on Tuesday. UNC Track & Field had 21 student-athletes earn All-ACC Academic honors. Paige and Strand also were named ACC Indoor Track Performers of the Year for their record-setting 2025 season. (GoHeels.com)

UNC's Jessica Riden Named Head Women's Manager For World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

UNC Associate Director of Track and Field, Jessica Riden, has been named Head Women's Manager for the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025 staff for USA Track & Field. Riden brings a plethora of collegiate and international experience to Team USATF from her career coaching in Chapel Hill along with stints at Washington, Penn State, and Stanford. (GoHeels.com)

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