LAKEWOOD, NJ – North Carolina A&T senior women's cross country runner Deavion Deleon made history on Friday.
Deleon finished sixth at the 2025 Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) Women's Cross Country Championships hosted by Monmouth University at Ocean County Park. By finishing in the top 15 at the CAA cross country championships, Deleon becomes the first Aggie cross country runner – men or women – to earn All-CAA accolades.
Her 21:14.90 finish in the 6k event is not only a personal record for the University of Nebraska transfer but also a program record in a 6k race. The highest CAA finish for the Aggies before Friday came in 2023 when Fajr Kelly finished 49th.
It was the highest individual finish for an Aggie since G'Jasmyne Butler ran a 5k 18:46.5 to finish fifth at the 2019 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Women's Cross Country Championships.
"Deavion put herself in position to compete from the gun," said Quamel Prince, A&T's cross country/distance runners coach. "She was able to compete from start to finish and finished very well with a 45-second personal best and school record."
The women finished in 11th place with an average time of 24:41.00. Elon won the title for the sixth time in seven years. The Phoenix had an average time of 20:46.00, followed by William & Mary (21:18.70) and Northeastern (21:45.20) in the top 3.
Elon's Katie Blount was the individual medalist with a time of 19:55.00, followed by William & Mary's Perry Irons, Elon's Abigail Beville, Elon's Hannah Webber, and Hofstra's Isabella Spagnoli.
The men also competed on Friday at the 2025 CAA Men's Cross Country Championships. The Aggie men finished in 10th place with an average time of 27:17.50 in the 8K event. Senior Abdiselam Green led the Aggie men, finishing in 58th place with an 8k personal record time of 26:13.60.
Hofstra won the title on the men's side with an average time of 23:50.20. Northeastern finished second (24:00.80), followed by Stony Brook (24:11.10) in the top 3. Hofstra's Frederick Kipkosgei secured individual medalist honors with a time of 23:01.60. His teammate, Abraham Logosiwa, placed second, followed by William & Mary's Hayes Trapp, Northeastern's Dawson French, and Northeastern's Patrick Cantlon.
Freshman Aniyah France secured the second-fastest time for A&T with a time of 24:23.00, followed by freshman Micah Nunn (25:39.0). On the men's side, freshman Taysaun Wilson finished in 25:53.90, followed by sophomore Abishek Pradhan's 27:10.70.
