Roy Smith sets two personal records at ACC championships
Racing three events in one weekend is no easy feat.
TRACK AND FIELD
Final push lands UNC track and field in 2nd place
Going into the final event of the ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday, the North Carolina men’s team needed a miracle. After a furious comeback, high on momentum, in front of a raucous crowd in Chapel Hill, anything seemed possible.
UNC track & field hosts Joe Hilton Invitational on Senior Day
Senior day typically marks the last time a team will play at home for the rest of a given season. The North Carolina track and field team, however, has an interesting advantage this season — it plays host to the ACC Outdoor Championships next weekend.
UNC track and field performs well in 3 weekend meets
Ceo Ways had quite the homecoming this weekend at the Florida Relays.
UNC track and field fairs well in 2 states
Two 800-meter races, two kicks and two first-place finishes.
UNC track and field opens outdoor season
Eight athletes set personal records this weekend in the North Carolina track and field team’s opening outdoor meet.
UNC track and field gets set for outdoor season
Expectations are high entering the 2014 outdoor track season, and North Carolina track and field athletes are hungry. Following a successful indoor season, which ended less than a week ago, the outdoor team is looking to perform even better in the upcoming season.
Pole vaulter Overstreet has strong presence on and off the field
Cameron Overstreet is not a prototypical pole-vaulter.
Track and field concludes indoor season
Saturday marked the end of the North Carolina track and field team’s indoor season, but coach Harlis Meaders wasn’t feeling nostalgic — he was looking ahead to a bright future.
Presson's endurance carries Tar Heels track and field
North Carolina miler Isaac Presson hadn’t planned to compete in the 3,000-meter run. He was inexperienced and unseeded in the event, and his legs had tired after taking third place in the mile just hours earlier.
Track honors coach in weekend meet
The North Carolina track and field team capped off the indoor regular season with several athletes shattering personal records, while the program honored a coaching legend.
UNC track and field competes in Winston-Salem despite weather
The North Carolina track and field team had planned to spread itself across the country this weekend — to Seattle, Wash., Albuquerue, N.M., and Winston-Salem.
Track and field successful in away meet
Highlighted by a historic indoor weight throw from A.J. Hicks and a third-place finish in the mile from Jack Driggs, the UNC track and field team will look to build off a respectable showing at the Armory Collegiate Invitational in New York City.
Mixed results for track and field teams on weekend
The track and field indoor season has started with a bang in Chapel Hill, where the Eddie Smith Field House hosted five days of competition in the span of nine days. The Dick Taylor Challenge doubled as the first annual Carolina Cup, a competition among track and field teams from North Carolina.
UNC track and field prepares for ACC tournament
There would be no divisions, Harlis Meaders declared. Just one big, eclectic family of vaulters, throwers, runners and jumpers.
Former athlete returns to UNC as track and field coach
Harlis Meaders’ name is already etched in the North Carolina track and field record books. A three-time ACC champion as a Tar Heel, he will forever be remembered in UNC track and field circles. But now Meaders begins a new chapter of his Tar Heel career: head coach of the UNC track and field and cross country programs.
Freshman decathlete Joe Hutchinson to carry Olympic torch in May
As a decathlete, Joe Hutchinson is accustomed to sprinting, shot putting, throwing the discus and pole vaulting.
UNC track team’s seniors shine at Kent Taylor-Joe Hilton Invitational
North Carolina seniors Malai Walker and Emory Parsons could not have picked a better time to achieve their personal bests.
UNC’s head track coach Dennis Craddock to retire after 27 years
In his 27 years as North Carolina’s men’s and women’s head cross country and track and field coach, Dennis Craddock built more than just successful teams — he built a family. Craddock will retire at end of this season as one of the most successful coaches in ACC sports’ history.
Freshman mid-distance runner O'Neal Wanliss starts non-profit, Spikes 4 Tykes
North Carolina freshman mid-distance runner created Spikes 4 Tykes — a charitable organization that sends track shoes to youth runners in Jamaica — he just hoped everything would work out.
