UNC Track & Field
Complete coverage of North Carolina Tar Heels Track & Field.
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
Carolina Insider Podcast: Football updates; Top Gun graduate and former UNC track athlete Tim Quinn
Tar Heel Football training camp continues with plenty of storylines on and off the field (12:30),
Jones Angell and Adam Lucas discuss. Former UNC track athlete and Top Gun graduate Tim "TQ" Quinn takes us into the world of a fighter pilot (31:28). Plus, it's the first weekend UNC athletic competition since the spring (1:10:10).
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Fri Aug 18, 2023
Ten Tar Heel Things To Watch In 2023-24
UNC's first day of classes is around the corner, and training camps and exhibition games have begun. The regular season arrives this week when the women's soccer team visits Penn State on Thursday. There's plenty of reason to be excited about UNC Athletics. Here are 10 things for Tar Heel fans to look forward to entering the 2023-24 academic year. (
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