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Alabama Crimson Tide track and field

The Alabama Crimson Tide track and field team is the track and field program that represents University of Alabama. The Crimson Tide compete in NCAA Division I as a member of the Southeastern Conference. The team is based in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, at the Sam Bailey Track and Field Stadium.

The program is coached by Dan Waters. 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.

The Crimson Tide won their only NCAA team title at the 1986 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships in the women's division, scoring 41 points. However, in May 1986 Liz Lynch's mile championship title and 3000 m runner-up placing were vacated due to accepting prize money at road races against NCAA rules. The retroactive disqualifications subtracted 18 points from Alabama's score, leaving them in 5th place. Alabama track coach John Mitchell resigned in the wake of the findings.

Postseason

AIAW

The Crimson Tide have had two AIAW All-Americans finishing in the top six at the AIAW indoor or outdoor championships.

NCAA

, a total of 96 men and 59 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).

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