2008 Outdoor Track & Field Championships

2008 Outdoor Track and Field Championships

 

Catamount Athletics Complex - Cullowhee, NC

Western Carolina, host

 

RESULTS 

 

PHOTOS

SLIDESHOW 1 (Saturday early events)

SLIDESHOW 2 (Saturday late events)

SLIDESHOW 3 (Sunday events)

 

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

  

The 2008 Southern Conference Men’s & Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Championships will be held Saturday, April 26 and Sunday, April 27 at the at the Catamount Athletics Complex in Cullowhee, NC. Western Carolina University will be the host institution for the event.

 

ADMISSION FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP

Admission for the championship will be $5 for adults, $3 for youth and students with a valid ID from a Conference school.

 

THE CHAMPIONSHIPS 

Review of 2007 SoCon Outdoor Track & Field Championships

  

The Outdoor Track and Field championship for the men started in 1923 with Mississippi State winning in the inaugural year. since then, Since then, 16 different schools have won the championship, including four current members. Appalachian State holds 16 titles, the most in history. Since 1978, only three schools have won the meet: VMI (11), Appalachian State (16) and Western Carolina (3).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the women's side, the first meet was held in 1987 with Appalachian State winning nine straight before East Tennessee State won its first title in 1996. Only four schools have won the meet: Appalachian State (15), Western Carolina (4), Georgia Southern (1) and East Tennessee State (1).

 

 

 

 

 Men's Past Champions (last 12 years)

1996	Johnson City, TN	Appalachian State
1997	Boone, NC	VMI
1998	Lexington, VA	VMI
1999	Johnson City, TN	Western Carolina
2000	Boone, NC	VMI
2001	Lexington, VA	Appalachian State
2002	Johnson City, TN	Appalachian State
2003	Boone, NC	Appalachian State
2004	Boone, NC	Appalachian State
2005	Cullowhee, NC	Appalachian State
2006	Statesboro, GA	Western Carolina
2007	Boone, NC	Western Carolina

 

 

  Women's Past Champions (last 12 years)

1996	Johnson City, TN	East Tennessee State
1997	Boone, NC	Western Carolina
1998	Lexington, VA	Appalachian State
1999	Johnson City, TN	Western Carolina
2000	Boone, NC	Western Carolina
2001	Lexington, VA	Western Carolina
2002	Johnson City, TN	Appalachian State
2003	Boone, NC	Appalachian State
2004	Boone, NC	Appalachian State
2005	Cullowhee, NC	Appalachian State
2006	Statesboro, GA	Appalachian State
2007	Boone, NC	Georgia Southern

Southern Conference History of Outdoor Track & Field