UNC Track & Field
Complete coverage of North Carolina Tar Heels Track & Field.
Five Tar Heel All-Americans on Day Two of NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships
Parker Wolfe claimed silver in the 5000 meters, while the Tar Heel distance medley relay team finished fourth on Friday at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. Wolfe and the DMR group all earned All-America honors. Wolfe is now a five-time All-American, while the Tar Heels' DMR team earns All-American status for the third time in four years. (
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Five Tar Heels Earn Trip To NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships
UNC distance runners Parker Wolfe, Ethan Strand, and Alex Phillip have earned trips to the NCAA Championships. Wolfe will compete in the 5,000 and 3,000-meter events. This season, he set school records in both events, clocking times of 13:13.61 in the 5000m, which ranks fourth-best in the country, and 7:37.41 in the 3000m, placing him third nationally. (
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UNC Men's Track & Field Wins First ACC Indoor Title Since 1996
For the first time since 1996 and only the fourth time in school history, the North Carolina Men's Indoor Track and Field team won the 2024 Indoor Championship. Overall, the Tar Heels scored 93 points. The women's team finished in eleventh place with 23.5 points. In the Men's Mile, UNC's Parker Wolfe he finished with a time of 3:54.17, an ACC record. (
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Parker Wolfe's meteoric rise on the track launches UNC into national spotlight
UNC junior Parker Wolfe won the 3,000 meters with a time of 7:37.41, breaking a program record and placing himself third all-time in the NCAA record book at the Scarlet and White Invitational Wolfe is coming off of a dominant cross country season, finishing first at the ACC Championships and leading Carolina to its first team championship since 1985. (
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UNC's Parker Wolfe Runs 3rd Fastest 3,000 Meter Time In NCAA History
UNC's Parker Wolfe once again etched his name into the record books, this time in the 3000-meter event at the Scarlet and White Invitational on Saturday. With a time of 7:37.41, Wolfe ran the best 3,000 meters (1.86 miles) of anyone in the country this season, securing the third-best time in the history of the NCAA, and 11th-best American indoor time. (
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Tar Heels Lead In 2023-24 Learfield Directors’ Cup Through Fall
National Player of the Year Ryleigh Heck's game-winning goal led the Tar Heels to their 11th field hockey national championship and catapulted UNC to the top of the Learfield Directors' Cup standings after completion of the seven fall Division I championships. Field hockey was one of four UNC sports to finish in the top five in the fall in NCAA competition. (
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Carolina Insider Podcast: Walter Davis, Jalen Washington, Parker Wolfe; Basketball/Football Previews
UNC Basketball lost an all-time great as
Walter Davis passed away at age 69 (0:00).
Jones Angell and Adam Lucas preview UNC's football game vs. Campbell (14:29) and Basketball's season opener vs. Radford (31:31). Plus, interviews with Basketball's
Jalen Washington (37:58) and ACC Cross Country champion Parker Wolfe (57:07).
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Fri Nov 3, 2023
UNC Men’s Cross Country Wins First ACC Championship Since 1985
The UNC men’s cross country team claimed the ACC championship Friday in Tallahassee. It’s the program’s first in 38 years. Parker Wolfe led the winning effort, becoming the first Tar Heel since 1997 and 15th overall to win the ACC individual title. He finished the 8k race in 23:03. Alex Phillip, Ethan Strand, and Jake Gebhardt also finished in the Top 10. (
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Ricky Lanier, Karen Stevenson Are Tar Heel ACC Unite Recipients
As part of the 2023 Fall Unity Week, the ACC has announced recipients of the 2023 ACC UNITE Award, created to honor individuals affiliated with the league's member institutions who have made an impact in the areas of racial and social justice. Former Tar Heel standouts Ricky Lanier (football) and Karen Stevenson (track and field) are UNC's winners. (
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Video: UNC Historian Freddie Kiger Spins Tar Heel Tales At Sutton's
Longtime University of North Carolina historian Freddie Kiger talks about the rich history of UNC and Olympic Sports at Carolina for an audience at Sutton's Drug Store in Chapel Hill.
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Tue Aug 22, 2023