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How NC State did at the NCAA Track and Field Championships: Multiple podium finishes, All-Americans

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Angelina Napoleon
Jun 12, 2025; Eugene, OR, USA; Lexy Halladay-Lowry of BYU and Angelina Napoleon of NC State race over the water jump in a women's steeplechase semifinal during the NCAA Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

NC State sophomore Angelina Napoleon arrived at the NCAA Championships with a goal of seeing how she would stack up against the nation’s top 3,000 steeplechase runners. The Pack’s star wasn’t tested much throughout the season in the event, so this was an opportunity to see what she could do against other top runners. 

And, well, she found out on Saturday at the University of Oregon’s Hayward Field. 

Napoleon smashed NC State’s program record in the event as she placed third with a 9:16.66, comfortably passing her 9:27.85 mark from the ACC Championships. The second-year runner has reset the record three times this season, while Hannah Steelman’s 2021 mark of 9:43.08 was the Wolfpack’s previous best mark. 

Napoleon’s finish is the 13th-fastest in NCAA history as she was pushed by Alabama’s Doris Lemngole, who won the event in record time with a 8:58.15 result. Lemngole now holds the fastest time by any woman in the event globally this year.

“I’m literally speechless,” Napoleon told reporters in Eugene, Ore., afterwards. “I definitely had a lot of good and fun steepleraces this season, but really only one where I truly had people on my heels and in front of me. To experience that now when everything is peaking, that was the whole goal today: to see what I could do today. The work and the confidence paid off for that.”

Napoleon’s third-place finish propelled the ACC champion to her first-ever first team All-America honors as her already decorated collegiate career continues to blossom.

“I’m super proud to be a part of this new generation where literally the sky’s the limit,” Napoleon said of the record-setting steeplechase final. “As a female in sports, I’m excited to see where this is all going to go and how much further we can take it.”

While Napoleon helped re-write the Wolfpack’s record book yet again, she was one of four podium finishes NC State turned in during this weekend’s NCAA Championships. 

Junior Grace Hartman, another Pack distance star, placed second in the 10,000 (31:32.15) on Thursday night, while she came in fifth in the 5,000 (15:35.39) on Saturday to earn All-America honors in both events. 

“You always want to come out with the win, but I’m really proud of how it went,” Hartman said after her second-place finish in the 10,000.

Sophomore Tyson Adams, meanwhile, continued his dominant long jump season with a sixth-place finish (7.81 meters) to earn All-America status. The ACC’s indoor and outdoor champion became the Wolfpack’s fourth-ever athlete to become an All-American in long jump. 

NC State’s results from NCAA Track and Field Championships

Men

Tyson Adams: 6th in long jump (7.81 meters)
Brett Gardner : 16th in 3,000 steeplechase (8:38.13)
Patrick Tuohy: 16th in 800 (1:47.55)

Women

Grace Hartman: 2nd in 10,000 (31:32.15), 5th in 5,000 (15:35.39)
Angelina Napoleon: 3rd in 3,000 steeplechase (9:16.66)
Sam Bush: 20th in 5,000 (16:01.47)
Mariama Hunt: 23rd in long jump (5.87 meters)

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