UNC Track & Field

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Video: Former UNC Track Star Anna Keefer On Life In The WWE

Former Tar Heel track and field All-American Anna Keefer discusses how life at the University of North Carolina prepared her for success on the track and in her new, unexpected career in the WWE. "It definitely wasn't in the cards or in the plans for me. It was totally unexpected." (View Video)

Parker Wolfe Becomes First Tar Heel To Be Named ACC Runner Of The Year

On the heels of the best cross country season in school history, UNC sophomore Parker Wolfe became the first Tar Heel to be named ACC Runner of the Year on Tuesday. The UNC women finished fifth at the NCAA Championships in November while the men finished 10th. Wolfe finished as the ACC's top male athlete at the 2022 NCAA Championships. (GoHeels.com)

Tony Waldrop, Former UNC All-American Track Star, World Record Holder Dies At 70

Dr. Tony G. Waldrop, who helped raise academic standards, elevate research, and usher in a new era at USA Health as president of the University of South Alabama, died on Saturday in Chapel Hill after a long illness. In 1974, as a track star at the North Carolina, he set a longstanding world record of 3 minutes and 55 seconds in the indoor mile. (GoHeels.com)

UNC Men's And Women's Cross Country Teams Both Finish Top 10 At NCAA Championships

For the first time, both the UNC men's and women's cross country teams finished top 10 at the NCAA Championships on Saturday, as the Tar Heels concluded the best season in program history with one of their top efforts of the year. The UNC women posted their best-ever NCAA finish, taking fifth place. The UNC men finished 10th, their second-best ever. (GoHeels.com)

UNC field hockey holds at No. 2, women’s soccer slips in poll, cross country teams move up

While the unstoppable Carolina field hockey team held on to its No. 2 ranking, the UNC women’s soccer team fell a spot, and both cross country teams moved up in their polls. Coach Karen Shelton’s field hockey team is 7-0 after blanking No. 4 Louisville 3-0 Friday in its ACC opener. The Tar Heels have won their last four games by a combined score of 20-0. (Tar Heel Tribune)

Carolina Insider Podcast: Hubert Davis Interview, Basketball Schedule, Football Open Date

UNC Football is on the first of two open weeks this season (12:44) so we take a closer look at the newly released Carolina Basketball schedule for the 2022-23 season (16:28). Audio from our Video interview with Patrick Anderson from Tar Heel Cross Country (29:21). Hubert Davis joins to discuss Live Action, the offseason, the freshmen, and the impact of last year's championship game run (38:42). (Listen To Podcast)

UNC Track & Field Star Anna Keefer Signed By WWE

As they’ve been doing around marquee stadium events of late, WWE held talent tryouts ahead of SummerSlam in Nashville last month. This one had a new, Triple H-led team evaluating talent, including Paul Heyman and Big E. Former UNC Track & Field standout Anna Keefer was among 14 people chosen to sign with the WWE's "Next In Line" program. (Cageside Seats)

Four-Time Olympian Shalane Flanagan Joins Oregon Track & Field Coaching Staff

Four-time Olympian, 2017 NYC Marathon champion, and UNC great Shalane Flanagan will join the Oregon staff as an assistant coach to help lead the team's distance program, announced Monday by coach Jerry Schumacher. Flanagan has spent the past three years working with Schumacher as an assistant coach for the Nike Bowerman Track Club. (Oregon Athletics)

UNC Finishes Sixth In Nation In Final Directors Cup Standings

The national champion women's lacrosse squad was one of eight Tar Heel teams to finish in the top 10 in NCAA Championship play this season to propel North Carolina to a sixth-place finish in the 2021-22 Directors' Cup. This is UNC's 23rd top-10 performance in the 28-year history of the Cup, its fourth time in the top six in the last seven competitions. (GoHeels.com)

Anna Keefer's determination drives record-breaking final track season

UNC track star Anna Keefer says her appetite for improvement was fostered after suffering a knee injury in 2021. Ahead of the 2022 season, she set a plan for her final season at UNC. She earned first-team All-America honors, set numerous personal records as a jumper and sprinter and was crowned ACC Indoor Champion in the long jump. (Daily Tar Heel)

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