The Utah Utes track and field team is the track and field program that represents University of Utah. The Utes compete in NCAA Division I as a member of the Big 12 Conference. The team is based in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the McCarthey Family Track & Field Complex.
The program is coached by Kyle Kepler. 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.
Fred Sheffield was the first two-time individual champion for the program, having won the high jump at the 1943 and 1945 NCAA Track and Field Championships.
In 2005, Utah discontinued its men's track and field and cross country programs. The teams were discontinued for financial reasons, with Chris Hill stating that the school was already in compliance with gender equity guidelines.
The women's teams joined the Pac-12 Conference for the 2011-12 season after previously competing in the Western Athletic Conference. They competed in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation conference for indoor track and field only until their 2020 championships. Beginning for the 2024-25 season, the school joined the Big 12 Conference. Due to the lack of a men's team, they were also called the "Women of Utah".
Postseason , a total of 20 men and 10 women have achieved individual first-team All-American status for the team 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).
First team NCAA All-Americans Team Championships Name Event Place Men's Doral Pilling Javelin throw Men's Byron Grant 110 meters hurdles Men's Byron Grant High jump Men's Byron Grant Long jump Men's Nate Long 400 meters Men's Knewell Rushforth High jump Men's Jack Thornley Javelin throw Men's Bud Gehrke Javelin throw Men's Fred Sheffield High jump Men's Fred Sheffield High jump Men's Fred Sheffield Long jump Men's Fred Sheffield High jump Men's Fred Sheffield Long jump Men's Fred Sheffield High jump Men's Keith Tolstrup 110 meters hurdles Men's Barney Dyer High jump Men's Fred Pratley High jump Men's Barney Dyer High jump Men's Cal Clark High jump Men's Cal Clark High jump Men's Ken Christensen 100 meters Men's Blaine Lindgren 110 meters hurdles Men's Krege Christenson Javelin throw Men's Krege Christenson Javelin throw Men's Craig Smith Javelin throw Men's Scott Etnyre Triple jump Men's Scott Etnyre Triple jump Men's Scott Bringhurst 5000 meters Men's Doug Wells Decathlon Men's Scott Bringhurst 10,000 meters Men's Mark Davenport High jump Men's Mark Davenport High jump Women's Jill Molen 5000 meters Women's Jill Molen 10,000 meters Women's Brenda Alcorn High jump Women's Brenda Alcorn High jump Women's Traci Stevens High jump Men's Jeff Simonich 5000 meters Women's Amy Tidwell 400 meters Women's Katie Decker High jump Women's Amanda Mergaert Mile run Women's Amanda Mergaert 1500 meters Women's Grayson Murphy 3000 meters steeplechase Women's Grayson Murphy 3000 meters steeplechase Women's Sarah Feeny Mile run Women's Simone Plourde 3000 meters Women's Emily Venters 5000 meters Women's Emily Venters 5000 meters Women's Simone Plourde 5000 meters Women's Emily Venters 10,000 meters Women's Brianna Rinn Distance medley relay Emily Martin Kyla Martin Erin Vringer
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