Track and field became an established sport at Queen’s in 1880 and received Varsity status in 1905. Since 1973,
Queen’s has produced a total of 257 OUA Medalists [84-GOLD; 89-SILVER; 84-BRONZE] and 118 ALL-CONFERENCE athletes. The team’s best OUA Championship finish is second for both the men and women. All event groups have had success at both the OUA and CIS level. At the OUA level the throwing events lead the way with 19 GOLDS, followed by the 1000m/1500m with 15 GOLDS, 60m/300m with 14 GOLDS, 3/5000m with 13 GOLDS and jumps with 12 GOLDS. The 4x400m relay has won 5 GOLD, the 4x200m relay 3 GOLD and the 4x800m one GOLD.
Since the establishment of CIS Championships in 1981, Queen’s has only been shut out of the medals at CIS Championships seven times [1986, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2007, and 2009]. Queen’s athletes have won 69 CIS medals [16-GOLD; 24- SILVER; 29-BRONZE] and have won two CIS OUTSTANDING PERFORMER
Awards: Dave Mather (Gold in the 1500m and 3000m) in 1987 and Sheridon Baptiste (Gold in the 60m and LJ) in 1988. The team’s best CIS Championship finish is fourth for men and sixth for women. Success at the CIS level has field events leading the way with the most gold medals and accounting for 28 medals [10-GOLD; 7-SILVER; 11-BRONZE] total medals. The distance events including 4x800m relay 33 [5-GOLD; 14-SILVER; 14-BRONZE] medals while the sprint events including 4x200m and 4x400m relays 8 medals [1-GOLD; 3-SILVER; 4-BRONZE].
The hallmark of the Queen’s program has been quality coaching which has consistently seen athletes coming in at one level and leaving four years later significantly improved. The program has produced 6 OLYMPIANS and another 10 national team members.
