UNLV Rebels track and field

UNLV Rebels track and field
UniversityUniversity of Nevada, Las Vegas
Head coachCarmelita Jeter
ConferenceMW
LocationLas Vegas, Nevada
Outdoor trackMyron Partridge Stadium
NicknameRebels
ColorsScarlet and gray[1]
   

The UNLV Rebels track and field team is the track and field program that represents University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The Rebels compete in NCAA Division I as a member of the Mountain West Conference. The team is based in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the Myron Partridge Stadium.[2]

The program is coached by Carmelita Jeter.[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]

The UNLV men's track team was cut following the 1981 season. Both indoor and outdoor track were cut along with women's volleyball and tennis under a plan by then-President Leonard Goodall.[5] The men's team was coached by Al McDaniels.[6]

Heptathlete Sheila Tarr won the program's first individual title in 1984. Her father Jerry Tarr had won NCAA titles for Oregon in 1962.[7]

Postseason

AIAW

The Rebels have had 5 individual AIAW All-Americans finishing in the top six at the AIAW indoor or outdoor championships.[8]

AIAW All-Americans
Championships Name Event Place
1975 Outdoor Beatrice Emodi Long jump 5th
1976 Outdoor Linda Cornelius Pentathlon 4th
1977 Outdoor Unknown 4 × 110 yards relay 2nd
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
1977 Outdoor Cecelia Branch Sprint medley relay 3rd
Nedra Washington
Emma Jean Major
Delores Lee Render
1979 Outdoor Lisa Thompson 100 meters 2nd
1979 Outdoor Cecelia Branch 100 meters hurdles 3rd
1980 Outdoor Ann Crump Pentathlon 3rd
1981 Indoor Lisa Thompson 60 meters 3rd

NCAA

As of August 2025, a total of 27 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). No men achieved All-American status before the team was dropped by the 1982 season.[9][10]

First team NCAA All-Americans
Team Championships Name Event Place Ref.
Women's 1982 Outdoor Lisa Thompson 200 meters 7th [11]
Women's 1982 Outdoor Lisa Thompson 4 × 400 meters relay 6th [12]
Sheila Polk
Vernecia Smith
Sonya Briscoe
Women's 1983 Indoor Lisa Thompson 55 meters 4th [13]
Women's 1984 Outdoor Sheila Tarr Heptathlon 1st [14]
Women's 1985 Indoor Inger Peterson 55 meters 5th [13]
Women's 1985 Outdoor Michelle Stewart 4 × 100 meters relay 8th [15]
Michelle Matthias
Paula Ready
Inger Peterson
Women's 1985 Outdoor Sheila Tarr Heptathlon 2nd [14]
Women's 1987 Indoor Purdane Jackson 55 meters hurdles 6th [16]
Women's 1987 Indoor Trena Hull 1000 meters 1st [17]
Women's 1987 Outdoor Tanya Davis 4 × 100 meters relay 8th [15][2]
Sonji Green
Carrie Franklin
Cheryl Cheeks
Women's 1988 Outdoor Tanya Davis 4 × 100 meters relay 8th [15]
Carrie Franklin
Gretchen Jiles
Cheryl Cheeks
Women's 1989 Indoor Trevaia Williams 4 × 400 meters relay 8th [18][19][2]
Cheryl Cheeks
Julie Harrison
Sonji Green
Women's 1989 Indoor Maddete Smith Long jump 2nd [20]
Women's 1989 Outdoor Carrie Franklin 100 meters 8th [21]
Women's 1989 Outdoor Maddette Smith 4 × 100 meters relay 4th [15]
Carrie Franklin
Gretchen Jiles
Cheryl Cheeks
Women's 1989 Outdoor Carrie Franklin 4 × 400 meters relay 5th [12]
Trevaia Williams
Julie Harrison
Cheryl Cheeks
Women's 1990 Outdoor Maddette Smith Long jump 6th [22]
Women's 1990 Outdoor Trevaia Williams Heptathlon 6th [14]
Women's 1991 Indoor Shunta Rose Long jump 3rd [20]
Women's 1991 Outdoor Trevaia Williams Heptathlon 3rd [14]
Women's 1992 Indoor Zundra Feagin 200 meters 4th [23]
Women's 1992 Indoor Shunta Rose Long jump 4th [20]
Women's 1992 Outdoor Crystal Irving 400 meters 4th [24]
Women's 1992 Outdoor Trevaia Williams 400 meters hurdles 3rd [25]
Women's 1992 Outdoor Zundra Feagin 4 × 100 meters relay 6th [15]
Crystal Irving
Shunta Rose
Trevaia Williams
Women's 1992 Outdoor Shunta Rose Long jump 4th [22]
Women's 1993 Indoor Crystal Irving 400 meters 2nd [26]
Women's 1994 Indoor Jean Fletcher 800 meters 6th [27]
Women's 1994 Indoor Latasha Prothro 4 × 400 meters relay 7th [18][28][2]
Latricia Dendy
Cheryl Allen
Jean Fletcher
Women's 1994 Outdoor Judy Fraser 400 meters 8th [24]
Women's 1994 Outdoor Cheryl Allen 4 × 400 meters relay 5th [12]
Latasha Prothro
Jean Fletcher
Judy Fraser
Women's 1997 Indoor Alicis Tyson 200 meters 7th [23]
Women's 1997 Outdoor Hydiane Harper 200 meters 7th [11]
Women's 1997 Outdoor Donielle Twitty 4 × 100 meters relay 5th [15]
Alicia Tyson
Dahlia Smith
Hydiane Harper
Women's 1999 Indoor Jessica Marable Shot put 8th [29]
Women's 1999 Outdoor Jessica Marable Shot put 8th [30]
Women's 2000 Outdoor Michele Davis 200 meters 4th [11]
Women's 2000 Outdoor Michele Davis 400 meters 7th [24]
Women's 2002 Indoor Michele Davis 200 meters 8th [23]
Women's 2002 Indoor Michele Davis 400 meters 6th [26]
Women's 2002 Outdoor Michele Davis 400 meters 6th [24]
Women's 2002 Outdoor Nickeisha Charles 400 meters 8th [24]
Women's 2004 Outdoor Christine Spence 400 meters hurdles 7th [25]
Women's 2005 Indoor Christine Spence Pentathlon 8th [31]
Women's 2005 Outdoor Christine Spence 400 meters hurdles 7th [25]
Women's 2005 Outdoor Christine Spence High jump 6th [32]
Women's 2006 Indoor Ashley Owens 60 meters 2nd [33]
Women's 2011 Outdoor Amanda Bingson Hammer throw 4th [34]
Women's 2011 Outdoor Chelsea Cassulo Hammer throw 5th [34]
Women's 2012 Indoor Amanda Bingson Weight throw 7th [35]
Women's 2012 Outdoor Amanda Bingson Hammer throw 3rd [34]
Women's 2017 Outdoor Kaysee Pilgrim High jump 3rd [32]
Women's 2019 Indoor Destiny Smith-Barnett 60 meters 4th [33]
Women's 2019 Outdoor Avi' Tal Wilson-Perteete 800 meters 3rd [36]
Women's 2021 Outdoor Avi' Tal Wilson-Perteete 800 meters 7th [36]
Women's 2023 Indoor Rosa Santana Shot put 3rd [29]
Women's 2023 Outdoor Rosa Santana Shot put 3rd [30]

See also

  • Category:UNLV Rebels men's track and field athletes (1)
  • Category:UNLV Rebels women's track and field athletes (9)

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