The Western Michigan Broncos track and field team is the track and field program that represents Western Michigan University. The Broncos compete in NCAA Division I as a member of the Mid-American Conference. The team is based in Kalamazoo, Michigan, at the Kanley Track.
The program is coached by Andrea Grove-McDonough. 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.
Ira Murchison won the school's first individual NCAA title. The sprinter won the 100 yards at the 1958 NCAA Track and Field Championships. The track and field and cross country teams brought the school their only national championships by winning the 1964 NCAA University Division cross country championships and 1965 NCAA University Division cross country championships.
The men's track and field team was founded in 1915. It was eliminated along with the women's skating program in December 2003 by then-University president Judith Bailey, effective for the 2004-05 school year. Cutting the track team was estimated to save US$370,000. There was an effort to revive the men's teams in 2009, but it was not successful.
Postseason , a total of 41 men and 5 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 Will Praeger Discus throw Men's Hillard Hulscher Shot put Men's Towner Smith 400 meters Men's Cam Hackle High jump Men's Ray Swartz Mile run Men's Norm Schrier High jump Men's Norm Schrier High jump Men's Charles Rice 3000 meters Men's Byfrod Barr Long jump Men's Byford Barr Javelin throw Men's Bill Moore Pole vault Men's Ralph Welton Long jump Men's Ira Murchison 200 meters Men's Ira Murchison 100 meters Men's Ira Murchison 100 meters Men's Ira Murchison 200 meters Men's Jerry Ashmore 5000 meters Men's Jerry Ashmore 5000 meters Men's John Bork 800 meters Men's Don Tretheway 3000 meters steeplechase Men's Jerry Ashmore 5000 meters Men's Jim Oliphant High jump Men's Alonzo Littlejohn High jump Men's Jerry Bashaw 3000 meters steeplechase Men's Alonzo Littlejohn High jump Men's Bruce Burston Mile run Men's Dennis Holland Long jump Men's Steve Straunch 4 × 100 meters relay Boice Bowman Don Castronovo Horace Coleman Men's Chuck Lemon 400 meters hurdles Men's Tom Randolph 400 meters Men's Tom Randolph 100 meters Men's Steve Straughn 4 × 100 meters relay Horace Coleman Don Castronovo Tom Randolph Men's Tom Randolph 400 meters Men's Tom Randolph 200 meters Men's Doug Lambert Pole vault Men's Jeromee Liebenberg 3000 meters steeplechase Men's Jeromee Liebenberg 3000 meters steeplechase Men's John Bennett 10,000 meters Men's Gary Harris 3000 meters Men's Mike Schomer Weight throw Men's Tom Duits 1500 meters Men's Tom Duits 1500 meters Men's Tom Duits Mile run Men's Ron Parisi Javelin throw Men's Dave Beauchamp 4 × 800 meters relay Mike Karasiewicz Mike Thompson Jack McIntosh Men's Jack McIntosh 800 meters Men's Jack McIntosh 800 meters Men's Dave Beauchamp 4 × 800 meters relay Gordon McIntosh Dana Houston Kurt Liechty Men's Chuck Greene Javelin throw Men's Mike Fowler 4 × 800 meters relay Gordon McIntosh Jack McIntosh Kurt Liechty Men's Jack McIntosh 800 meters Men's Tom Broekema Distance medley relay Robert Louis Brad Mora Eric Teutsch Men's Alex Washington 110 meters hurdles Women's Caroline Mullen 5000 meters Men's Jamie Hence 55 meters hurdles Men's Robert Louis 200 meters Men's Jesse McGuire 10,000 meters Men's Vinton Bennett High jump Men's Vinton Bennett High jump Men's Briane Keene Javelin throw Women's Jill Stamison 800 meters Men's Brian Keane Javelin throw Women's Jill Stamison 800 meters Men's Jeff Brandenburg Shot put Men's Jeff Brandenburg Shot put Men's Jeff Brandenburg Shot put Men's Burger Lambrechts Shot put Men's Burger Lambrechts Shot put Men's Phil McMullen Decathlon Men's Phil McMullen Decathlon Women's Becky Horn 800 meters Women's Danielle Brown 400 meters hurdles Women's Becky Horn 800 meters Women's Irene Cooper Weight throw
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