Angelina Napoleon Highlights

 

 

World Honors

  • Currently ranks No. 17 in the World in the women’s 3000m steeplechase
  • Sits No. 5 in the United States in the women’s 3000m steeplechase
  • Holds the 10th-fastest 3000m steeplechase time in US history
  • Owns the 49th-fastest 3000m steeplechase time in World history

 

NC State Honors

Major Awards

  • 2026 Women’s H.C. Kennett Award Winner (Female Athlete of the Year)
  • 2025-26 CSC Academic All-District
  • 2025 ACC Women’s Cross Country Scholar Athlete of the Year
  • 2025 ACC Cross Country Individual Champion
  • 2025 ACC 3000m Steeplechase Champion

 

All-American Honors

March 2025: Indoor Track (distance medley relay)

June 2025: Outdoor Track (3000-meter steeplechase)

November 2025: Cross Country (top 40 finish)

March 2026: Indoor Track (3000 meters)

March 2026: Indoor Track (distance medley relay)

June 2026: Outdoor Track (3000-meter steeplechase)

 

All-ACC Honors

2023-24: Indoor Track

2024: Outdoor Track

2024-25: Indoor Track

2025: Outdoor Track x2

2025: Cross Country

2025-26: Indoor Track x2

2026: Outdoor Track

ACC All-Academic Honors

2026 Outdoor

2025-26 Indoor

2025 Cross Country

2025 Outdoor

2024-25 Indoor

2024 Cross Country

 

Highlights

Team USA – National & International

  • 2025 World Athletics Championships, Tokyo, Japan: Finished ninth in the 3000m steeplechase (9:17.44) final – and No. 1 among Americans. Qualified for the final by taking fifth in her preliminary with a 9:18.03.
  • 2025 U.S. Track & Field Championships, Eugene, Oregon: Placed second in the 3000m steeplechase with a 9:10.96 – just .24 seconds off her personal best – to qualify for the World Athletics Championships.
  • 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships, Lima, Peru: Finished 10th in the 3000m steeplechase (9:58.58) – the top American finisher in this event by 11 seconds.
  • 2024 U.S. U20 World Championships, Eugene, Oregon: Took second in the 3000m steeplechase (10:02.27) in Eugene, Oregon, to qualify for the World U20 Championships.

 

Wanda Diamond League – Professional

  • Meeting de Paris, Paris, France: Shined at the Paris 2025 event, running a world-class and personal-best time of 9:10.72 (while finishing seventh overall) – the fourth-fastest time in NCAA history, No. 8 in U.S. women’s history and the new NC State standard.
  • Prefontaine Classic, Eugene, Oregon: Ran in the prestigious American leg of the Diamond League series in 2026, turning in a 9:19.41 steeplechase time to finish 11th

 

North Carolina State – College

Junior Year (2025-26)

Cross Country

  • Opened the season with a second-place finish at the Nuttycombe Invitational with a 6K time of 19:34.6
  • Won the ACC Cross Country individual title, breaking the E.P. “Tom” Sawyer course record by more than five seconds (19:13.9) while becoming the Wolfpack’s seventh-consecutive ACC women’s individual champion
  • Finished sixth overall at the NCAA Southeast Regional (19:15.0) to earn All-Region honors
  • Ran a 9:22.7 to finish 40th individually, earn All-American honors and help NC State to the 2025 NCAA National Championship, its fourth title in the last five years

Indoor track & field

  • Ran a personal-best 8:46.15 in the 3000m at the Sharon Colyear-Danville season-opener, good for No. 2 all-time at NC State.
  • Set the school record in the DMR, alongside Bethany Michalak, Sadie Engelhardt and Brooke Rauber, with a time of 10:46.0 at the ASICS Last Chance Invite
  • A member of the DMR team which was named ACC Track Athletes of the Week (Feb. 24)
  • Part of the DMR team that took second place at the ACC Championships with a time of 10:52.59, tied for the sixth-best mark in program history
  • Placed second in the 3000m at the ACC Championships, clocking an 8:56.75 to earn First Team All-ACC honors
  • Helped the DMR team to fifth place at the NCAA Championships with a 10:51.12, the third-best time in NC State history
  • Earned Second Team All-American honors with a 10th-place finish in the 3000m at the NCAA Championships (8:55.45)

 

Outdoor Track & Field

  • Ran a personal-best time of 4:11.96 in the 1500m at the Raleigh Relays – No. 8 all-time at NC State
  • Won her steeplechase debut in 9:37.72 at the Penn Relays, shattering the meet record by nearly 14 seconds
  • Helped the 4x1500m relay team to first place at the Penn Relays in 16:59.86, the second-best time in program history
  • Earned First Team All-ACC honors with a second-place finish in the steeplechase (9:43.52) at the ACC Championships
  • Qualified for the NCAA Championships by taking fourth in the steeplechase (9:43.40) at the NCAA East Regional
  • Garnered First Team All-American honors with a fourth-place finish in the 3000m steeplechase at the NCAA Championships, crossing the line in a season-best time of 9:35.56

