Florida State Seminoles track and field | |
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Founded | 1948 |
University | Florida State University |
Head coach | Bob Braman (21st season) |
Conference | ACC |
Location | Tallahassee, FL |
Nickname | Seminoles |
Colors | Garnet and gold [1] |
NCAA Indoor National Championships | |
Women: 1984 | |
NCAA Outdoor National Championships | |
Men: 2006, 2007, 2008 Women: 1985 | |
Conference Indoor Championships | |
Men: 1994, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2020 Women: 2009, 2014, 2018, 2021 | |
Conference Outdoor Championships | |
Men: 1950, 1951, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2021, 2022 Women: 1989, 1990, 1991, 2000, 2009, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2021 |
The track and field teams of Florida State University, (variously Florida State or FSU), are currently coached by Bob Braman and compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The men's team has won fourteen indoor conference championships, thirty-five outdoor conference championships, and two outdoor national championships. The women's team has won four indoor conference championships, nine outdoor conference championships, four indoor national championships, and three outdoor national championships. In 2022, Trey Cunningham won the individual national title in hurdles [2] and won the Bowerman Award. [3]
The FSU men's Track & Field team won the NCAA National Championship three times in a row from 2005 to 2007. Since 2006, Head Coach Bob Braman and Associate Head Coach Harlis Meaders helped lead individual champions in the 200 m (Walter Dix), the triple jump (Rafeeq Curry), and the shot put (Garrett Johnson) to consecutive outdoor national titles. Individual runners-up were Walter Dix in the 100 m, Ricardo Chambers in the 400 m, and Tom Lancashire in the 1500 m. Others scoring points in the National Championship were Michael Ray Garvin in the 200 m (8th), Andrew Lemoncello in the 3000 m steeplechase (4th), Rafeeq Curry in the long jump (6th), and Garrett Johnson in the discus (5th). [4] In 2007, when FSU won its second straight men's Track & Field NCAA National Championship when Dix became the first person to hold the individual title in the 100 m, 200 m, and 4*100 m Relay at the same time. [5]
The Florida State Seminoles have a new track and field building complex on the south end of Mike Long Track, the Mcintosh Track and Field Building, named after Michael A. Mcintosh.
On February 7, 2010, the Seminoles vacated their 2007 Men's Outdoor Track and Field NCAA Championship in the wake of an academic cheating scandal.
60-meter Dash
55-meter Dash
200-meter Dash
400-meter Dash
800-meter Dash
Mile Run
3000-meter Run
5000-meter Run
60-meter High Hurdles
4x400-meter Relay
Distance Medley Relay
Long Jump
Triple Jump
Shot Put
Pole Vault
Weight Throw
100-meter Dash
200-meter Dash
400-meter Dash
800-meter Run
1500-meter Run
5000-meter Run
3000-meter Steeplechase
110-meter Hurdles
400-meter Hurdles
4x100-meter Relay
4x400-meter Relay
High Jump
Long Jump
Triple Jump
Pole Vault
Shot Put
Hammer
Heptathlon
Discus
Athlete | Year | Event |
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Danny Smith | 1974, 1975 | 60-yd Hurdles |
Walter McCoy | 1978 | 600-yd Run |
Ross, Boodie, Simmons, McCoy | 1980 | Mile Relay |
Phillip Riley | 1995 | 55M Hurdles |
Walter Dix | 2006, 2007 | 200M Dash |
Garrett Johnson | 2006 | Shot Put |
Ricardo Chambers | 2007 | 400M Dash |
Gonzalo Barroilhet | 2008 | Heptatholon |
Drew Brunson | 2008 | 60M Hurdles |
Ngoni Makusha | 2011 | Long Jump |
James Harris | 2014 | High Jump |
Dentarius Locke | 2014 | 60M Dash |
Athlete | Year | Event |
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Bradley Cooper | 1978 | Discus |
Mike Roberson | 1980 | 200M Dash |
Walter Dix | 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 | 100M Dash, 200M Dash |
Rafeeq Curry | 2006 | Triple Jump |
Garrett Johnson | 2006 | Shot Put |
Ricardo Chambers | 2007 | 400M Dash |
Bolden, Dix, Garvin, Clark | 2007 | 4x100M Relay |
Ngoni Makusha | 2008, 2009, 2011 | Long Jump, 100M Dash |
Charles Clark | 2008, 2009 | 200M Dash |
Jonathan Borlée | 2009 | 400M Dash |
Williams, K. Borlée, Clark, J. Borlée | 2009 | 4x400M Relay |
Maurice Mitchell | 2011, 2012 | 200M Dash |
Hyman, Makusha, Mitchell, J. Byram | 2011 | 4x100M Relay |
Athlete | Year | Event |
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Garcia, Bennett, Payne, Givens | 1981 | 4x200M Relay |
Wood, O.Brown, Borovicka, Coomber | 1982 | 4x800M Relay |
O. Brown, Cliette, Davis, Levy | 1984 | 4x400M Relay |
Michelle Finn | 1985 | 55 Dash |
Esmeralda Garcia | 1985 | Triple Jump |
Tonya Carter | 2000 | 60 Dash |
Lacy Janson | 2003 | Pole Vault |
Kimberly Williams | 2009, 2010, 2011 | Triple Jump |
Athlete | Year | Event |
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Garcia, Bennett, Payne, Givens | 1981 | 4x100M Relay |
Tonja Brown | 1982 | 400M Hurdles |
Marita Payne | 1982, 1984 | 400M Dash |
Wright, Payne Cliette, Givens | 1983 | 4x100M Relay, 4x400M Relay |
Finn, Payne, Cliette, Givens | 1984 | 4x100M Relay |
Davis, Cliette, Givens, Payne | 1984 | 4x400M Relay |
Randy Givens | 1984 | 100M Dash, 200M Dash |
Michelle Finn | 1985 | 100M Dash |
Esmeralda Garcia | 1985 | Triple Jump |
Levy, Davis, Thompson, Finn | 1987 | 4x100M Relay |
Teresa Bundy | 2002 | Triple Jump |
Lacy Janson | 2006 | Pole Vault |
Susan Kuijken | 2009 | 1500M Run |
Kimberly Williams | 2009 | Long Jump, Triple Jump |
Colleen Quigley | 2015 | 3000M Steeplechase |
Kala Funderburk | 2015 | 400M Dash |
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