| Season |
Head Coach |
Conference Championship # |
Regional Championship % |
NCAA/IC4A Championship Finish |
| 1878 |
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4th / 8 |
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| 1880 |
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| 1885 |
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Place Unknown |
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| 1886 |
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2nd / 7 |
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| 1887 |
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Place Unknown |
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| 1888 |
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No Score |
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| 1889 |
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6th / 6 |
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| 1890 |
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No Score |
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| 1892 |
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4th / 6 |
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| 1893 |
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3rd Place |
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| 1894 |
Zach Cooper |
1st / 4 |
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IC4A: 4th (Kilpatrick, 1st, Half-Mile) |
| 1895 |
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IC4A: 8th (Kilpatrick, 2nd, Half-Mile and Mile) |
| 1896 |
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| 1897 |
John Cosgrave |
1st / 4 |
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| 1898 |
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2nd / 4 |
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| 1899 |
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2nd Place |
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| 1900 |
Charles Weaver |
2nd Place |
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| 1901 |
George Wells |
3rd / 4 |
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| 1902 |
William Thompson |
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| 1903 |
Herbert Towne |
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| 1904 |
William Thompson |
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| 1905 |
Herbert Towne |
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| 1906 |
Stewart McComber |
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| 1907 |
Stewart McComber |
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| 1908 |
Stewart McComber |
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| 1909 |
Stewart McComber |
2nd / 5 |
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| 1910 |
Stewart McComber |
2nd / 5 |
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| 1911 |
Stewart McComber |
2nd Place |
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| 1912 |
Stewart McComber |
4th Place |
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| 1913 |
Stewart McComber |
2nd / 4 |
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| 1914 |
Stewart McComber |
3rd / 5 |
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| 1915 |
Stewart McComber |
2nd Place |
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| 1916Â Â Â Â |
Stewart McComber |
2nd Place |
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| 1917 |
Stewart McComber |
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| 1918 |
Stewart McComber |
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| 1919 |
Bill Northrup |
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| 1920 |
Sol Metzger |
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| 1921 |
B. Russell Murphy |
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| 1922 |
B. Russell Murphy |
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| 1923 |
Elmer Oliphant |
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| 1924 |
Elmer Oliphant |
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| 1925 |
Harold Anson Bruce |
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| 1926 |
Harold Anson Bruce |
5th Place |
|
IC4A: NTS |
| 1927 |
Harold Anson Bruce |
5th Place |
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| 1928 |
Harold Anson Bruce |
7th Place |
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| 1929 |
Harold Anson Bruce |
8th Place |
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| 1930 |
Harold Anson Bruce |
2nd Place |
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| 1931 |
Harold Anson Bruce |
2nd Place |