 

Sophomore Year (2024-25)

Cross Country

  • Competed at the ACC Championships, finishing 59th individually with a 6K time of 20:47.7
  • Helped NC State to its eighth-straight NCAA Southeast Regional title with a 6K time of 21:40.3
  • Ran a 20:31.0 (96th place) at the NCAA Championships

 

Indoor Track & Field

  • Helped NC State to a fifth-place finish in the DMR at the Eagle Elite Meet with a time of 10:55.91.
  • Garnered First Team All-ACC honors after guiding NC State to first place in the DMR (10:52.59, sixth-best time in program annals) at the ACC Championships
  • Earned All-American accolades with NC State’s sixth-place finish in the DMR (10:55.11) at the NCAA Championships

 

Outdoor Track & Field

  • Opened the season with a 9:34.22 in the 3000m steeplechase to win the Raleigh Relays, a performance that ranked No. 1 in the NCAA at the time and established a new meet, facility and NC State record
  • Won the ACC Championship in the 3000m steeplechase with a meet-record time of 9:27.85
  • Finished fourth in the 5000m at the ACC Championships in 15:40.45 to earn Second Team All-ACC honors
  • Earned All-American honors with a third-place finish in the steeplechase at the NCAA Championships (9:16.66), hitting the World Athletics Championships standard while recording the 13th-fastest time in American history

 

Freshman Year (2023-24)

Indoor Track & Field

  • Won the 800m at the Camel City Distance Meet with a time of 2:07.46
  • Set the NC State program record in the 800 meters with a 2:06.79 at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational
  • Earned Second Team All-ACC honors in the DMR, helping NC State to a fourth-place finish (10:58.25) at the ACC Championships

 

Outdoor Track & Field

  • Earned Second Team All-ACC honors with a fourth-place finish in the 3000m steeplechase (10:07.29) at the ACC Championships
  • Ran a season-best 9:54.08 in the steeplechase to place fourth at the NCAA East Regional
  • Competed at the NCAA Championships, finishing 20th (10:10.40) in the steeplechase prelims

 

NC State Top 10s

Outdoor Events

3000-meter steeplechase, 1st, 9:10.72, 2025

4x1500 meters (Napoleon, Putman, Gapes, Engelhardt), 2nd, 16:59.86

800 meters, 6th, 2:06.37, 2025

1500 meters, 8th, 4:11.96, 2026

Indoor Events

600 meters, 1st, 1:33.78, 2024

800 meters, 1st, 2:06.79, 2024

Distance Medley Relay (Napoleon, Michalak, Rauber, Engelhardt), 1st, 10:46.00, 2026

1000 meters, 2nd, 2:45.99, 2024

3000 meters, 2nd, 8:46.15, 2025

Distance Medley Relay (Napoleon, Ingraham, Michalak, Gapes), 3rd, 10:51.12, 2026

3000 meters, 6th, 8:55.45, 2026

Distance Medley Relay (Napoleon, Michalak, Ingraham, Engelhardt), 6th, 10:52.59, 2025, 2026

3000 meters, 7th, 8:56.72, 2026

Distance Medley Relay (Napoleon, Putman, Parker, Gapes), 7th, 10:55.11

Distance Medley Relay (Napoleon, Hartman, Putman, Bush), 9th, 10:55.91, 2025

 

Links

MEET RECORD! Angelina Napoleon Sets Penn Relays 3000m Steeplechase Record, FloTrack, 4/23/26: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiPcFo9TNAg

A Day in the Life with ELITE NC State Standout Angelina Napoleon, The Stride Report, 12/28/25: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv673lgV1_A

NC State’s Angelina Napoleon Wins ACC XC Title, runnerspace, 10/31/25: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rezjazTYW-k

Angelina Napoleon Reflects on her 9th Place Finish at the World Championships, Citius Mag, 10/3/25: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B99Wua3P1g0&t=1235s

She Made Team USA at 20 – Meet Steeplechase Star Angelina Napoleon, The Running Effect Podcast, 8/11/25: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaQsHXpkrU4&t=12s

(Angelina Napoleon takes second) at USATF Outdoor Championships, NBC Sports, 8/2/25: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDObGnkmtEI

Angelina Napoleon runs steeple PB one week after third at NCAAs, Citius Mag, 6/20/25: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDObGnkmtEI

Women’s 3000m steeplechase final – 2025 NCAA outdoor track and field championships, NCAA Championships, 6/14/25: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBLPRBn-Fck

3-Time NCAA Champions NC State 7x1K Workout, TRACK: All-Access, 10/8/24: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVAMcUzguu0&t=1162s