Caron, Pitts Earn All-America Honors on Final Day of NCAA ChampionshipsCaron, Pitts Earn All-America Honors on Final Day of NCAA Championships

Caron, Pitts Earn All-America Honors on Final Day of NCAA Championships

Nittany Lions wrap up competition in Eugene with six All-America honors

EUGENE, Ore. – Penn State finished the final day of competition at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Ore. with six athletes receiving All-America honors to wrap up the 2025 outdoor season.  

SATURDAY EVENT PERFORMANCES 

Caron finished in 16th place in the women’s 5,000-meter finals at 15:49.72 to wrap up her 2025 outdoor season. Caron now owns five All-America honors in her career and earned her second of the 2025 Outdoor National Championships after claiming second-team All-America status in the 10K Thursday. Her career All-America list includes the outdoor 5,000m (2025), the outdoor 10K (2024, 2025), the indoor 5,000m (2025) and indoor DMR (2024).  

Pitts finished ninth in the heptathlon with a total of 5,778 points to earn second-team All-America honors and move her to No. 3 all-time. She completed the final three events Saturday evening, finishing third in the 800m with a time of 2:12.47, 15th in the long jump with a leap of 5.82m and 17th in the javelin with a personal-best mark of 31.06m. 

Pitts nabs the second All-America honor of her career, after earning second-team All-America status in the pentathlon at the 2025 Indoor NCAA Championships.  

ALL-AMERICANS AT 2025 OUTDOOR NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 

  • Maddie Pitts – Heptathlon – Second Team All-American (9th place) 
  • Florence Caron – 5,000m - Second Team All-American (16th place)  
  • Florence Caron – 10,000m – Second Team All-American (11th place) 
  • Handal Roban – 4x400m Relay – Second Team (9th place) 
  • James Onwuka – 4x400m Relay – Second Team (9th place) 
  • Max DeAngelo – 4x400m Relay – Second Team (9th place) 
  • Jake Palermo – 4x400m Relay – Second Team (9th place) 

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