Hutsell-Rosen Track (originally named Wilbur Hutsell Track) is an outdoor track and field facility located in

Auburn, Alabama Auburn is a city in Lee County, Alabama, United States. It is the largest city in eastern Alabama, with a 2020 population of 76,143. It is a principal city of the Auburn-Opelika Metropolitan Area. The Auburn-Opelika, AL MSA with a population o ...

on the campus of

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. It is the official outdoor track and field facility for the Auburn Tigers track and field teams. Along with

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in New York City and Rock Chalk Park in

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, Hutsell-Rosen is one of only five

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Class 1-certified track and field complexes in the United States.

History

After being constructed in 1970, the facility was originally named Wilbur Hutsell Track, in honor of Wilbur Hutsell, the first track coach at Auburn. After major renovations in 2006, the facility was officially renamed on April 22, 2008 to honor both Hutsell and

Mel Rosen Melvin "Mel" Rosen (March 24, 1928 – March 25, 2018) was an American track coach. He was head coach of the Auburn University Tigers track team for 28 years, from 1963 to 1991, during which time the team won four consecutive Southeastern Confere ...

, Auburn's second track and field coach, who coached the team for 28 years. Hutsell-Rosen has hosted the

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Track and Field Championships five times since its construction, in 1973, 1980, 1988, 1997, and 2008.Hutsell Rosen Track
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References

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