Men's Track & Field History

This page contains several documents that summarize and list in detail the storied history of the Villanova men's track & field and cross country program. The links in the blue text below this paragraph can be clicked on to access the respective documents. Below the links is a glossary which explains the information found in each document, and may be helpful to understand what is included in these records and how the information is organized.

TEAM HISTORY AT MAJOR MEETS
NCAA Championships
BIG EAST Championships
IC4A Championship
NCAA Regionals (Cross Country)

MASTER LISTING OF HONORS AND AWARDS
Honors and Awards

TOP INDIVIDUAL PERFORMERS

NCAA Champions
All-Americans
BIG EAST Champions
All-BIG EAST Performers
Mid-Atlantic All-Region
IC4A Champions
Penn Relays Champions

HISTORIC ATHLETES
Olympians
Sub-Four Minute Milers

HONORS AND AWARDS
USTFCCCA Awards
BIG EAST Awards

HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
USTFCCCA Athlete Hall of Fame
Penn Relays Wall of Fame

Villanova University Varsity Club Hall of Fame
Villanova Stadium Wall of Fame

COMPLETE STUDENT-ATHLETES
Academic Excellence

 

GLOSSARY

HONORS AND AWARDS
This document contains a detailed listing, sorted alphabetically by athlete, of each individual's honors and awards from the categories that are listed below. This is the best way to view a particular athlete's career accomplishments and accolades. In all, more than 375 of the top athletes throughout the program's history have their career accomplishments listed in this document.

TOP INDIVIDUAL PERFORMERS
Each of the documents in this section contain a detailed listing of Villanova's history in each category. The documents are organized in the following manner:
1 - a detailed yearly listing, sorted by event
2 - a detailed summary that totals up the number of accomplishments Villanova has won in each event, by season, by decade and by individual athlete
3 - a detailed individual listing, sorted alphabetically by athlete

HISTORIC ATHLETES
Each of these documents contain a summary listing of Villanova's all-time Olympians and sub-four minute milers. These pages will eventually be updated with additional detail, including complete Olympics results for each athlete, but at present these links are primarily for summary information.

HONORS AND AWARDS
These documents contain a listing of honors and awards won by Villanova, its coaches and individual student-athletes throughout the respective seasons. The following award categories are included in each document:

USTFCCCA Awards
1 - National Athletes of the Year
2 - National Coaches of the Year
3 - Mid-Atlantic Region Athletes of the Year
4 - Mid-Atlantic Region Coaches of the Year
5 - National Athletes of the Week

BIG EAST Awards
1 - Coaching Staffs of the Year
2 - BIG EAST Championships Outstanding Performers
3 - Athletes of the Week

HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
These documents list the Villanova teams, coaches and athletes that have been inducted to each respective Hall of Fame. The documents are organized as follows:

Penn Relays Wall of Fame - relay teams listed first, followed by individual athletes
Villanova University Varsity Club Hall of Fame - inductees are grouped by decade of graduation; within each decade, they are listed alphabetically by graduation year
Villanova Stadium Wall of Fame - listed alphabetically by individual athlete, with coaches and teams listed at the bottom

COMPLETE STUDENT-ATHLETES
This document contains a detailed listing of all the academic awards won by Villanova and its student-athletes. The first half of the document is organized by the type of award, while the second half of the document is a detailed listing, sorted alphabetically by student-athlete, of each award that the individual has earned. There are 275 student-athletes from throughout the program's history who have their academic accolades detailed within this document. The following academic award categories are included (some categories have multiple types of awards):

Fulbright Scholars
NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships
Academic All-Americans
BIG EAST Major Academic Awards
Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Awards
Athletic Department Awards
USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Athletic Director's Honor Roll