The UTEP Miners track and field team is the track and field program that represents University of Texas at El Paso. The Miners compete in NCAA Division I as a member of the Mountain West Conference. The team is based in El Paso, Texas, at the Kidd Field.
The program is coached by Francesca Green. 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.
In 1986, the track and field and cross country teams were put on probation by the NCAA for three years due to violations in 1983 and 1984 under then-coach Larry Heidebrecht. As part of the probation, UTEP could not compete in NCAA championships for the 1986-87 and 1987-88 seasons, and the men's team also had to vacate its 1983 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships team title. The restrictions were imposed due to $62,150 in cash payments being made to athletes for performances. During the probation period, athletes on the team had to request appeals to participate in competitions, and many left altogether.
Postseason AIAW The Miners have had 11 AIAW All-Americans finishing in the top six at the AIAW indoor or outdoor championships.
AIAW All-Americans Championships Name Event Place Debbie Pearson Mitchell 1500 meters Jennifer Smit Shot put Ria Stalman Shot put Debbie Pearson Mitchell 1500 meters Jennifer Smit Shot put Ria Stalman Discus throw Jeanine Brown 300 yards Debbie Pearson Mitchell Mile run Dannette Alford 4 × 220 yards relay Jeanine Brown Esther Otieno Carrman Rivers Esther Otieno 4 × 440 yards relay Carrman Rivers Bea Reese Jeanine Brown Esther Otieno Long jump Jennifer Smit Shot put Betty Bogers Shot put Jeanine Brown 4 × 110 yards relay Esther Otieno Bea Reese Carrman Rivers Esther Otieno Long jump Jennifer Smit Shot put Betty Bogers Discus throw Carrman Rivers 60 meters Jeanine Brown 300 meters Jacqueline Richards 1000 meters Debbie Pearson Mitchell 2000 meters Carrman Rivers 4 × 440 yards relay Esther Otieno Turus Van Amstel Jeanine Brown Leisa Biggers Distance medley relay Rochelle Collins Debbie Pearson Mitchell Jacqueline Richards Jennifer Smit Shot put Carrman Rivers 4 × 440 yards relay Esther Otieno Truus Van Amstel Jeanine Brown Jennifer Smit Shot put Ria Stalman Discus throw Betty Bogers Discus throw Charmaine Crooks 400 meters Leisa Biggers 4 × 440 yards relay Bea Reese Zenobia Haynes Jeanine Brown Jeanine Brown 200 meters Kim Turner 100 meters hurdles Bea Reese Sprint medley relay Doreen Hayward Jeanine Brown Charmaine Crooks Esther Otieno Long jump Charmaine Crooks 440 yards Kim Turner 60 yards hurdles Susanne Lorentzon High jump
NCAA , a total of 127 men and 39 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).