Tulane Green Wave track and field

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The Tulane Green Wave track and field team is the track and field program that represents Tulane University. The Green Wave compete in NCAA Division I as a member of the American Athletic Conference. The team is based in New Orleans, Louisiana at the Danny Thiel Track.^[2]

Tulane Green Wave track and field
University	Tulane University
Head coach	Adrian Myers
Conference	The American
Location	New Orleans, Louisiana
Outdoor track	Danny Thiel Track
Nickname	Green Wave
Colors	Olive green and sky blue[1]

The program is coached by Adrian Myers.^[3] The track and field program officially encompasses four teams, as the NCAA regards men's and women's indoor track and field and outdoor track and field as separate sports.^[4]

Gloria Asumnu and Tharushi Karunarathna, both sprinters, are the only athletes that have represented Tulane at the Olympics, however Tulane sprinter Herman Neugass qualified for the 1936 Summer Olympics but refused to compete.^[5]

Postseason

As of 2024^[update], a total of 12 men and 10 women have achieved individual first-team All-American status at the men's outdoor, women's outdoor, men's indoor, or women's indoor national championships.^[6][7]

First team All-Americans
Team	Championships	Name	Event	Place	Ref.
Men's	1926 Outdoor	William Duren	110 meters hurdles	5th	[8]
Men's	1931 Outdoor	Don Zimmermann	Pole vault	4th	[9]
Men's	1932 Outdoor	Don Zimmermann	Pole vault	2nd	[9]
Men's	1933 Outdoor	Don Zimmermann	Pole vault	5th	[9]
Men's	1934 Outdoor	Herman Neugass	100 meters	8th	[10]
Men's	1935 Outdoor	Herman Neugass	100 meters	4th	[10]
Men's	1935 Outdoor	Herman Neugass	200 meters	3rd	[11]
Men's	1939 Outdoor	Willard White	Discus throw	4th	[12]
Men's	1948 Outdoor	Paul Bienz	100 meters	4th	[10]
Men's	1948 Outdoor	Paul Bienz	200 meters	3rd	[11]
Men's	1948 Outdoor	Spencer Johnson	10,000 meters	6th	[13]
Men's	1949 Outdoor	Paul Bienz	100 meters	4th	[10]
Men's	1949 Outdoor	Paul Bienz	200 meters	3rd	[11]
Men's	1950 Outdoor	Paul Bienz	100 meters	3rd	[10]
Men's	1950 Outdoor	Paul Bienz	200 meters	3rd	[11]
Men's	1954 Outdoor	Frank Dalferes	Javelin throw	8th	[14]
Men's	1965 Outdoor	Bill Shapiro	400 meters	6th	[15]
Men's	1967 Indoor	Gary Groff	Long jump	5th	[16]
Men's	1997 Indoor	John Dessoye	200 meters	4th	[17]
Women's	1997 Indoor	Nadia Smith	High jump	6th	[18]
Women's	1998 Indoor	Hanne Lyngstad	Mile run	6th	[19]
Women's	1998 Outdoor	Hanne Lyngstad	1500 meters	4th	[20]
Women's	1999 Indoor	Hanne Lyngstad	Mile run	3rd	[19]
Women's	1999 Indoor	Hanne Lyngstad	Distance medley relay	3rd	[21][22]
		Lana Garner
		Katrina Gemmell
		Alison Lambert
Women's	1999 Outdoor	Hanne Lyngstad	1500 meters	3rd	[20]
Men's	2000 Outdoor	Solomon Kandie	3000 meters steeplechase	3rd	[23]
Women's	2001 Indoor	Nadja Petersen	400 meters	7th	[24]
Women's	2001 Indoor	Marie Ahlander	Triple jump	6th	[25]
Men's	2001 Outdoor	Solomon Kandie	3000 meters steeplechase	8th	[23]
Men's	2001 Outdoor	Nathan Junius	Javelin throw	3rd	[14]
Men's	2002 Outdoor	Solomon Kandie	3000 meters steeplechase	3rd	[23]
Women's	2007 Indoor	Gloria Asumnu	60 meters	4th	[26]
Women's	2007 Outdoor	Gloria Asumnu	200 meters	8th	[27]
Women's	2007 Outdoor	Alex Becker	5000 meters	7th	[28]
Women's	2008 Indoor	Gloria Asumnu	60 meters	7th	[26]
Women's	2009 Outdoor	Alex Becker	5000 meters	6th	[28]
Women's	2009 Outdoor	Alex Becker	10,000 meters	5th	[29]
Women's	2011 Outdoor	Ana Ruzevic	Javelin throw	4th	[30]
Women's	2016 Outdoor	Jasmine Blocker	400 meters	7th	[31]
Women's	2017 Outdoor	Alyssa Applebee	Pole vault	7th	[32]
Women's	2023 Indoor	Kristen O'Handley	Pentathlon	7th	[33]

See also

• Category:Tulane Green Wave men's track and field athletes (4)
• Category:Tulane Green Wave women's track and field athletes (3)