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UTEP Miners track and field

The UTEP Miners track and field team is the track and field program that represents University of Texas at El Paso. The Miners compete in NCAA Division I as a member of the Conference USA. The team is based in El Paso, Texas, at the Kidd Field.

The program is coached by Francesca Green. 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.

In 1986, the track and field and cross country teams were put on probation by the NCAA for three years due to violations in 1983 and 1984 under then-coach Larry Heidebrecht. As part of the probation, UTEP could not compete in NCAA championships for the 1986-87 and 1987-88 seasons, and the men's team also had to vacate its 1983 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships team title. The restrictions were imposed due to $62,150 in cash payments being made to athletes for performances. During the probation period, athletes on the team had to request appeals to participate in competitions, and many left altogether.

Postseason

AIAW

The Miners have had 11 AIAW All-Americans finishing in the top six at the AIAW indoor or outdoor championships.

NCAA

, a total of 127 men and 39 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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