Track and Field Articles By USTFCCCA

NEW ORLEANS (September 15, 2009) – The Washington Huskies are perched at the top of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Women's Cross Country Top 30 Preseason Coaches’ Poll, the USTFCCCA announced Tuesday. The Huskies received all 12 first-place votes and earned 360 total points in the preseason poll.   Washington, last year’s NCAA Division I Cross Country National Champions, return five of their top seven runners from last year’s championship team, four of which were USTFCCCA Cross Country All-Americans. The Huskies open their 2009 season at home this weekend in the Sundodger Invitational.   Oregon… more »

  NEW ORLEANS (September 15, 2009) – Oregon, last year’s NCAA Division I Men’s Cross Country National Champions, begins the 2009 season as the No. 1 team in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Men's Cross Country Top 30 Preseason Coaches’ Poll, the USTFCCCA announced Tuesday. The Ducks received nine first-place votes and earned 357 total points in the preseason poll.   Oregon will have plenty of ground to make up if they are to repeat as the men’s champions in 2009 as they lose two USTFCCCA All-Americans in Galen Rupp (last year’s NCAA Individual Champion)… more »

NEW ORLEANS – Texas A&M’s men’s jump/multi event coach, Jim VanHootegem, has been named the NCAA Division I Men’s National Assistant Coach of the Year by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, announced on Friday.   VanHootegem-coached athletes scored a total of 25 points at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships as the Aggies took him their first-ever Division I Outdoor Track and Field title. Julian Reid paced the jumps crew with a second place finish in the triple jump and a fourth place finish in the long jump for a total of 13 points.  … more »

NEW ORLEANS – Texas A&M’s men’s Head Coach Pat Henry has been named the NCAA Division I Men’s National Head Coach of the Year by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, announced on Friday.   Henry led the Aggies to their first-ever NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field National Championship winning the team title in the final event of the championship, the 4x400 meter relay. Down 46-40 with just the 4x400 meter relay left, the Aggies needed to finish no worse than third to secure a share of the national title. Henry’s relay squad did one… more »

NEW ORLEANS – With a second place finish at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, the Oregon Ducks have won the inaugural NCAA Division I John McDonnell Program of the Year Award as announced by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association on Thursday.   Oregon, which won the cross country and indoor track and field men’s national titles, finished with five points towards the final John McDonnell standings earning three points for a second-place tie at the outdoor championships with Florida and Florida State.   Stanford, which posted top ten finishes at the cross… more »

NEW ORLEANS – Oregon’s Galen Rupp and Ashton Eaton have been named the NCAA Division I Men’s Track Athlete and Field Athlete of the Year, respectively, by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, announced on Thursday.   Rupp, a senior, and Eaton, a junior, have been instrumental in the success that the Oregon Ducks attained this outdoor season. All season long, the Ducks were ranked in the top three in the Division I Outdoor Track and Field Rankings after entering the preseason ranked third in the country.   Rupp, the men’s national Track Athlete of the Year,… more »

NEW ORLEANS – Texas A&M’s Pat Henry, and Vince Anderson were named the NCAA Division I Women’s Track and Field Coaches of the Year announced by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association on Wednesday.   A&M Head Coach Pat Henry was named the Women’s National Head Coach of the Year after leading his Aggies to their first-ever NCAA Outdoor Track and Field title. The title marked the 13th outdoor title for the Aggie coach, as he earned 12 outdoor titles with the LSU women prior to his arrival in College Station.   In May, Henry’s Aggie squad took… more »

June 16, 2009   Barringer, Williams Named USTFCCCA Women’s National Athletes of the Year   NEW ORLEANS – Colorado’s Jenny Barringer and Florida State’s Kim Williams were named the NCAA Division I Women’s Track and Field Athletes of the Year announced by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association on Tuesday.   Barringer, from Oviedo, Florida, won the NCAA 3,000 meter steeplechase title last week giving the Colorado Buffalo three steeple titles in the past four years. Her time (9:25.54) reset the all-time collegiate-best and was a new NCAA meet record. During the 2009 outdoor campaign, the… more »

