# Tulane Green Wave track and field

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.
The program is coached by Adrian Myers. 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.
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.

## Postseason

As of 2024, 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.
First team All-Americans :
| Team | Championships | Name | Event | Place |
| Men's | 1926 Outdoor | William Duren | 110 meters hurdles | 5th |
| Men's | 1931 Outdoor | Don Zimmermann | Pole vault | 4th |
| Men's | 1932 Outdoor | Don Zimmermann | Pole vault | 2nd |
| Men's | 1933 Outdoor | Don Zimmermann | Pole vault | 5th |
| Men's | 1934 Outdoor | Herman Neugass | 100 meters | 8th |
| Men's | 1935 Outdoor | Herman Neugass | 100 meters | 4th |
| Men's | 1935 Outdoor | Herman Neugass | 200 meters | 3rd |
| Men's | 1939 Outdoor | Willard White | Discus throw | 4th |
| Men's | 1948 Outdoor | Paul Bienz | 100 meters | 4th |
| Men's | 1948 Outdoor | Paul Bienz | 200 meters | 3rd |
| Men's | 1948 Outdoor | Spencer Johnson | 10,000 meters | 6th |
| Men's | 1949 Outdoor | Paul Bienz | 100 meters | 4th |
| Men's | 1949 Outdoor | Paul Bienz | 200 meters | 3rd |
| Men's | 1950 Outdoor | Paul Bienz | 100 meters | 3rd |
| Men's | 1950 Outdoor | Paul Bienz | 200 meters | 3rd |
| Men's | 1954 Outdoor | Frank Dalferes | Javelin throw | 8th |
| Men's | 1965 Outdoor | Bill Shapiro | 400 meters | 6th |
| Men's | 1967 Indoor | Gary Groff | Long jump | 5th |
| Men's | 1997 Indoor | John Dessoye | 200 meters | 4th |
| Women's | 1997 Indoor | Nadia Smith | High jump | 6th |
| Women's | 1998 Indoor | Hanne Lyngstad | Mile run | 6th |
| Women's | 1998 Outdoor | Hanne Lyngstad | 1500 meters | 4th |
| Women's | 1999 Indoor | Hanne Lyngstad | Mile run | 3rd |
| Women's | 1999 Indoor | Hanne Lyngstad | Distance medley relay | 3rd |
| Women's | 1999 Indoor | Lana Garner | Distance medley relay | 3rd |
| Women's | 1999 Indoor | Katrina Gemmell | Distance medley relay | 3rd |
| Women's | 1999 Indoor | Alison Lambert | Distance medley relay | 3rd |
| Women's | 1999 Outdoor | Hanne Lyngstad | 1500 meters | 3rd |
| Men's | 2000 Outdoor | Solomon Kandie | 3000 meters steeplechase | 3rd |
| Women's | 2001 Indoor | Nadja Petersen | 400 meters | 7th |
| Women's | 2001 Indoor | Marie Ahlander | Triple jump | 6th |
| Men's | 2001 Outdoor | Solomon Kandie | 3000 meters steeplechase | 8th |
| Men's | 2001 Outdoor | Nathan Junius | Javelin throw | 3rd |
| Men's | 2002 Outdoor | Solomon Kandie | 3000 meters steeplechase | 3rd |
| Women's | 2007 Indoor | Gloria Asumnu | 60 meters | 4th |
| Women's | 2007 Outdoor | Gloria Asumnu | 200 meters | 8th |
| Women's | 2007 Outdoor | Alex Becker | 5000 meters | 7th |
| Women's | 2008 Indoor | Gloria Asumnu | 60 meters | 7th |
| Women's | 2009 Outdoor | Alex Becker | 5000 meters | 6th |
| Women's | 2009 Outdoor | Alex Becker | 10,000 meters | 5th |
| Women's | 2011 Outdoor | Ana Ruzevic | Javelin throw | 4th |
| Women's | 2016 Outdoor | Jasmine Blocker | 400 meters | 7th |
| Women's | 2017 Outdoor | Alyssa Applebee | Pole vault | 7th |
| Women's | 2023 Indoor | Kristen O'Handley | Pentathlon | 7th |