The Tulane Green Wave track and field team is the track and field program that represents Tulane University. The Green Wave compete in NCAA Division I as a member of the American Conference. The team is based in New Orleans, Louisiana at the Danny Thiel Track.
The program is coached by Adrian Myers. The track and field program officially encompasses four teams, as the NCAA regards men's and women's indoor track and field and outdoor track and field as separate sports.
Gloria Asumnu and Tharushi Karunarathna, both runners, are the only athletes that have represented Tulane at the Olympics, however Tulane sprinter Herman Neugass qualified for the 1936 Summer Olympics but refused to compete.
Postseason , a total of 12 men and 10 women have achieved individual first-team All-American status at the men's outdoor, women's outdoor, men's indoor, or women's indoor national championships.
First team All-Americans Team Championships Name Event Place Men's 1926 Outdoor William Duren 110 meters hurdles Men's 1931 Outdoor Don Zimmermann Pole vault Men's 1932 Outdoor Don Zimmermann Pole vault Men's 1933 Outdoor Don Zimmermann Pole vault Men's 1934 Outdoor Herman Neugass 100 meters Men's 1935 Outdoor Herman Neugass 100 meters Men's 1935 Outdoor Herman Neugass 200 meters Men's 1939 Outdoor Willard White Discus throw Men's 1948 Outdoor Paul Bienz 100 meters Men's 1948 Outdoor Paul Bienz 200 meters Men's 1948 Outdoor Spencer Johnson 10,000 meters Men's 1949 Outdoor Paul Bienz 100 meters Men's 1949 Outdoor Paul Bienz 200 meters Men's 1950 Outdoor Paul Bienz 100 meters Men's 1950 Outdoor Paul Bienz 200 meters Men's 1954 Outdoor Frank Dalferes Javelin throw Men's 1965 Outdoor Bill Shapiro 400 meters Men's 1967 Indoor Gary Groff Long jump Men's 1997 Indoor John Dessoye 200 meters Women's 1997 Indoor Nadia Smith High jump Women's 1998 Indoor Hanne Lyngstad Mile run Women's 1998 Outdoor Hanne Lyngstad 1500 meters Women's 1999 Indoor Hanne Lyngstad Mile run Women's 1999 Indoor Hanne Lyngstad Distance medley relay Lana Garner Katrina Gemmell Alison Lambert Women's 1999 Outdoor Hanne Lyngstad 1500 meters Men's 2000 Outdoor Solomon Kandie 3000 meters steeplechase Women's 2001 Indoor Nadja Petersen 400 meters Women's 2001 Indoor Marie Ahlander Triple jump Men's 2001 Outdoor Solomon Kandie 3000 meters steeplechase Men's 2001 Outdoor Nathan Junius Javelin throw Men's 2002 Outdoor Solomon Kandie 3000 meters steeplechase Women's 2007 Indoor Gloria Asumnu 60 meters Women's 2007 Outdoor Gloria Asumnu 200 meters Women's 2007 Outdoor Alex Becker 5000 meters Women's 2008 Indoor Gloria Asumnu 60 meters Women's 2009 Outdoor Alex Becker 5000 meters Women's 2009 Outdoor Alex Becker 10,000 meters Women's 2011 Outdoor Ana Ruzevic Javelin throw Women's 2016 Outdoor Jasmine Blocker 400 meters Women's 2017 Outdoor Alyssa Applebee Pole vault Women's 2023 Indoor Kristen O'Handley Pentathlon
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