# Northwestern Wildcats track and field

The Northwestern Wildcats track and field team was the track and field program that represents Northwestern University. The Wildcats competed in NCAA Division I as a member of the Big Ten Conference. The team was based in Evanston, Illinois at the Ryan Field.
The track and field and cross country teams were dropped by Northwestern University following the 1987-88 seasons. Both the men's and women's programs were coached by Mike Muska until the year before they were discontinued. The track and field program officially emcompassed four teams because the NCAA considers men's and women's indoor track and field and outdoor track and field as separate sports.
12 individual national titles were won by Wildcat athletes, including two that won three NCAA national titles each. Jim Golliday won titles in the 100 m and 200 m, while Tom Warne won three pole vault titles.

## Postseason

37 Wildcat men have achieved individual first-team All-American status 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). No women achieved NCAA All-American status.
First team NCAA All-Americans :
| Team | Championships | Name | Event | Place |
| Men's | 1921 Outdoor | H.C. Blackwood | Hammer throw | 2nd |
| Men's | 1923 Outdoor | Elbridge Telford | Mile run | 6th |
| Men's | 1923 Outdoor | Stuart Crippen | 3000 meters | 2nd |
| Men's | 1925 Outdoor | Alva Martin | 800 meters | 3rd |
| Men's | 1925 Outdoor | Sam Campbell | High jump | 6th |
| Men's | 1925 Outdoor | Royal Bouscher | Pole vault | 1st |
| Men's | 1926 Outdoor | Alva Martin | 800 meters | 1st |
| Men's | 1926 Outdoor | John Gorby | 800 meters | 3rd |
| Men's | 1926 Outdoor | Warren Droegemuller | Pole vault | 6th |
| Men's | 1927 Outdoor | Einar Hermansen | 100 meters | 3rd |
| Men's | 1927 Outdoor | Frank Rettig | High jump | 6th |
| Men's | 1927 Outdoor | Warren Droegemuller | Pole vault | 1st |
| Men's | 1927 Outdoor | Tiny Lewis | Shot put | 4th |
| Men's | 1927 Outdoor | Arnold Karsten | Shot put | 6th |
| Men's | 1928 Outdoor | Einar Hermansen | 100 meters | 6th |
| Men's | 1928 Outdoor | Rut Walter | 400 meters | 2nd |
| Men's | 1928 Outdoor | John Gorby | 800 meters | 6th |
| Men's | 1928 Outdoor | Warren Droegemuller | Pole vault | 2nd |
| Men's | 1928 Outdoor | Justin Dart | Hammer throw | 3rd |
| Men's | 1929 Outdoor | Rut Walter | 400 meters | 1st |
| Men's | 1929 Outdoor | Tom Warne | Pole vault | 1st |
| Men's | 1930 Outdoor | Rut Walter | 400 meters | 3rd |
| Men's | 1930 Outdoor | Ralph Wolf | 800 meters | 4th |
| Men's | 1930 Outdoor | Tom Warne | Pole vault | 1st |
| Men's | 1931 Outdoor | Tom Warne | Pole vault | 1st |
| Men's | 1932 Outdoor | Oliver Duggins | 220 yards hurdles | 6th |
| Men's | 1935 Outdoor | Phil Doherty | 220 yards hurdles | 4th |
| Men's | 1935 Outdoor | Winslow Heg | 400 meters | 5th |
| Men's | 1935 Outdoor | Jack Fleming | 800 meters | 3rd |
| Men's | 1941 Outdoor | Myron Piker | 100 meters | 5th |
| Men's | 1941 Outdoor | Don Smith | High jump | 6th |
| Men's | 1942 Outdoor | Don Smith | High jump | 6th |
| Men's | 1944 Outdoor | Henry Altpeter | 200 meters | 3rd |
| Men's | 1944 Outdoor | William Madden | 200 meters | 4th |
| Men's | 1944 Outdoor | Henry Altpeter | 400 meters | 5th |
| Men's | 1946 Outdoor | Bill Moore | Pole vault | 1st |
| Men's | 1947 Outdoor | Bill Porter | 220 yards hurdles | 2nd |
| Men's | 1947 Outdoor | Bill Moore | Pole vault | 1st |
| Men's | 1948 Outdoor | Bill Porter | 110 meters hurdles | 2nd |
| Men's | 1948 Outdoor | Jim Holland | Long jump | 2nd |
| Men's | 1949 Outdoor | Jim Holland | Long jump | 7th |
| Men's | 1950 Outdoor | Jim Holland | Long jump | 8th |
| Men's | 1952 Outdoor | Jim Golliday | 100 meters | 1st |
| Men's | 1954 Outdoor | Ken Toye | 110 meters hurdles | 3rd |
| Men's | 1954 Outdoor | Bob Ehrhart | Pole vault | 3rd |
| Men's | 1955 Outdoor | Jim Golliday | 100 meters | 1st |
| Men's | 1955 Outdoor | Jim Golliday | 200 meters | 1st |
| Men's | 1956 Outdoor | Ken Toye | 110 meters hurdles | 7th |
| Men's | 1965 Indoor | Carl Wallin | Shot put | 2nd |
| Men's | 1968 Outdoor | Ralph Schultz | 800 meters | 3rd |
| Men's | 1969 Indoor | Ralph Schultz | 1000 meters | 4th |
| Men's | 1969 Outdoor | Ralph Schultz | 800 meters | 6th |
| Men's | 1970 Indoor | Dick Taylor | 55 meters hurdles | 5th |
| Men's | 1971 Indoor | Dick Taylor | 55 meters hurdles | 4th |
| Men's | 1971 Indoor | Tom Sirois | Weight throw | 3rd |
| Men's | 1971 Outdoor | Dick Taylor | 110 meters hurdles | 4th |
| Men's | 1972 Indoor | Thomas Bach | 1000 meters | 2nd |
| Men's | 1972 Outdoor | Tom Bach | 800 meters | 4th |
| Men's | 1981 Outdoor | Doug Peterson | 1500 meters | 7th |
| Men's | 1986 Indoor | Mark Keller | 4 × 800 meters relay | 6th |
| Men's | 1986 Indoor | Paul Santer | 4 × 800 meters relay | 6th |
| Men's | 1986 Indoor | Chuck Croft | 4 × 800 meters relay | 6th |
| Men's | 1986 Indoor | Bob Cull | 4 × 800 meters relay | 6th |