Western Michigan Broncos track and field

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Western Michigan Broncos track and field
UniversityWestern Michigan University
Head coachAndrea Grove-McDonough
ConferenceMAC
LocationKalamazoo, Michigan
Outdoor trackKanley Track
NicknameBroncos
ColorsBrown and gold[1]
   

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.[2]

The program is coached by Andrea Grove-McDonough.[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]

Ira Murchison won the school's first individual NCAA title. The sprinter won the 100 yards at the 1958 NCAA Track and Field Championships.[5] 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.[6]

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.[7] Cutting the track team was estimated to save US$370,000.[8][9] There was an effort to revive the men's teams in 2009, but it was not successful.[10]

Postseason

As of August 2025, 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).[11][12]

First team NCAA All-Americans
Team Championships Name Event Place Ref.
Men's 1921 Outdoor Will Praeger Discus throw 3rd [13]
Men's 1922 Outdoor Hillard Hulscher Shot put 4th [14]
Men's 1923 Outdoor Towner Smith 400 meters 2nd [15]
Men's 1929 Outdoor Cam Hackle High jump 5th [16]
Men's 1930 Outdoor Ray Swartz Mile run 4th [17]
Men's 1931 Outdoor Norm Schrier High jump 6th [16]
Men's 1932 Outdoor Norm Schrier High jump 6th [16]
Men's 1944 Outdoor Charles Rice 3000 meters 5th [18]
Men's 1944 Outdoor Byfrod Barr Long jump 4th [19]
Men's 1944 Outdoor Byford Barr Javelin throw 4th [20]
Men's 1945 Outdoor Bill Moore Pole vault 2nd [21]
Men's 1945 Outdoor Ralph Welton Long jump 5th [19]
Men's 1954 Outdoor Ira Murchison 200 meters 8th [22]
Men's 1957 Outdoor Ira Murchison 100 meters 2nd [23]
Men's 1958 Outdoor Ira Murchison 100 meters 1st [23]
Men's 1958 Outdoor Ira Murchison 200 meters 5th [22]
Men's 1959 Outdoor Jerry Ashmore 5000 meters 4th [24]
Men's 1960 Outdoor Jerry Ashmore 5000 meters 8th [24]
Men's 1961 Outdoor John Bork 800 meters 1st [25]
Men's 1961 Outdoor Don Tretheway 3000 meters steeplechase 5th [26]
Men's 1961 Outdoor Jerry Ashmore 5000 meters 3rd [24]
Men's 1961 Outdoor Jim Oliphant High jump 3rd [16]
Men's 1961 Outdoor Alonzo Littlejohn High jump 8th [16]
Men's 1962 Outdoor Jerry Bashaw 3000 meters steeplechase 8th [26]
Men's 1962 Outdoor Alonzo Littlejohn High jump 2nd [16]
Men's 1965 Indoor Bruce Burston Mile run 3rd [27]
Men's 1965 Outdoor Dennis Holland Long jump 3rd [19]
Men's 1966 Outdoor Steve Straunch 4 × 100 meters relay 5th [28]
Boice Bowman
Don Castronovo
Horace Coleman
Men's 1967 Outdoor Chuck Lemon 400 meters hurdles 5th [29]
Men's 1968 Indoor Tom Randolph 400 meters 2nd [30]
Men's 1968 Outdoor Tom Randolph 100 meters 5th [23]
Men's 1968 Outdoor Steve Straughn 4 × 100 meters relay 3rd [28]
Horace Coleman
Don Castronovo
Tom Randolph
Men's 1969 Indoor Tom Randolph 400 meters 3rd [30]
Men's 1969 Outdoor Tom Randolph 200 meters 2nd [22]
Men's 1969 Outdoor Doug Lambert Pole vault 7th [21]
Men's 1970 Outdoor Jeromee Liebenberg 3000 meters steeplechase 2nd [26]
Men's 1971 Outdoor Jeromee Liebenberg 3000 meters steeplechase 3rd [26]
Men's 1971 Outdoor John Bennett 10,000 meters 6th [31]
Men's 1972 Indoor Gary Harris 3000 meters 2nd [32]
Men's 1976 Indoor Mike Schomer Weight throw 2nd [33]
Men's 1976 Outdoor Tom Duits 1500 meters 8th [34]
Men's 1977 Outdoor Tom Duits 1500 meters 5th [34]
Men's 1978 Indoor Tom Duits Mile run 5th [27]
Men's 1978 Outdoor Ron Parisi Javelin throw 6th [20]
Men's 1979 Indoor Dave Beauchamp 4 × 800 meters relay 2nd [35]
Mike Karasiewicz
Mike Thompson
Jack McIntosh
Men's 1979 Outdoor Jack McIntosh 800 meters 2nd [25]
Men's 1980 Outdoor Jack McIntosh 800 meters 7th [25]
Men's 1981 Indoor Dave Beauchamp 4 × 800 meters relay 3rd [35]
Gordon McIntosh
Dana Houston
Kurt Liechty
Men's 1981 Outdoor Chuck Greene Javelin throw 8th [20]
Men's 1982 Indoor Mike Fowler 4 × 800 meters relay 6th [35]
Gordon McIntosh
Jack McIntosh
Kurt Liechty
Men's 1982 Outdoor Jack McIntosh 800 meters 2nd [25]
Men's 1985 Indoor Tom Broekema Distance medley relay 5th [36]
Robert Louis
Brad Mora
Eric Teutsch
Men's 1985 Outdoor Alex Washington 110 meters hurdles 6th [37]
Women's 1987 Outdoor Caroline Mullen 5000 meters 4th [38]
Men's 1988 Indoor Jamie Hence 55 meters hurdles 5th [39]
Men's 1988 Indoor Robert Louis 200 meters 5th [40]
Men's 1990 Outdoor Jesse McGuire 10,000 meters 7th [31]
Men's 1991 Outdoor Vinton Bennett High jump 3rd [16]
Men's 1992 Outdoor Vinton Bennett High jump 3rd [16]
Men's 1992 Outdoor Briane Keene Javelin throw 7th [20]
Women's 1993 Indoor Jill Stamison 800 meters 3rd [41]
Men's 1993 Outdoor Brian Keane Javelin throw 4th [20]
Women's 1993 Outdoor Jill Stamison 800 meters 4th [42]
Men's 1994 Indoor Jeff Brandenburg Shot put 7th [43]
Men's 1995 Indoor Jeff Brandenburg Shot put 7th [43]
Men's 1995 Outdoor Jeff Brandenburg Shot put 8th [14]
Men's 1996 Indoor Burger Lambrechts Shot put 3rd [43]
Men's 1996 Outdoor Burger Lambrechts Shot put 8th [14]
Men's 1997 Outdoor Phil McMullen Decathlon 2nd [44]
Men's 1998 Outdoor Phil McMullen Decathlon 5th [44]
Women's 2008 Indoor Becky Horn 800 meters 5th [41]
Women's 2008 Outdoor Danielle Brown 400 meters hurdles 7th [45]
Women's 2008 Outdoor Becky Horn 800 meters 3rd [42]
Women's 2010 Indoor Irene Cooper Weight throw 3rd [46]

See also

  • Category:Western Michigan Broncos men's track and field athletes (6)

References

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