The track and field team of Florida State University

Florida State University

The Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation...

, currently coached by Bob Braman, competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference

Atlantic Coast Conference

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History

The FSU men's Track & Field team won the NCAA National Championship 3 times in a row. Since 2006 Head Coach Bob Braman and Associate Head Coach Harlis Meaders helped lead individual champions in the 200 m (Walter Dix), the triple jump (Raqeef Curry), and the shot put (Garrett Johnson

Garrett Johnson

Garrett W. Johnson is an American shot putter. Johnson won the 2006 NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Shot Put Championship. Johnson also was named a Rhodes Scholar in 2006 on behalf of the United States.-Academic:...

) to consecutive outdoor national titles. Individual runners-up were Walter Dix in the 100 m, Ricardo Chambers in the 400 m, and Tom Lancashire in the 1500 m. Others scoring points in the National Championship were Michael Ray Garvin in the 200 m (8th), Andrew Lemoncello

Andrew Lemoncello

Andrew Lemoncello is a Scottish long distance runner who competes in the 3000 metres steeplechase and the marathon events. He won a team junior gold medal at the 2001 European Cross Country Championships and won a scholarship to attend Florida State University in 2004...

 in the 3000 m steeplechase (4th), Raqeef Curry in the long jump (6th), and Garrett Johnson

Garrett Johnson

Garrett W. Johnson is an American shot putter. Johnson won the 2006 NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Shot Put Championship. Johnson also was named a Rhodes Scholar in 2006 on behalf of the United States.-Academic:...

 in the discus

Discus

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(5th). In 2007, when FSU won its second straight men's Track & Field NCAA National Championship when Dix became the first person to hold the individual title in the 100 m, 200 m, and 4*100 m Relay at the same time.

The Seminoles have a new track and field building complex on the south end of Mike Long Track, the Mcintosh Track and Field Building, named after Michael A. Mcintosh.

On February 7, 2010, the Seminoles vacated their 2007 Men's Outdoor Track and Field NCAA Championship in the wake of an academic cheating scandal.

2008 Olympics

The following FSU track and field athletes participated:

Athlete	Event	Team	Result
Walter Dix	100M	United States
Walter Dix	200M	United States
Rafeeq Curry	triple jump	United States	18th in qualifying heat
Ngonidzashe Makusha	Men's Long Jump	Zimbabwe	4th in finals
Brian Dzingai	Men's 200m	Zimbabwe	4th in finals
Dorian Scott	shot put	Jamaica	15th in round 1
Ricardo Chambers	400M	Jamaica	15th in semi
Gonzalo Barroilhet	Decathlon	Chile	DNF
Barbara Parker	3000m steeplechase	United Kingdom	12th in Round 1
Andrew Lemoncello	3000m steeplechase	United Kingdom	10th in Round 1
Tom Lancashire	1500m	United Kingdom	7th in Round 1
Kevin Sullivan	1500m	Canada	9th in Semi