The UTEP women’s outdoor track team won their first Conference-USA outdoor conference title in school history on Sunday, May 14 at Kidd Field
The Miners scored 27 points higher than second-place Middle Tennessee for a total of 153 points to claim their first ever conference championship.
Prior to this title, the Miners have finished as the runner-ups in six of the previous 11 Conference-USA outdoor championships, including three straight second-place finishes from 2006-2008. UTEP lost a nail-biting 2010 C-USA championship when they finished just five-points behind champion Central Florida “Our women’s team capturing their first outdoor title ever is a huge deal and to do it here at home makes it that much more special,” said head coach Mika Laaksonen.