Bowling Green Falcons track and field

For information on all Bowling Green State University sports, see Bowling Green Falcons.

Bowling Green Falcons track and field
UniversityBowling Green State University
Head coachLou Snelling
ConferenceMAC
LocationBowling Green, Ohio
Outdoor trackWhittaker Track
NicknameFalcons
ColorsBrown and orange
   

The Bowling Green Falcons track and field team is the track and field program that represents Bowling Green State University. The Falcons compete in NCAA Division I as a member of the Mid-American Conference. The team is based in Bowling Green, Ohio, at the Whittaker Track.

The program is coached by Lou Snelling. The track and field program officially encompasses four teams because the NCAA considers men's and women's indoor track and field and outdoor track and field as separate sports.

Middle-distance runner Dave Wottle won the 1972 Olympic gold medal in the 800 meters while competing on the Bowling Green Falcons team. In 2023, he became the first Mid-American Conference athlete to be inducted into the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

In March 2002, the university announced they would cut the men's track and field teams at the end of the school year. Alumni opposed the cuts, and athletes including Sid Sink lamented the cuts through 2020.

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