Georgia Bulldogs men's track and field
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox college track and field team
|name = Georgia Bulldogs men's track and field
|founded = 1897
|logo = Georgia Athletics logo.svg
|logo_size = 200px
|university = University of Georgia
|conference = Southeastern Conference
|conference_short = SEC
|division =
|city = Athens
|stateabb = GA
|state = Georgia
|coach = Caryl Smith-Gilbert
|tenure = 4th
|indoor_facility =
|indoor_capacity =
|outdoor_facility = Spec Towns Track
|outdoor_capacity = 1,000
|nickname = Bulldogs
|athletics_name = Georgia Bulldogs
|men_indoor =
|women_indoor =
|men_outdoor = 2018
|women_outdoor =
|conference_indoor =
|conference_outdoor = 1937
}}
The Georgia Bulldogs men's track and field team represents University of Georgia (UGA) in NCAA Division I men's indoor and outdoor track and field.{{cite web|url=http://georgiadogs.com/index.aspx?path=track|title=Track|website=georgiadogs.com}}{{cite web |url=https://www.onlineathens.com/story/sports/college/bulldogs-extra/2023/05/26/georgia-football-kirby-smart-josh-brooks-georgia-track-and-field-jere-morehead-spec-towns/70258745007/ |title=Inside UGA plans for new track facilities, more football practice space & community impact
|publisher=Athens Banner-Herald |first=Marc|last=Weiszer|date=May 26, 2023|access-date=5 June 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://georgiadogs.com/sports/2017/6/17/spec-towns |title=Spec Towns Track
|publisher=University of Georgia Athletics |access-date=5 June 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://georgiadogs.com/news/2013/7/31/Remembering_Spec_Towns |title= Remembering Spec Towns
|publisher=University of Georgia Athletics |first=Loran|last=Smith |date=July 31, 2013|access-date=5 June 2025}}
The team's home track is Spec Towns Track, the namesake of Spec Towns. Towns was the first olympic gold medalist from the state of Georgia and a long-time team coach. In 2023, the University of Georgia announced plans to build a new track and field complex.{{cite web |url=https://www.ajc.com/sports/georgia-bulldogs/georgia-athletic-board-reveals-plan-to-build-new-track-facility/6J7UV5MBQBE6ND4TDJERN36LGE/# |title=Georgia athletic board reveals plan to build off-campus track facility
|publisher=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |first=Mike|last=Griffith |date=May 26, 2023|access-date=23 May 2025}}
Other UGA men's track and field athletes that have won Olympic medals include Norman Edwards, a 1984 Silver Medalist in the men's 4x100 relay at the 1984 Summer Olympics,{{cite web|url=http://www.georgiadogs.com/news/2015/7/15/Former_Dog_Sprinter_Olympic_Medalist_Norman_Edwards_Passes_Away.aspx|title=Former Dog Sprinter, Olympic Medalist Norman Edwards Passes Away - University of Georgia Official Athletic Site|website=www.georgiadogs.com|accessdate=7 Jun 2025}} Elija Godwin, a bronze medalist as a member of the American Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay team at the 2020 Summer Olympics{{Cite web |title=Athletics - Team United States of America |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-nathx4x400m-usa01-united-states-of-america.htm |work=Tokyo 2020 |accessdate=7 June 2025 |archive-date=July 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730111838/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-nathx4x400m-usa01-united-states-of-america.htm |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |title=Godwin, Irby Collect Bronze Medals From Olympic Relay|url=https://georgiadogs.com/news/2021/7/31/track-field-godwin-irby-collect-bronze-medals-from-olympic-relay.aspx |website=georgiadogs.com |publisher=University of Georgia Athletics |date=2021-07-31 |accessdate=7 June 2025}} and Reese Hoffa, a shot put bronze medalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/25/AR2005062501011.html |title=A Lost Child Finds Himself in Adulthood |newspaper=Washington Post |date=June 26, 2005 |access-date=7 Jun 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131208023356/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/25/AR2005062501011.html |archive-date=2013-12-08 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/united-states/reese-hoffa-136999 |title=ATHLETE PROFILE - REESE HOFFA |access-date=October 4, 2014 |website=IAAF.org |publisher=IAAF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141002005557/http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/united-states/reese-hoffa-136999 |archive-date=October 2, 2014 |url-status=live}}
History
= SEC & NCAA Championship Meet Finishes =
| class="wikitable"
| Head Coach | Indoor SEC Champ (Pts.) | Indoor NCAA Champ (Pts.) | Outdoor SEC Champ (Pts.) | Outdoor NCAA Champ (Pts.) |
| align="right" |1932
|Herman Stegeman |— |— |— |
| align="right" |1933
|Herman Stegeman |— |— | 3 (26) |NTS |
| align="right" |1934
|Herman Stegeman |— |— |3 (30) |NTS |
| align="right" |1935
|Herman Stegeman |— |— |3 (21.5) |NTS |
| align="right" |1936
|Herman Stegeman |— |— |2 (32) | T13th (10) |
| align="right" |1937
|Herman Stegeman |— |— |^1 (65) |11th (11) |
| align="right" |1938
|Weems Baskin |— |— |3 (36.5) |NTS |
| align="right" |1939
|Forrest Towns |— |— |6 (20) |NTS |
| align="right" |1940
|Forrest Towns |— |— | 2 (30.3) |NTS |
| align="right" |1941
|Forrest Towns |— |— |12 (1) |NTS |
| align="right" |1946
|Forrest Towns |— |— |10 (.5) |NTS |
| align="right" |1947
|Forrest Towns |— |— |9 (3.75 |NTS |
| align="right" |1948
|Forrest Towns |— |— |11 (5) |NTS |
| align="right" |1949
|Forrest Towns |— |— |8 (13.7) |NTS |
| align="right" |1950
|Forrest Towns |— |— |9 (3.3) |NTS |
| align="right" |1951
|Forrest Towns |— |— |10 (7) |NTS |
| align="right" |1952
|Forrest Towns |— |— |T8 (9) |NTS |
| align="right" |1953
|Forrest Towns |— |— |8 (12) |NTS |
| align="right" |1954
|Forrest Towns |— |— |7 (11.2) |NTS |
| align="right" |1955
|Forrest Towns |— |— |4 (31.25) |NTS |
| align="right" |1956
|Forrest Towns |— |— |5 (22.5) |T37 (4) |
| align="right" |1957
|Forrest Towns |5 (6.2) |— |5 (21.5) |NTS |
| align="right" |1958
|Forrest Towns |T8 (3) |— |T3 (24) |NTS |
| align="right" |1959
|Forrest Towns |— |— |8 (14.1) |NTS |
| align="right" |1960
|Forrest Towns |7 (7) |— |7 (12.5) |NTS |
| align="right" |1961
|Forrest Towns |T7 (8) |— |T6 (11) |NTS |
| align="right" |1962
|Forrest Towns |11 (2) |— |7 (15) |NTS |
| align="right" |1963
|Forrest Towns |5 (10) |— |7 (10) |NTS |
| align="right" |1964
|Forrest Towns |T7 (4) |— |9 (5) |NTS |
| align="right" |1965
|Forrest Towns |T7 (4) |NTS |7 (14) |NTS |
| align="right" |1966
|Forrest Towns |T8 (3) |NTS |T6 (12) |NTS |
| align="right" |1967
|Forrest Towns |7 (9) |T27 (3) |8 (6) |NTS |
| align="right" |1968
|Forrest Towns |T6 (6) |NTS |8 (2) |NTS |
| align="right" |1969
|Forrest Towns |7 (6) |NTS |7 (8.5) |NTS |
| align="right" |1970
|Forrest Towns |T7 (4) |NTS |8 (6) |NTS |
| align="right" |1971
|Forrest Towns |8 (6) |NTS |8 (9) |NTS |
| align="right" |1972
|Forrest Towns |7 (7) |NTS |6 (25) |NTS |
| align="right" |1973
|Forrest Towns |6 (12) |NTS |6 (30) |NTS |
| align="right" |1974
|Forrest Towns |5 (20) |NTS |7 (39) |NTS |
| align="right" |1975
|Lewis Gainey |8 (9.5) |NTS |8 (17) |T61 (.25) |
| align="right" |1976
|Lewis Gainey |8 (8) |T20 (4) |7 (16) |NTS |
| align="right" |1977
|Lewis Gainey |7 (7) |T28 (3) |6 (38) |T28 (6) |
| align="right" |1978
|Lewis Gainey |8 (17) |NTS |7 (42.5) |NTS |
| align="right" |1979
