Houston Cougars track and field | |
---|---|
![]() | |
University | University of Houston |
Head coach | Carl Lewis |
Conference | Big 12 |
Location | Houston, Texas |
Outdoor track | Tom Tellez Track at Carl Lewis International Complex |
Nickname | Cougars |
Colors | Scarlet and white [1] |
The Houston Cougars track and field team is the track and field program that represents University of Houston. The Cougars compete in NCAA Division I as a member of the Big 12 Conference. The team is based in Houston, Texas, at the Tom Tellez Track at Carl Lewis International Complex. [2]
The program is coached by Carl Lewis. [3] The track and field program officially encompasses four teams because the NCAA considers men's and women's indoor track and field and outdoor track and field as separate sports. [4]
Lewis was first named head coach in July 2023, after spending ten years as a volunteer or assistant coach. The men's team finished runner-up at the 2019 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, a performance that Lewis thought they "should have won". [5]
The Cougars have had four AIAW individual All-Americans finishing in the top six at the AIAW indoor or outdoor championships. [6]
AIAW All-Americans | |||
---|---|---|---|
Championships | Name | Event | Place |
1980 Indoor | Amy Davis | Long jump | 4th |
1980 Outdoor | Amy Davis | 4 × 100 meters relay | 4th |
Bridgett Singleton | |||
Cruz Ibarguen | |||
Vickie Finch | |||
1980 Outdoor | Amy Davis | Long jump | 4th |
1981 Indoor | Tara Mastin | 60 meters | 4th |
1981 Indoor | Rachel Clary | 4 × 200 meters relay | 3rd |
Cruz Ibarguen | |||
Tara Mastin | |||
Darlene Jefferson | |||
1981 Indoor | Patsy Walker | Pentathlon | 1st |
1981 Outdoor | Dana Olson | Javelin throw | 3rd |
1981 Outdoor | Patsy Walker | Heptathlon | 1st |
As of August 2025 [update] , a total of 75 men and 30 women have achieved individual first-team All-American status at the Division I men's outdoor, women's outdoor, men's indoor, or women's indoor national championships (using the modern criteria of top-8 placing regardless of athlete nationality). [7] [8]