UAB Blazers track and field

For information on all University of Alabama at Birmingham sports, see UAB Blazers.

UAB Blazers track and field
UniversityUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham
Head coachKurt Thomas
ConferenceAAC
LocationBirmingham, Alabama
Outdoor trackUAB Track and Field Facility
NicknameBlazers
ColorsUAB Green and UAB Gold[1]
   

The UAB Blazers track and field team is the track and field program that represents University of Alabama at Birmingham. The Blazers compete in NCAA Division I as a member of the American Athletic Conference. The team is based in Birmingham, Alabama, at the UAB Track and Field Facility.[2]

The program is coached by Kurt Thomas.[3] 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.[4]

In April 1998, athletic director Gene Bartow announced that the school would be cutting the men's track and field and cross country teams, leaving only a women's team.[5] Vonetta Flowers earned the most All-American finishes on the team before becoming a bobsledder and winning a gold medal in the 2002 Olympic two-woman race.[6] In 2023, Olympic sprinter Muna Lee was hired as an assistant coach.[7]

Postseason

As of August 2025, a total of 0 men and 4 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).[8][9]

First team NCAA All-Americans
Team Championships Name Event Place Ref.
Women's 1988 Outdoor Angela King Heptathlon 8th [10]
Women's 1995 Indoor Vonetta Jeffery 200 meters 8th [11]
Women's 1995 Outdoor Vonetta Jeffery 100 meters 5th [12]
Women's 1995 Outdoor Vonetta Jeffery 200 meters 8th [13]
Women's 1996 Indoor Vonetta Jeffery 200 meters 8th [11]
Women's 1996 Indoor Vonetta Jeffery Long jump 4th [14]
Women's 1996 Outdoor Vonetta Jeffery Long jump 5th [15]
Women's 2008 Indoor Elizabeth Ambrus 5000 meters 8th [16]
Women's 2014 Indoor Elinor Kirk 3000 meters 3rd [17]
Women's 2014 Outdoor Elinor Kirk 5000 meters 7th [18]
Women's 2014 Outdoor Elinor Kirk 10,000 meters 2nd [19]

See also

  • Category:UAB Blazers women's track and field athletes (1)

References

  1. ^ UAB Brand Refresh - Toolkit. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  2. ^ "UAB Blazers Media Guide" (PDF). University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  3. ^ "UAB Blazers Track and Field Coach". University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Here are the differences between the indoor and outdoor track seasons". ncaa.com. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Men's track halted". Birmingham Post-Herald. 23 April 1998. p. 30. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  6. ^ "She's bound to leap: UAB's Jeffery is gaining on hero". Birmingham Post-Herald. 8 July 1994. p. 17. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  7. ^ "Muna Lee". uabsports.com.
  8. ^ "USTFCCCA InfoZone: Meet History by Event: NCAA Division I Indoor Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  9. ^ "USTFCCCA InfoZone: Meet History by Event: NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  10. ^ "Heptathlon at the NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  11. ^ a b "200 meters at the NCAA Division I Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  12. ^ "100 meters at the NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  13. ^ "200 meters at the NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  14. ^ "Long jump at the NCAA Division I Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  15. ^ "Long jump at the NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  16. ^ "5000 meters at the NCAA Division I Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  17. ^ "3000 meters at the NCAA Division I Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  18. ^ "5000 meters at the NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  19. ^ "10,000 meters at the NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
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