Since NCAA athletes were sent home in March due to the spread of COVID-19, UNC director of cross country and track and field Chris Miltenberg has continued to emphasize the core values of his program.
“His energy is contagious," said UNC cross country redshirt senior Alex Milligan about director Chris Miltenberg. "He’s going to bring out the best in you, and every day at practice, his energy, his drive, and his own work ethic, rubs off on us. We see how much he puts into it and you want him to respect you and you want to reciprocate the same work ethic he’s putting in.”
Despite this being the Tar Heels' first season under head coach Chris Miltenberg, they excelled. Nearly every meet saw someone, often many people, set new personal or school records.
The North Carolina track and field team competed in the ACC Indoor Championships where the men placed fifth and the women 12th. The Tar Heels set 14 personal records, had four record-setting performances, and took home two ACC titles.
The men’s 4x400 relay team made its way into the history books on Friday as the North Carolina track and field team competed in the two-day JDL DMR Invitational over the weekend in Winston Salem, N.C.
The UNC track and field team had its best performance of the season over the weekend when the team combined for 13 new personal bests.
Three Tar Heels made their way into the history books as the North Carolina track and field team competed at the two-day Power 5 Invitational in Ann Arbor, Michigan on Friday and Saturday.
First-year Sydney Banks won her second consecutive high jump and a plethora of athletes from the UNC track and field team set season bests at the Hokie Invitational on Friday and Saturday.
The North Carolina track and field team was led by redshirt-senior Daniel McArthur at the Virginia Tech Invitational, who set a new school record in men's shot put. Twelve other Tar Heels added to the impressive showing, setting personal bests of their own.
The North Carolina track and field team had a strong starting for its first meeting of the year, with the men's team finishing first and the women's team finishing fourth, along with six Tar Heels winning six individual events.
The North Carolina track and field team announced its full schedule for the 2020 season, with dates in Durham, Blacksburg and Albuquerque, among other places.
With the hire of Samantha Naden, the staff of Chris Miltenberg, UNC's new director of track and field and cross country, is officially complete.
UNC track and field and cross country runner Michael Spragley recently ventured out from being a SoundCloud rapper and released an album called, "Overthinking."
Two weeks after the departure of Harlis Meaders, UNC's track and field and cross country programs have a new head man – Stanford's Chris Miltenberg.
The University has elected not to renew the contract of Harlis Meaders, which expires at the end of June, the athletic department announced in a statement Tuesday.
The North Carolina track and field season concluded Saturday with the NCAA Championships. Here are the results from the Austin, Texas competition.
The North Carolina track & field team competed in the NCAA East Preliminary Round this weekend on the campus of the University of North Florida. Nicole Greene, Madison Wiltrout and the men's 4x400 team of Isaiah Palmer, Ryan Saint-Germain, Onyedikachi Ohia-Enyia and Ari Cogdell all qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Austin, Texas.
The North Carolina track and field team earned four ACC titles over the weekend and multiple athletes earned all-conference honors over the weekend at the ACC Outdoor Championships in Charlottesville, Va.
No anecdote encompasses who Roman Mitchell is more perfectly than that day in February of 2017 — when, as a high school junior equipped with nothing but adrenaline and quick wit, he prevented the unthinkable.
The North Carolina track and field team competed in the Duke Invitational and Virginia Challenge this weekend. Redshirt sophomore Daniel McArthur had the second-best throw in the ACC in men’s shot put with a mark of 19.10 meters at the Virginia Challenge.
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