Taking colleges students in Quanzhou area as example, this paper analyzes the current situation of the track and field sports among the students. Through questionnaire investigation, literature material law and interview, it indicates that the track and field sports in colleges and universities was unprecedented in the cold in sports reform. It is a common phenomenon that the Physical Education in colleges and universities is lack of consciousness of physical exercise, diversified teaching approaches and practical examination methods. This paper carries out a series of in-depth study to put forward some corresponding countermeasures which aims at reforming teaching mode of track and field sports, building a new teaching system and making this sports develop in the direction of ＂health first＂, ＂lifetime sports＂.