Angelina Napoleon
Angelina Napoleon is an American middle- and long-distance runner and steeplechaser.
Early life
From Allegany, New York, she was educated at Allegany-Limestone High School in New York. After graduating in 2023 she attended North Carolina State University.High School
In 2022, Angelina Napoleon became the List of [United States high school national records in track and field|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.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. Her fastest time for the 2000m steeplechase that year was 6:18.41 at the New York State [Public High School Athletic Association|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.
NCAA
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. She placed tenth in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru in August 2024.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. She ran a personal best 9:16.66 to finish third in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2025 [NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships|2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships]. 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. In August 2025 Napoleon signed an NIL deal with adidas.
In October 2025, she was runner-up at the Nuttyville cross country race in Wisconsin, finishing behind teammate Grace Hartman in a North Carolina 1-2 finish. On 31 October, she won the ACC individual cross country title, also leading North Carolina to the team title alongside Hartman, Hannah Gapes and Sadie Engelhardt. On 22 November 2025, she competed at the 2025 NCAA Cross Country Championships in Missouri, and won the team title with NC State.