West Virginia Mountaineers track and field

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West Virginia Mountaineers track and field
UniversityWest Virginia University
Head coachKyle Kepler
ConferenceBig 12
LocationMorgantown, West Virginia
Outdoor trackMylan Track
NicknameMountaineers
ColorsGold and blue[1]
   

The West Virginia Mountaineers track and field team is the track and field program that represents West Virginia University. The Mountaineers compete in NCAA Division I as a member of the Big 12 Conference. The team is based in Morgantown, West Virginia, at the Mylan Track.[2]

The program is coached by Kyle Kepler.[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 West Virginia men's track and field team began in 1905. Both the indoor and outdoor men's track teams were cut in 2003 along with three other men's sports, leaving only a women's track and field program at the school since then.[5]

Morgan Mossner was the first Mountaineer to earn an NCAA title, winning the indoor 1000 meters in 1972.[6]

Postseason

As of August 2025, a total of 10 men and 22 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).[7][8]

First team NCAA All-Americans
Team Championships Name Event Place Ref.
Men's 1932 Outdoor Gantt Miller Hammer throw 3rd [9]
Men's 1933 Outdoor Gantt Miller Hammer throw 4th [9]
Men's 1934 Outdoor Gantt Miller Hammer throw 5th [9]
Men's 1966 Indoor John Carter Pole vault 2nd [10]
Men's 1970 Outdoor Mike Mosser Mile run 6th [11]
Men's 1971 Indoor Morgan Mosser 1000 meters 3rd [12]
Men's 1972 Indoor Morgan Mosser 1000 meters 1st [12]
Men's 1978 Outdoor Garnett Edwards 110 meters hurdles 7th [13]
Men's 1979 Indoor Garnet Edwards 55 meters hurdles 2nd [14]
Men's 1979 Outdoor Garnett Edwards 110 meters hurdles 7th [13]
Men's 1980 Outdoor Garnett Edwards 110 meters hurdles 7th [13]
Men's 1985 Outdoor Jean-Pierre Ndayisenga 5000 meters 6th [15]
Men's 1986 Indoor Jean-Pierre Ndayisenga 3000 meters 3rd [16]
Men's 1988 Indoor Benny Cureton 200 meters 7th [17]
Women's 1988 Outdoor Connie Ellerbe 400 meters hurdles 7th [18]
Men's 1990 Indoor James Jett 55 meters 5th [19]
Women's 1990 Outdoor Althea Moody High jump 6th [20]
Men's 1991 Indoor James Jett 200 meters 5th [17]
Men's 1991 Outdoor James Jett 100 meters 7th [21]
Men's 1991 Outdoor James Jett 200 meters 5th [22]
Women's 1991 Outdoor Connie Ellerbe 400 meters hurdles 4th [18]
Men's 1992 Indoor James Jett 200 meters 3rd [17]
Men's 1992 Outdoor James Jett 100 meters 2nd [21]
Men's 1992 Outdoor James Jett 200 meters 2nd [22]
Women's 1992 Outdoor Connie Ellerbe 400 meters hurdles 2nd [18]
Men's 1994 Indoor Bob Donker 5000 meters 7th [23]
Men's 1994 Outdoor Bob Donker 5000 meters 5th [15]
Men's 1995 Indoor Bob Donker 5000 meters 6th [23]
Women's 1995 Indoor Pat Itanyi 55 meters hurdles 5th [24]
Women's 1995 Indoor Pat Itanyi Long jump 3rd [25]
Women's 1995 Outdoor Pat Itanyi Long jump 1st [26]
Women's 1996 Indoor Pat Itanyi Long jump 5th [25]
Women's 1997 Indoor Pat Itanyi Long jump 8th [25]
Women's 1997 Outdoor Pat Itanyi Long jump 3rd [26]
Women's 1997 Outdoor Pat Itanyi Heptathlon 5th [27]
Women's 1998 Outdoor Charity Wachera 10,000 meters 6th [28]
Women's 1998 Outdoor Kristen Quackenbush Pole vault 4th [29]
