The Duke Blue Devils track and field team is the
track and field
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program that represents
Duke University
Duke University is a Private university, private research university in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity, North Carolina, Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1 ...
. The Blue Devils compete in
NCAA Division I
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as a member of the
Atlantic Coast Conference
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. The team is based in
Durham, North Carolina
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at the
Morris Williams Track and Field Stadium.
The program is coached by
Shawn Wilbourn. 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.
Curtis Beach won the 2012 and 2014 NCAA titles in the
indoor heptathlon, making him the only Duke athlete to win more than one collegiate national championship.
Postseason
AIAW
The Blue Devils have had one
AIAW
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All-American finishing in the top six at the
AIAW indoor or
outdoor championships.
NCAA
, a total of 23 men and 24 women have achieved individual first-team
All-America
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n status at the
men's outdoor,
women's outdoor,
men's indoor, or
women's indoor national championships.
See also
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