|Lewis Gainey |6 (33) |NTS |7 (38) |NTS |
| align="right" |1980
|Lewis Gainey |7 (23) |T37 (4) |5 (67) |T50 (2) |
| align="right" |1981
|Lewis Gainey |6 (35) |T20 (8) |3 (88) |T11 (16) |
| align="right" |1982
|Lewis Gainey |^2 (71) |T40 (3) |3 (84) |NTS |
| align="right" |1983
|Lewis Gainey |5 (60) |NTS |4 (73) |32 (15.5) |
| align="right" |1984
|Lewis Gainey |5 (67.5) |T21 (8) |5 (60) |26 (21) |
| align="right" |1985
|Lewis Gainey |5 (42) |NTS |6 (49.5) |NTS |
| align="right" |1986
|Lewis Gainey |7 (39) |T21 (8) |5 (52) |T39 (9) |
| align="right" |1987
|Lewis Gainey |6 (42) |T44 (6) |6 (53) |T30 (9) |
| align="right" |1988
|Lewis Gainey |8 (39) |58 (.5) |5 (53) |NTS |
| align="right" |1989
|Lewis Gainey |8 (22) |NTS |9 (11) |NTS |
| align="right" |1990
|John Mitchell |9 (6) |NTS |7 (42) |NTS |
| align="right" |1991
|John Mitchell |T7 (30) |NTS |7 (39) |10 (19) |
| align="right" |1992
|John Mitchell |5 (64) |T36 (2) |5 (66) |T10 (22) |
| align="right" |1993
|John Mitchell |5 (49) |T15 (10) |6 (57) |T10 (23) |
| align="right" |1994
|John Mitchell |3 (66) |T6 (21) |5 (60) |8 (24) |
| align="right" |1995
|John Mitchell |7 (46) |6 (24) |5 (55.5) |T10 (25) |
| align="right" |1996
|John Mitchell |8 (42.5) |T45 (4) |11 (20) |54 (4.5) |
| align="right" |1997
|John Mitchell |9 (17) |NTS |11 (20) |NTS |
| align="right" |1998
|John Mitchell |9(25) |NTS |6 (64) |T19(11) |
| align="right" |1999
|John Mitchell |T7 (35) |NTS |8 (63) |T63 (2) |
| align="right" |2000
|Wayne Norton |7 (34.5) |41 (4) |7 (38.75) |17 (13) |
| align="right" |2001
|Wayne Norton |6 (62) |18 (12) |5 (78) |T12 (22) |
| align="right" |2002
|Wayne Norton |6 (40.5) |41 (5.5) |5 (84.5) |T11 (21) |
| align="right" |2003
|Wayne Norton |8 (46) |T41 (5) |3 (89) |T14 (19) |
| align="right" |2004
|Wayne Norton |T4 (71) |T34 (5) |3 (115) |26 (11) |
| align="right" |2005
|Wayne Norton |5 (67) |NTS |4 (99) |15 (17.50) |
| align="right" |2006
|Wayne Norton |6 (48.50) |51 (2.50) |8 (52.50) |T-52 (3) |
| align="right" |2007
|Wayne Norton |5 (66) |NTS |4 (78) |T26 (11) |
| align="right" |2008
|Wayne Norton |5 (72) |T30 (8) |10 (43.40) |T25 (10) |
| align="right" |2009
|Wayne Norton |8 (47) |T53 (2) |T5 (72) |11 (19) |
| align="right" |2010
|Wayne Norton |5 (61) |T20 (10) |5 (83) |T40 (6) |
| align="right" |2011
|Wayne Norton |5 (55.3) |T26 (8) |3 (99) |T54 (3) |
| align="right" |2012
|Wayne Norton |3 (*85.5) |T23 (9) | 3 (*109) |T64 (2) |
| align="right" |2013
|Wayne Norton |4 (56) |T18 (11) |5 (56) |T49 (4) |
| align="right" |2014
|Wayne Norton |6 (39) |T26 (8) |4 (92) |^6 (24) |
| align="right" |2015
|Wayne Norton |8 (46) |T15 (12) |5 (71.5) |15 (13) |
| align="right" |2016
|Petros Kyprianou |5 (52) |T24 (9) |7 (58) |T29 (8) |
| align="right" |2017
|Petros Kyprianou |6 (67) |4 (35.50) |5 (75) |6 (22.5) |
| align="right" |2018
|Petros Kyprianou |5 (71) |3 (32) |5 (71) |^1 (*52) |
| align="right" |2019
|Petros Kyprianou |7 (45) |T9 (20) |9 (43) |4 (32.5) |
| align="right" |2020
|Petros Kyprianou |10 (32) |N/A |N/A |N/A |
| align="right" |2021
|Petros Kyprianou |10 (31) |3 (35) |8 (48) |8 (25) |
| align="right" |2022
|Caryl Smith Gilbert |7 (47) |8 (23) |5 (75) |5 (32) |
| align="right" |2023
|Caryl Smith |4 (59) |^2 (*^40) |4 (75) |7 (28) |
| align="right" |2024
|Caryl Smith Gilbert |7 (38) |T15 (14) |8 (50) |9 (25) |
| align="right" |2025
|Caryl Smith Gilbert |9 (34.5) |2 (33) |2 (87) |45 (6.33) |
References
{{Reflist}}
See also
- {{clc|Georgia Bulldogs men's track and field athletes}}
External links
- {{Official website|1=http://www.georgiadogs.com}}
{{Georgia Bulldogs Mens Track coach navbox}}
{{Georgia Bulldogs Womens Track coach navbox}}
{{University of Georgia}}
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