  NEW ORLEANS – The Oregon men have a lot to be happy about this year and plenty of hardware to show for it. The Ducks have won the cross country Pac-10 title, the cross country NCAA title, the indoor NCAA title, and the outdoor Pac-10 title. Winning both the cross country and indoor track and field National Championships has put the Ducks in a great position heading into the final event to determine the winner of the inaugural NCAA Division I John McDonnell Program of the Year Award given by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.… more »

  NEW ORLEANS – The Florida State women would like to finish the 2009 track and field season with a National Championship next week in Fayetteville, Ark. Should they complete their task, the Seminoles would add another trophy to their collection – the NCAA Division I Terry Crawford Program of the Year Award.   The award, which is given annually by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, honors the institution that has achieved the most success in each academic year (spanning the cross country, indoor track & field, and outdoor track & field seasons)  based on the… more »

June 2, 2009   Eight Honored as Division III National Outdoor Track and Field Athletes and Coaches of the Year   NEW ORLEANS – The Wartburg women and the Wisconsin Oshkosh men both picked up NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field National Championship titles in May and as a result, their head coaches, Marcus Newsom of Wartburg and John Zupanc of Oshkosh, each received the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association’s highest honor Tuesday, the National Men’s and Women’s Head Coach of the Year.   Newsom guided his women’s team to Wartburg’s second outdoor national title, and… more »

June 1, 2009   NEW ORLEANS – The Wisconsin Oshkosh men added another trophy to their collection on Monday when the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced the final standings of the inaugural NCAA Division III Al Carius Men’s Program of the Year Award.   Oshkosh earned the trophy after back-to-back national titles. The Titans won their first ever men’s indoor national title in March, tying Program of the Year runner-up Wisconsin-La Crosse in the indoor team standings, and then won its first ever men’s outdoor national title back in May. Oshkosh also finished ninth at the… more »

May 27, 2009   Wartburg Women Claim Inaugural Deb Vercauteren Program of Year Award   NEW ORLEANS – After winning both the NCAA Division III Women’s Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field National Championships, the Wartburg women added another piece of hardware to its collection on Wednesday when the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced the final standings for the NCAA Division III Deb Vercauteren Program of the Year award.   "To receive this award is very humbling and a big honor. I spent a lot of my early coaching days watching Deb's teams win national championships… more »

March 18, 2009   Four Honored as Division I National Indoor Track and Field Coaches of the Year   NEW ORLEANS – After leading his Oregon Ducks to their first ever Division I indoor track and field national title, Dan Steele was honored by his peers as the Men’s USTFCCCA Division I Indoor Track and Field National Coach of the Year, announced on Wednesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).   J.J Clark of Tennessee was honored as the Beverly Kearney Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year after leading his Tennessee Lady Volunteers… more »

March 17, 2009   Four Honored as Division I National Indoor Track and Field Athletes of the Year   NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced the NCAA Division I National Indoor Track and Field Athletes of the Year.  Two men and two women received the annual honor as voted by Division I coaches following the NCAA Division I Indoor Championships.    Those honored were Women's Track Athlete of the Year, Jenny Barringer; Women’s Field Athlete of the Year, Destinee Hooker; Men's Track Athlete of the Year, Galen Rupp; and the Men's Field… more »

March 12, 2008   USTFCCCA Announces Division I Indoor Track & Field Regional Honorees   NEW ORLEANS – The defending women’s shot put champion, Florida’s Mariam Kevkhishvili, and Oregon distance ace Galen Rupp lead a superb group of 72 men’s and women’s indoor track and field regional athletes and coaches of the year for the 2009 Division III indoor track and field season, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced on Thursday.   The USTFCCCA selects the top men’s and women’s track athlete, field athlete, assistant coach, and head coach for the nine regions in Division I… more »

March 11, 2008   NEW ORLEANS – Defending NCAA indoor champions Marie Borner, Willy Kaul and Caitlin Schetter, and 2008 runner-up Jake Winder are among the 48 men’s and women’s regional athletes and coaches of the year for the 2009 Division III indoor track and field season, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced on Wednesday.   The USTFCCCA selects the top track athlete, field athlete, and coach for the eight regions in Division III track and field.   Borner, a junior at Bethel University, owns the nation’s second fastest time in the mile run (4:52.14) and… more »