UNC Track & Field

Complete coverage of North Carolina Tar Heels Track & Field.

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)

Video: Locked On Tar Heels - UNC Offers Qayden Samuels, Basketball Schedule, Jake Knapp, and more

Basketball recruiting heats up as Qayden Samuels receives a coveted UNC scholarship offer. Also, with the Kentucky game announced, how is the non-conference basketball schedule shaping up? Plus, Jake Knapp's National Pitcher of the Year award and the Tar Heels' impressive showing at track and field nationals. (View Video)

Makayla Paige Earns Silver In Fastest NCAA Championships 800m Race Ever

Makayla Paige (1:58.97), the women's 800m silver medalist, was part of the greatest NCAA Championships 800m race, as every finalist ran the fastest time a runner in final position has ever achieved during any NCAA Championships. Paige ran the fifth-fastest time in NCAA history, lowering her UNC record for the fourth time this season to finish second. (GoHeels.com)

Ethan Strand Finishes As 1,500m National Runner-up

UNC men's track and field team posted its highest team finish at the outdoor national championships since 2007 as the Tar Heels tied for 17th. The men's team finished in sixth in 2007. Ethan Strand (3:47.33) earned his third All-America honors in the 1,500m as he was the national runner-up, finishing behind champion Nathan Green by 0.07 seconds.. (GoHeels.com)

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