UNC Track & Field

Complete coverage of North Carolina Tar Heels Track & Field.

Ethan Strand, Makayla Paige Named ACC Indoor Track Performers Of The Year

Tar Heel seniors Ethan Strand and Makayla Paige were named Indoor Track Performers of the Year by the Atlantic Coast Conference on Friday. Ethan Strand opened the season by setting two NCAA records in his first two races of the year. He is the only student-athlete to set the NCAA record in the mile (3:48.32) and the 3000m (7:30.15) in the same year. (GoHeels.com)

Ethan Strand Named Indoor Track National Athlete Of The Year

North Carolina senior Ethan Strand was named the 2025 NCAA Division I Men's Indoor Track & Field National Track Athlete of the Year by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association on Monday. Strand is the first Tar Heel to win the national award for track and field. Shalane Flanagan won the award for cross country in 2002 and 2003. (GoHeels.com)

Two Tar Heel runners claim national titles

Two UNC runners won national championships at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday as Makayla Paige won the women’s 800 meters and Ethan Strand won the men’s 3,000. Paige is the first NCAA Champion for the women’s track and field team since 2018. Strand is the first men’s indoor NCAA Champion for UNC since 2003. (UNC.edu)

This Week in North Carolina Tar Heels Athletics: March 3-9

There's a lot going on in Chapel Hill this week. From the Diamond Heels (both baseball and softball) having jam-packed weeks to some NCAA championships being held, there will be plenty of opportunities to check out your favorite Tar Heels in action. Want the latest regarding this week's schedule? Look no further than the list right here. (Keeping It Heel)

Four Tar Heels Honored With ACC Postgraduate Scholarship Recognition

Recognized by the ACC, football's J.J. Jones and women's golf's Riley Quartermain have been named two of the 35 recipients of the 2025 Weaver-James-Corrigan-Swofford Postgraduate Scholarship Award. Women's basketball's Alyssa Ustby and men's cross country and track & field's Parker Wolfe earned spots on the 2025 ACC Excellence Award List. (GoHeels.com)

Video: Carolina Insider - Interview With NCAA Mile Record Holder Ethan Strand

Jones Angell from the Tar Heel Sports Network and Adam Lucas of GoHeels.com sit down with Ethan Strand as part of this week's Carolina Insider podcast to talk with Strand, who just ran the fastest mile in NCAA history, about his historic string of record-setting performances on the track. (View Video)

Carolina Insider Podcast: Basketball Updates; Football Signing Day; Alyssa Ustby, Ethan Strand Join

UNC Basketball hits the regular-season home stretch amid talk of potential staff additions (5:56). UNC Football signed 19 new players on Signing Day (34:48). Ethan Strand, who just ran the fastest mile in NCAA history, joins (39:20). And Alyssa Ustby discusses UNC Women's Basketball's terrific season (55:06). (Listen To Podcast)

Ethan Strand Named USTFCCCA National Athlete Of The Week

Ethan Strand earned his second national indoor track and field accolade of the season when the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association named him National Athlete of the Week. Strand (3:48.32) broke the NCAA record in the mile, running the third-fastest indoor mile of all time as the first college runner to post a sub 3:50 mile time. (GoHeels.com)

UNC's Ethan Strand Shatters Collegiate Mile Record

Every time UN's Ethan Strand (3:48.32) has stepped on the track this season, he has set a new NCAA record. Strand shattered Cooper Teare's NCAA record in the mile at the Boston University John Thomas Terrier Classic on Saturday. Strand ran the third-fastest indoor mile of all time. Strand is now the first college runner to post a sub 3:50 mile time. (GoHeels.com)

Tar Heels First In Learfield Directors’ Cup Final Fall Standings

UNC finished the fall semester No. 1 in the country in the 2024-25 Learfield Directors' Cup standings. The Tar Heels entered the football bowl season second behind Stanford but edged ahead of the Cardinal with 25 additional points by playing in the Fenway Bowl in Boston. UNC's fall sports amassed 422.5 points, 9.5 ahead of Stanford. Penn State was third. (GoHeels.com)

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