Track & Field Prepared for NCAA Indoor ChampionshipsTrack & Field Prepared for NCAA Indoor Championships
Matt Rudisill

Track & Field Prepared for NCAA Indoor Championships

Championship action set to begin Friday morning

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State track & field is set for competition at the 2025 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships. Norfolk State is set to host this year’s NCAA meet, which will take place March 14-15 at the Virginia Beach Sports Center.

Three 800-meter stars highlight Penn State’s 15th-ranked men’s team’s representation at this year’s NCAA indoor meet. Darius Smallwood, Yukichi Ishii, and Olivier Desmeules will contend the half-mile on Friday night. Freshman sprinters Ajani Dwyer (60m, 200m) and Jake Palermo (400m) will set the blocks against the best sprint talent in the country in their first collegiate seasons, rounding out the men’s team’s contingent.

For the Nittany Lion women, it will once again be Hayley Kitching, the junior middle-distance star, who will contest the 800-meters in her fourth-straight NCAA meet (indoor/outdoor). Florence Caron will toe the starting line in the 5K while junior multi-event athlete Maddie Pitts will compete in the pentathlon for the first time in her career.

This year’s NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships will air live on ESPN+ with select events set to re-air on ESPNU at 7 p.m. ET on Sunday, March 16.

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Friday, March 14

Pentathlon

9:35 a.m. ET – 60-meter Hurdles

10:45 a.m. ET – High Jump

12:45 p.m. ET – Shot Put

2 p.m. ET – Long Jump

3:05 p.m. ET – 800 Meters

Track Events

4:20 p.m. ET – Women’s 800 Meters (Semis)

  • Hayley Kitching

4:42 p.m. ET – Women’s 5K (Final)

  • Florence Caron

7:18 p.m. ET – Men’s 60 Meters (Semis)

  • Ajani Dwyer

7:30 p.m. ET – Men’s 400 Meters (Semis)

  • Jake Palermo

7:50 p.m. ET – Men’s 800 Meters (Semis)

  • Darius Smallwood
  • Yukichi Ishii
  • Olivier Desmeules

8:32 p.m. ET – Men’s 200 Meters (Semis)

  • Ajani Dwyer

Saturday, March 15 – Pending Qualification

Track Events

3:30 p.m. ET – Women’s 800 Meters (Final)

6:10 p.m. ET – Men’s 60 Meters (Final)

6:20 p.m. ET – Men’s 400 Meters (Final)

6:30 p.m. ET – Men’s 800 Meters (Final)

6:50 p.m. ET – Men’s 200 Meters (Final)

QUALIFYING MARKS

Men

Ajani Dwyer

  • 60m – 6.54 – No. 6
  • 200m – 20.65 – No. 14

Jake Palermo

  • 400m – 45.65 – No. 9

Darius Smallwood

  • 800m – 1:46.28 – No. 5

Yukichi Ishii

  • 800m – 1:46.41 – No. 8

Olivier Desmeules

  • 800m – 1:46.52 – No. 13

Women

Hayley Kitching

  • 800m – 2:01.14 – No. 7

Florence Caron

  • 5K – 15:25.83 – No. 13

Maddie Pitts

  • Pentathlon – 4,229 – No. 9

Above marks listed (event – time/point total – rank within accepted field)

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