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NCAA: 38th (McCague, 6th, 440 yards; Aussicker, 7th, 880 yards); IC4A: NTS |
| 1932 |
Wilford H. Ketz |
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| 1933 |
Wilford H. Ketz |
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| 1934 |
Wilford H. Ketz |
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IC4A: NTS |
| 1935 |
Wilford H. Ketz |
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IC4A: NTS |
| 1936 |
Wilford H. Ketz |
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| 1937 |
Wilford H. Ketz |
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| 1938 |
Wilford H. Ketz |
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| 1939 |
Wilford H. Ketz |
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| 1940 |
Wilford H. Ketz |
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| 1941 |
Wilford H. Ketz |
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| 1942 |
Wilford H. Ketz |
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| 1943 |
No Season (WWII) |
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| 1944 |
Wilford H. Ketz |
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| 1945 |
Wilford H. Ketz |
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| 1946 |
Wilford H. Ketz |
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| 1947 |
Wilford H. Ketz |
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| 1948 |
Wilford H. Ketz |
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IC4A: Place Unknown (Whalen, 6th, Shot Put) |
| 1949 |
Wilford H. Ketz |
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| 1950 |
Wilford H. Ketz |
4th Place |
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| 1951 |
Wilford H. Ketz |
3rd Place |
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| 1952 |
Wilford H. Ketz |
2nd Place |
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| 1953 |
Wilford H. Ketz |
1st Place |
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| 1954 |
Wilford H. Ketz |
5th Place |
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| 1955 |
Wilford H. Ketz |
5th Place |
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| 1956 |
Wilford H. Ketz |
5th Place |
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| 1957 |
Wilford H. Ketz |
1st Place |
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| 1958 |
Wilford H. Ketz |
2nd Place |
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| 1959 |
Wilford H. Ketz |
4th Place |
|
IC4A: 22nd (Hoffman, 2-Mile) |
| 1960 |
Wilford H. Ketz |
2nd Place |
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| 1961 |
Wilford H. Ketz |
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| 1962 |
Wilford H. Ketz |
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| 1963 |
Wilford H. Ketz |
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| 1964 |
Wilford H. Ketz |
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| 1965 |
Wilford H. Ketz |
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| 1966 |
Wilford H. Ketz |
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| 1967 |
Ronald Coleman |
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| 1968 |
Ronald Coleman |
7th Place |
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| 1969 |
Ronald Coleman |
10th Place |
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51st (Jaszczak, 440 Yards, 6th) |
| 1970 |
Ronald Coleman |
8th Place |
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| 1971 |
Ronald Coleman |
2nd Place |
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| 1972 |
Ken Michelsen |
4th Place |
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| 1973 |
Ken Michelsen |
4th Place |
|
41st (Unknown, 7th) |
| 1974 |
Ken Michelsen |
2nd Place |
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| 1975 |
Ken Michelsen |
6th Place |
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59th (Ricks, 6th, Decathlon; Mowery, Shot Put, 8th) |
| 1976 |
Ken Michelsen |
2nd Place |
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NTS (Jones, 10,000m; Scheuer, 800m; Moffat, 400m; Norman, Javelin) |
| 1977 |
Ken Michelsen |
3rd Place |
|
15th (Moffat, 2nd, 400m; Norman, 4th, Javelin; Scheuer, 5th, 800m) |
| 1978 |
Chuck James |
3rd / 19 |
|
NCAA: 8th (Moffat, 1st, 400m; Scheuer, 2nd, 800m; Chilton, 10th, Triple Jump)
IC4A: Place Unknown (Scheuer, 6th, 800m; Moffat, 7th, 400m) |
| 1979 |
Chuck James |
6th / 22 |
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NCAA: 24th (Scheuer, 1st, 1500m)
IC4A: Place Unknown (Blum, 5th, 110m Hurdles; Scheuer, 6th, 1500m) |
| 1980 |
Chuck James |
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| 1981 |
Chuck James |
