Personal information | |
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Nationality | USA |
Born | Allegany, New York | 3 March 2005
Education | North Carolina State University |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Long-distance running, Middle-distance running, Steeplechase |
Achievements and titles | |
World finals | 2025 |
Personal bests |
Angelina Napoleon (born 3 March 2005) is an American middle- and long-distance runner and steeplechaser. [1]
From Allegany, New York, she was educated at Allegany-Limestone High School in New York. [2] [3] After graduating in 2023 she attended North Carolina State University. [4]
In 2022, Angelina Napoleon became the American national high school record holder in the 2000 metres steeplechase with a time of 6:24.32. In June 2022, she won the New Balance Nationals Outdoor title in 6:30.51 in Philadelphia. [2]
In 2023, she lowered her American national high school record and became national under-20 record holder in the 2000 metres steeplechase, and was named the Gatorade Girls Track and Field National Athlete of the Year. [5] Her fastest time for the 2000m steeplechase that year was 6:18.41 at the NYSPHSAA State Championships. At the 2023 New Balance Nationals Outdoor Championship she successfully defended her steeplechase title in 6:19.53 and finished second in the 800 metres with a time of 2:05.53. That year she had a personal best of 2:03.97 in the 800m, and had a 4:46.38 personal best in the mile run. [3]
In June 2024, she placed second in the women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2024 USATF U20 Outdoor Championships, running a time of 10:02.27 in Eugene, Oregon. [6] She placed tenth in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru in August 2024. [7] [8]
Competing for North Carolina State University, she won the Atlantic Coast Conference championship in the 3000m steeplechase on May 16, 2025, in Winston-Salem, running a meeting and school program record time of 9:27.85. [9] She ran a personal best 9:16.66 to finish third in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships. [10] That month, Napoleon travelled to France to debut in the Diamond League at the 2025 Meeting de Paris, running a personal best time of 9:10.72 to place seventh overall. [11] [12] In August 2025 Napoleon signed an NIL deal with adidas. [13]
She placed second overall in 9:10.96 behind Lexy Halladay-Lowry in the final of the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon in August 2025. [14] She was selected for the American team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. [15]