UAB Blazers track and field

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UniversityUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham
Head coachKurt Thomas
ConferenceAAC
LocationBirmingham, Alabama
UAB Blazers track and field
UniversityUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham
Head coachKurt Thomas
ConferenceAAC
LocationBirmingham, Alabama
Outdoor trackUAB Track and Field Facility
NicknameBlazers
ColorsUAB Green and UAB Gold[1]
   

The UAB Blazers track and field team is the track and field program that represents University of Alabama at Birmingham. The Blazers compete in NCAA Division I as a member of the American Conference. The team is based in Birmingham, Alabama, at the UAB Track and Field Facility.[2]

The program is coached by Kurt Thomas.[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]

In April 1998, athletic director Gene Bartow announced that the school would be cutting the men's track and field and cross country teams, leaving only a women's team.[5] Vonetta Flowers earned the most All-American finishes on the team before becoming a bobsledder and winning a gold medal in the 2002 Olympic two-woman race.[6] In 2023, Olympic sprinter Muna Lee was hired as an assistant coach.[7]

As of August 2025, a total of 0 men and 4 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).[8][9]

First team NCAA All-Americans
Team Championships Name Event Place Ref.
Women's1988 OutdoorAngela KingHeptathlon8th[10]
Women's1995 IndoorVonetta Jeffery200 meters8th[11]
Women's1995 OutdoorVonetta Jeffery100 meters5th[12]
Women's1995 OutdoorVonetta Jeffery200 meters8th[13]
Women's1996 IndoorVonetta Jeffery200 meters8th[11]
Women's1996 IndoorVonetta JefferyLong jump4th[14]
Women's1996 OutdoorVonetta JefferyLong jump5th[15]
Women's2008 IndoorElizabeth Ambrus5000 meters8th[16]
Women's2014 IndoorElinor Kirk3000 meters3rd[17]
Women's2014 OutdoorElinor Kirk5000 meters7th[18]
Women's2014 OutdoorElinor Kirk10,000 meters2nd[19]

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