Women's 1999 Indoor Kate Vermeulen Mile run 1st [30]
Women's 1999 Indoor Rebecca Stallwood Distance medley relay 5th [31][2][32]
Tameca Williams
Merissa Sexsmith
Kate Vermeulen
Women's 2000 Indoor Merissa Sexsmith Distance medley relay 8th [31]
Tameca Williams
Ailene Smith
Rebecca Stallwood
Women's 2000 Indoor Christine Brown Triple jump 6th [33]
Women's 2001 Indoor Merissa Sexsmith Distance medley relay 8th [31]
Ciara Chic
Aileen Smith
Megan Metcalfe
Women's 2002 Indoor Megan Metcalfe 3000 meters 3rd [34]
Women's 2003 Indoor Megan Metcalfe 3000 meters 4th [34]
Women's 2003 Indoor Jennifer Kemp Distance medley relay 4th [31]
Pam Richardson
Aileen Smith
Megan Metcalfe
Women's 2004 Indoor Megan Metcalfe 3000 meters 5th [34]
Women's 2004 Indoor Jennifer Davis Distance medley relay 5th [31]
Pam Richardson
Jennifer Kemp
Megan Metcalfe
Women's 2005 Indoor Susan Davis Distance medley relay 6th [31]
Pam Richardson
Jennifer Kemp
Jennifer Davis
Women's 2005 Outdoor Megan Metcalfe 5000 meters 1st [35]
Women's 2007 Indoor Abbie Stechschulte Pentathlon 6th [36]
Women's 2008 Indoor Marie-Louise Asselin 3000 meters 7th [34]
Women's 2008 Indoor Marie-Louise Asselin Distance medley relay 4th [31]
April Rotilio
Karly Hamric
Keri Bland
Women's 2009 Outdoor Clara Grandt 10,000 meters 4th [28]
Women's 2010 Indoor Chelsea Carrier-Eades 60 meters hurdles 6th [37]
Women's 2010 Indoor Keri Bland Mile run 8th [30]
Women's 2010 Indoor Marie-Louise Asselin 5000 meters 2nd [38][39]
Women's 2010 Indoor Keri Bland Distance medley relay 8th [31]
April Rotilio
Kaylyn Christopher
Jessica O'Connell
Women's 2010 Indoor Chelsea Carrier-Eades Pentathlon 4th [36]
Women's 2010 Outdoor Karly Hamric 1500 meters 6th [40]
Women's 2010 Outdoor Marie-Louise Asselin 5000 meters 2nd [35]
Women's 2010 Outdoor Clara Grandt 10,000 meters 4th [28]
Women's 2011 Indoor Chelsea Carrier-Eades 60 meters hurdles 4th [37]
Women's 2011 Indoor Keri Bland Mile run 6th [30]
Women's 2011 Indoor Chelsea Carrier-Eades Pentathlon 5th [36]
Women's 2011 Outdoor Kate Harrison 10,000 meters 2nd [28]
Women's 2011 Outdoor Chelsea Carrier-Eades Heptathlon 3rd [27]
Women's 2012 Outdoor Chelsea Carrier-Eades 100 meters hurdles 7th [41]
Women's 2012 Outdoor Chelsea Carrier-Eades Heptathlon 3rd [27]
Women's 2013 Indoor Kelly Williams Mile run 7th [30]
Women's 2014 Outdoor Stormy Nesbit Triple jump 8th [42]
Women's 2018 Outdoor Maddie Gardner Pole vault 8th [29]
Women's 2021 Outdoor Ceili McCabe 3000 meters steeplechase 6th [43]
Women's 2022 Indoor Ceili McCabe 3000 meters 8th [34]
Women's 2022 Outdoor Ceili McCabe 3000 meters steeplechase 3rd [43]
Women's 2023 Indoor Ceili McCabe 3000 meters 6th [34]
Women's 2023 Outdoor Ceili McCabe 3000 meters steeplechase 3rd [43]
Women's 2024 Indoor Ceili McCabe Mile run 6th [30]
Women's 2025 Indoor Ceili McCabe 3000 meters 1st [34]
Women's 2025 Outdoor Sarah Tait 3000 meters steeplechase 4th [43]
Women's 2025 Outdoor Joy Naukot 10,000 meters 3rd [28]

See also

  • Category:West Virginia Mountaineers men's track and field athletes (5)
  • Category:West Virginia Mountaineers women's track and field athletes (7)

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