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| 1982 |
Russ Ebbets |
16th / 20 |
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| 1983 |
Russ Ebbets |
15th / 21 |
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| 1984 |
Russ Ebbets |
13th / 22 |
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68th (Remillard, 8th, Hammer) |
| 1985 |
Russ Ebbets |
6th / 23 |
|
35th (Remillard, 3rd, Hammer) |
| 1986 |
Russ Ebbets |
5th / 23 |
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29th (Remillard, 2nd, Hammer; Mohlar, 9th, 800m; O'Donnell, 13th, 3000 Steeple) |
| 1987 |
Russ Ebbets |
13th / 20 |
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| 1988 |
Russ Ebbets |
14th / 17 |
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| 1989 |
Dave Herrington |
13th / 17 |
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| 1990 |
Dave Herrington |
8th / 16 |
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| 1991 |
Dave Herrington |
14th / 17 |
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| 1992 |
Dave Herrington |
13th / 16 |
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| 1993 |
Dave Herrington |
13th / 14 |
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| 1994 |
Aldo Nardiello |
9th / 13 |
|
59th (Pulver, 7th, Shot Put) |
| 1995 |
Aldo Nardiello |
9th / 15 |
|
18th (Pulver, 1st, Shot Put; Johnson, 7th, Javelin) |
| 1996 |
Aldo Nardiello |
3rd / 4, 8th / 15 |
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| 1997 |
Aldo Nardiello |
UCAA PPD, 8th / 13 |
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| 1998 |
Larry Cottrell |
4th / 4, 14th / 15 |
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| 1999 |
Larry Cottrell |
4th / 4, 9th / 15 |
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| 2000 |
Larry Cottrell |
3rd / 4, 9th / 14 |
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| 2001 |
Larry Cottrell |
3rd / 4, 8th / 14 |
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| 2002 |
Larry Cottrell |
3rd / 4, 6th / 14 |
14th / 46 |
47th (Sievert, 4th, Shot Put) |
| 2003 |
Larry Cottrell |
4th / 4, 8th / 15 |
11th / 24 |
66th (Sievert, 8th, Shot Put) |
| 2004 |
Larry Cottrell |
4th / 4, 8th / 15 |
17th / 53 |
65th (Washington, 7th, 100m) |
| 2005 |
Larry Cottrell |
4th / 4, 11th / 15 |
43rd / 51 |
|
| 2006 |
Larry Cottrell |
4th / 4, 14th / 15 |
NTS |
|
| 2007 |
Larry Cottrell |
4th / 4, 15th / 15 |
41st / 43 |
|
| 2008 |
Larry Cottrell |
3rd / 5, 11th / 15 |
NTS |
|
| 2009 |
Dave Riggi '97 |
3rd / 4, 6th / 9 |
13th / 56 |
NTS (Ham, 10th, Shot Put) |
| 2010 |
Dave Riggi '97 |
3rd / 4, 7th / 9 |
NTS |
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| 2011 |
Dave Riggi '97 |
3rd / 4, 8th / 10 |
NTS |
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| 2012 |
Dave Riggi '97 |
5th / 6, 9th / 11 |
NTS |
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| 2013 |
Dave Riggi '97 |
4th / 6, 11th / 11 |
NTS |
|
| 2014 |
Dave Riggi '97 |
4th / 6, 7th / 13 |
|
NTS (Goldstock, 18th, Javelin) |
| 2015 |
Dave Riggi '97 |
6th / 6, 13th / 13 |
NTS |
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| 2016 |
Dave Riggi '97 |
6th / 6, 11th / 13 |
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| 2017 |
Dave Riggi '97 |
5th / 6, 10th / 13 |
17th / 31 |
|
| 2018 |
Dave Riggi '97 |
7th / 8 |
NTS |
|
| 2019 |
Laura Nardelli |
7th / 8 |
29th / 41 |
|
| 2020 * |
Laura Nardelli |
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| 2021 ^ |
Laura Nardelli |
2nd / 4 |
16th / 32 |
|
| 2022 |
Laura Nardelli |
7th / 8 |
33rd / 55 |
|
| 2023 |
Laura Nardelli |
6th / 8 |
19th / 43 |
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| 2024 |
Laura Nardelli |
4th / 8 |
29th / 46 |
|
| 2025 |
Laura Nardelli |
6th / 8 |
20th / 55 |
|
| 2026 |
Chris Collier |
6th / 8 |
32nd / 64 |
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# Union competed in championship meets in the New York State Intercollegiate Assocation between 1878-1917, the Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Association from 1926-1931, the New York State Championships from 1950-1981, and the New York State Collegiate Track & Field Conference from 1982-2017. The UCAA/Liberty League began sponsoring a track & field championship in 1996 (Liberty League listed first between 1996 and 2017).
% Union attended the ECAC Outdoor Championships primarily until 2017 and the All-Atlantic Region Track & Field Conference Championships since 2018.Â
* 2020 outdoor season canceled due to the pandemic.
^Â 2021 Liberty League Championships divided into East (RPI, Union, Vassar, Bard) and West (Ithaca, Rochester, RIT, St. Lawrence) Championships due to the pandemic. |