Berry, McCool and Selmon honored as 2018 Patterson Medal recipients
Berry, McCool and Selmon won't return for the Tar Heels next season, but they'll all leave behind a lasting impact on the programs they stood out in.
TRACK-AND-FIELD
Kenny Selmon closes out UNC career with national title win at USATF Championship
With one final meet in his college career, Kenny Selmon had accomplished just about everything he could as an amateur runner. Except one thing.
Five from UNC track and field compete in NCAA Championship
Five members of the North Carolina Track & Field team competed at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field National Championship, in Eugene, Oregon and four of them walked away with All-America honors.
Men's track team finishes seventh, women's squad places eighth at ACC Championships
The North Carolina track and field teams had a long three days of competition at the ACC Championships in Coral Gables, Fla.
Brianna Duncan, Kenny Selmon highlight track and field's final regular-season meet
In its last regular-season meet of the season, the North Carolina track and field teams performed well and racked up a number of notable individual performances.
UNC track and field teams prove themselves in pair of weekend events
On Friday and Saturday, the North Carolina track and field teams split the weekend’s events in the Virginia Challenge, held in Charlottesville, and the Duke Invitational, held in Durham.
Never lost in the crowd: senior runner Caroline Alcorta succeeds at her own pace
“It’s amazing to me ... I guess she just doesn’t want to follow anybody,” John Alcorta said of his daughter, a decorated senior runner at UNC. “She's always at the front.”
Brianna Duncan's record is bright spot for track and field at the Battle of the Blues
Squaring up with Duke and Michigan on Friday at the Battle of the Blues in the Blue Devil’s Morris Williams Stadium, the UNC women’s track and field team came in third place, while UNC’s men’s team finished second.
Caroline Alcorta records second fastest 10,000-meter time in UNC history
RALEIGH — Carolina Alcorta finished the 10,000 meters race on Friday night at the Raleigh Relays, walked off the track at the Paul H. Derr Track and Field Facility and threw her hands on her knees in exhaustion.
Nicole Greene becomes UNC track and field's first national champion since 2007
After finishing in fifth place at the 2017 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, North Carolina high jumper Nicole Greene felt like she had something to prove for her junior campaign.
Young talent shines for UNC track and field in Weems Baskin Invitational this weekend
First-year Anna Keefer set a pair of personal records in the long jump and the 200 meters, and sophomore Liam Dixon also recorded a career-best mark in the pole vault as the North Carolina women’s and men’s track and field teams competed in the Weems Baskin Invitational in Columbia. S.C. this weekend.
UNC track and field breaks records at final event before ACC Championships
On Feb. 17, 1974, UNC's Tony Waldrop set an indoor mile world record of 3:55. Forty-four years later, the 2018 North Carolina men's and women's track and field teams set some records of their own. In the UCS Invitational this past weekend in Winston-Salem, UNC took first place in two events and second in two others. It was the team's final event of the indoor regular season before the ACC indoor track and field championships.
Seniors, first-years impress on UNC men's and women's track and field teams
The North Carolina track and field teams split up this weekend, as some competed in the Music City Challenge in Nashville, Tenn., and others competed in the Tiger Paw Invite in Clemson, S.C. Several athletes moved into UNC's record books in their respective events.
High jumper Draven Crist clears a career-high 7.025 feet for UNC track and field
Draven Crist flew over the high jump bar on Saturday, hit the mat and immediately bounced up.
UNC track and field 4x400 meter teams respectively notch second-fastest times in ACC
The North Carolina track and field teams had strong showings in the Bob Pollock Invitational in Clemson, S.C., on Friday and Saturday. On the women’s side, the Tar Heels saw top-three finishes in six events. The men had top-three finishes in two events.
UNC track and field has strong individual performances, mixed results at Notre Dame Invitational
The North Carolina track and field teams headed to South Bend on Saturday to compete in the Notre Dame Invitational. The women placed second out of seven schools with 86 points and the men placed fifth out of six schools with 71 points. Heptathlete Will Eskew and high jumpers Nicole Green and Draven Crist also had strong performances at the Clemson Invitational over the weekend.
Nicole Greene sets NCAA best for 2018 as UNC track and field dominates Carolina Cup
This meet was simply a tune-up, or so thought the North Carolina track and field team when it stepped into Eddie Smith Field House on Saturday afternoon.
Kenny Selmon runs the fourth-fastest 400-meter hurdle time in the world this year at ACC Championships
Kenny Selmon is a junior hurdler for the North Carolina track and field team who won his first ACC championship over the weekend in Atlanta, Ga. His 48.76 in the 400-meter hurdles is an NCAA No. 1 mark and ranks No. 2 in the United States and No. 4 in the world this season. Selmon spoke with staff writer James Tatter about the significance of his title, the nerves of running in front of his hometown crowd, his future ambitions in the event and his text to UNC 400-meter hurdles record-holder Ken Harnden after his race.
UNC track and field performs well in split meet
North Carolina sent athletes to the Virginia Challenge in Charlottesville, VA and to the Duke Invitational in Durham, NC over the weekend.
UNC track and field sees several strong showings at Tennessee Relays
The North Carolina track and field team spent the weekend in Knoxville, Tenn. at the Tennessee Relays, where they continued their upward trajectory with several high-ranking performances.
