The Georgia Bulldogs women's track and field team represents University of Georgia in NCAA Division I women's indoor and outdoor track and field.

Facility Spec Towns Track is the practice and competition stadium for the UGA track & field teams. In 2023, the University of Georgia announced plans to build a new track and field complex.

Notable athletes

In 2018, Keturah Orji became the first Bulldog to win The Bowerman, an award that honors collegiate track & field's most outstanding athlete of the year. Orji was also the first three-time finalist for the award.

Two UGA women's track and field athletes have won the Honda Sports Award, Kendell Williams in 2017 and Aaliyah Butler in 2025.

Olympic medalists

Name Country Olympiad Event Result Medal Gwen Torrence 1992 Barcelona 200 meters 21.81 Gold Gwen Torrence 1992 Barcelona 4x100 meter relay 41.11 Gold Gwen Torrence 1992 Barcelona 4x400 meter relay 3:20.92 Silver Gwen Torrence 1996 Atlanta 4x100 meter relay 41.95 Gold Gwen Torrence 1996 Atlanta 100 meters 10.96 Bronze Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie 1996 Atlanta 4x100 meter relay 42.14 Silver Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie 2000 Sydney 4x100 meter relay 41.95 Gold Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie 2004 Athens 200 meters 22.30 Bronze Hyleas Fountain 2008 Beijing Women's heptathlon 6,619 Points Silver Shaunae Miller-Uibo 2016 Rio de Janeiro 400 meters 49.44 Gold Shaunae Miller-Uibo 2021 Tokyo 400 meters 48.36 Gold Lynna Irby 2021 Tokyo 4x400 meter relay 3:18.85 Gold Lynna Irby 2021 Tokyo Mixed 4x400 meter relay 3:10.22 Bronze Aaliyah Butler 2024 Paris 4x400 meter relay 3:15.27 Gold

History

SEC & NCAA Championship Meet Finishes

Georgia Bulldogs Women's Track and Field Year Head coach SECIndoor NCAAIndoor SECOutdoor NCAAOutdoor Place Points Place Points Place Points Place Points 1980 Bill Katz 1981 Bill Katz 454 1982 Steve Sitler - 550 1983 Steve Sitler560 10T 10558 32 13 1984 Steve Sitler289 9 11362 28T 19 1985 Mike Sheeley 5 35 20T 8 4 71 23T 11 1986 Mike Sheeley 5 53.3 12T 10 5 67 11 19 1987 Mike Sheeley 5 58 13T 10 5 38 13T 20 1988 Lewis Gainey 733 NTS NTS 6 35 NTS NTS 1989 Lewis Gainey 7 16 NTS NTS 6 54 14T 15 1990 John Mitchell 7 17 45T 1 NTS NTS NTS NTS 1991 John Mitchell 7 12 NTS NTS 5 50 32 7 1992 John Mitchell 7 30 NTS NTS 7 42.5 NTS NTS 1993 John Mitchell 7 49 NTS NTS 7 45 NTS NTS 1994 John Mitchell 9 24.33 27T 7 6 53 NTS NTS 1995 John Mitchell 2 96.5 7 20 1 135.5 3 41.3 1996 John Mitchell 3 83.5 2 34 4 88 12 21 1997 John Mitchell 6 35 NTS NTS 6 65 56T 2 1998 John Mitchell 7 50 8 1 3 103 6 32 1999 John Mitchell 6 44 18 10 4 107.5 4 37 2000 Wayne Norton 5 62 42 4 5 85 19 12 2001 Wayne Norton 5 61.5 13 14.5 7 55 25 10.6 2002 Wayne Norton 6 26 NTS NTS 7 49 45T 4 2003 Wayne Norton 6 55.5 36T 4 6 66 11 22 2004 Wayne Norton 4 81 6 36 3 101.5 7 24 2005 Wayne Norton 6 54 12 16.5 4 106.2 6 28 2006 Wayne Norton 1 101.5 5T 27 1 136* 9 25.75 2007 Wayne Norton 2 103 4 28 3 106 9 24 2008 Wayne Norton 10 14.5 NTS NTS 10 32 60T 2 2009 Wayne Norton 11 14 NTS NTS 9 45.5 NTS NTS 2010 Wayne Norton 5 65.5 42T 4 5 74.5 26T 10 2011 Wayne Norton 6 54 NTS NTS 4 94 40T 6 2012 Wayne Norton 5 52 28T 8 4 108 21T 14 2013 Wayne Norton 5 52.5 10 22 5 87 11T 25 2014 Wayne Norton 5 64.5 3T 40.5 5 70.5 5 35 2015 Wayne Norton 6 50 3 37 6 64 5 41 2016 Petros Kyprianou 3 65 3 45 8 59 3 41 2017 Petros Kyprianou 4 64 2 51 4 77 2 62.2 2018 Petros Kyprianou 2 84.5 1 61 8 61 2 52 2019 Petros Kyprianou 7 49 20 11 10 42.5 66T 1 2020 Petros Kyprianou N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2021 Petros Kyprianou 3 69 5 31 5 64 3 37.5 2022 Caryl Smith-Gilbert 9 23 46 2.2 10 33.5 45T 4 2023 Caryl Smith-Gilbert 6 53 5 31 6 57 10T 19 2024 Caryl Smith-Gilbert 6 47 3 33 5 72 10T 25 2025 Caryl Smith-Gilbert 4 57 2 33 1 103 1 732026Caryl Smith-Gilbert3681453 90150

NCAA Championship Meet Individual Event Champions

Georgia Bulldogs Women's Individual Event Champions Year Name Country Meet Event Result 2026 Adaejah Hodge British Virgin Islands 2026 Outdoor Championships 200 m 21.68 2026 Dejanea Oakley Jamaica 2026 Outdoor Championships 400 m 48.79 2026 Adaejah Hodge British Virgin Islands 2026 Indoor Championships 200 m 22.22 2026 Dejanea Oakley Jamaica 2026 Indoor Championships 400 m 50.47 2025 Elena Kulichenko Cyprus 2025 Outdoor Championships High jump 2025 Stephanie Ratcliffe Australia 2025 Outdoor Championships Hammer throw 2025 Aaliyah Butler USA 2025 Outdoor Championships 400 m 49.26 2024 Elena Kulichenko Cyprus 2024 Outdoor Championships High jump 2021 Marie-Therese Obst Norway 2021 Outdoor Championships Javelin throw 2018 Kate Hall USA 2018 Indoor Championships Long jump 2018 Keturah Orji USA 2018 Indoor Championships Triple jump 2018 Lynna Irby USA 2018 Outdoor Championships 400 m 49.80 2018 Keturah Orji USA 2018 Outdoor Championships Long jump 2018 Keturah Orji USA 2018 Outdoor Championships Triple jump 2017 Mady Fagan USA 2017 Indoor Championships High jump 2017 Keturah Orji USA 2017 Indoor Championships Triple jump 2017 Kendell Williams USA 2017 Indoor Championships Pentathlon 4682 2017 Mady Fagan USA 2017 Outdoor Championships High jump 2017 Kate Hall USA 2017 Outdoor Championships Long jump 2017 Keturah Orji USA 2017 Outdoor Championships Triple jump 2017 Kendell Williams USA 2017 Outdoor Championships Heptathlon 6265 2016 Kendell Williams USA 2016 Indoor Championships Pentathlon 4703 (Collegiate Record) 2016 Keturah Orji USA 2016 Indoor Championships Triple jump 2016 Keturah Orji USA 2016 Outdoor Championships Triple jump (Collegiate Record) 2016 Kendell Williams USA 2016 Outdoor Championships Heptathlon 6225 2016 Chanice Porter Jamaica 2016 Outdoor Championships Long Jump 2015 Keturah Orji USA 2015 Outdoor Championships Triple jump 2015 Kendell Williams USA 2015 Indoor Championships Pentathlon 4,678 (collegiate record) 2015 Leontia Kallenou Cyprus 2015 Indoor Championships High jump 2014 Leontia Kallenou Cyprus 2014 Outdoor Championships High jump 2014 Kendell Williams USA 2014 Outdoor Championships Heptathlon 5,854 2014 Leontia Kallenou Cyprus 2014 Indoor Championships High jump 2014 Kendell Williams USA 2014 Indoor Championships Pentathlon 4,635 (collegiate record) 2013 Freya Jones UK 2013 Outdoor Championships Javelin throw 2013 Shaunae Miller-Uibo Bahamas 2013 Indoor Championships 400 m 50.88 2010 Nikola Lomnicka Slovakia 2010 Outdoor Championships Hammer throw 2007 Jenny Dahlgren Argentina 2007 Outdoor Championships Hammer throw 2007 Patricia Sylvester Grenada 2007 Indoor Championships High jump 2006 Jenny Dahlgren Argentina 2006 Outdoor Championships Hammer throw 2006 Jenny Dahlgren Argentina 2006 Indoor Championships Weight throw 2004 Hyleas Fountain USA 2004 Outdoor Championships Long jump 2004 Hyleas Fountain USA 2004 Indoor Championships Long jump 2004 Hyleas Fountain USA 2004 Indoor Championships Pentathlon 4,412 2004 Fanni Juhász Hungary 2004 Indoor Championships Pole vault 2003 Hyleas Fountain USA 2003 Outdoor Championships Heptathlon 5,999 2001 Thorey Elisdottir Iceland 2001 Indoor Championships Pole vault 1999 Vigdis Guðjónsdóttir Iceland 1999 Outdoor Championships Javelin throw 1999 Debbie Ferguson Bahamas 1999 Indoor Championships 60 m 7.24 1998 Debbie Ferguson Bahamas 1998 Outdoor Championships 100 m 10.94w 1998 Debbie Ferguson Bahamas 1998 Outdoor Championships 200 m 22.66 1996 Debbie Ferguson Bahamas 1996 Indoor Championships 200 m 23.17 1989 Kim Engel USA 1989 Outdoor Championships Javelin throw 1987 Gwen Torrence USA 1987 Outdoor Championships 100 m 11.25 1987 Gwen Torrence USA 1987 Outdoor Championships 200 m 22.37 1987 Gwen Torrence USA 1987 Indoor Championships 55 m 6.56 1986 Gwen Torrence USA 1986 Indoor Championships 55 m 6.62 1984 Linda Detlefsen USA 1984 Indoor Championships 1500 m 4:21.32

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