The RWU standout won her fourth consecutive NCAA Track and Field Championships pole vault title to lead a group of six ECC student-athletes at the NCAA Division II Track and Field Outdoor Championships, held at the CSU Pueblo ThunderBowl in Pueblo, CO from May 22-24. From that group came six All-American performances - three First Team and three Second Team.

COMPLETE RESULTS

King won the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships women's pole vault title with a mark of 4.52m (14' 10"), defeating runner-up Isabelle Peters of Pittsburg State by .15m, to earn her fourth consecutive Division II All-American First Team accolade.

She becomes the first student-athlete to repeat as the national outdoor champion in the women's pole vault since Emily Presley of Missouri Southern State in 2017 and the fifth to win two outdoor championships since women's pole vault became a DII championship sport in 1999.

After making the bar at 4.52m, King passed all the way up to 4.80m (15' 9") to try to break the all-time NCAA women's outdoor record of 4.78m (15' 8 1/4"), set by the University of Washington's Amanda Moll on May 17, but missed on her three attempts at the all-time record. 

King, who was competing in her final outdoor meet as a Redhawk, entered the competition with a quick make at 4.32m (14' 2") after the field of 22 had been pared to two. She and Peters both missed their first attempts at 4.37m (14' 4"), but King regained control with a make on her first attempt at 4.42m (14' 6").

Peters, who had already achieved a personal best, passed to 4.47m (14' 8"), but missed on both of her attempts to secure the title for King.

After missing her first try at 4.52m, King made her second attempt to give her three chances at the all-time mark.

King ends her outdoor career with NCAA Division II indoor (4.66m, 15' 3 1/2") and outdoor (4.75m, 15' 7") records and is the only woman in Division II history to clear 15 feet in competition. She does have the option to compete in the 2025-26 indoor season. 

King, who represented the United States at the 2024 Paris Olympics this summer, broke the all-time NCAA DII outdoor record in the pole vault at 4.75m (15' 7") at the 97th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays back in late March to sit as the No. 1 seed entering Saturday's competition. The national title was the fourth overall for King, who has won the NCAA DII indoor and outdoor championships each of the past two years.

She owns both the NCAA Division II championship records for both indoors and outdoors and has the seven best jumps in NCAA Division II outdoor history and the top eight jumps and nine of the top 10 in indoor history.

Roberts Wesleyan sophomore Sarah Ferguson earned All-American First Team honors after placing sixth in the pole vault on Saturday afternoon, posting a 4.17m (13' 8 1/4"). Ferguson, who set a PR of 4.18m (13' 8 1/2") at the St. John Fisher Cardinal Classic in late April, was seeded seventh entering her first NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. She is the ECC's reigning outdoor champion in the event. 

Roberts Wesleyan freshman Thomas McConnelee garnered All-American First Team and Second Team honors after placing eighth in the hammer throw on Thursday evening and 11th in the discus throw on Friday afternoon. McConnelee first dropped a 60.46m (198' 4") in the hammer throw after entering the meet seeded 11th. The ECC's reigning outdoor champion in the discus throw then posted a 53.07m (174' 1") in the event on Friday afternoon.

St. Thomas Aquinas graduate student Emmanuel Mena Jimenez earned All-American Second Team honors after placing ninth in the hammer throw on Thursday evening, posting a 59.94m (196' 8"). Mena Jimenez is the ECC's reigning outdoor champion in the event. Mena Jimenez then went on to place 20th in the discus (46.49m/152' 6") on Friday afternoon to close a phenomenal career capped by five All-American performances, with a First Team finish in the weight throw ('25 indoor) and Second Team performances in discus throw ('23 outdoor, '24 outdoor), weight throw ('25 indoor), and hammer throw ('25 outdoor). 

Roberts Wesleyan freshman Austin Melvin took home All-American Second Team honors after placing 10th in the pole vault on Friday afternoon, jumping for 4.97m (16' 3 1/2"). Melvin, the ECC's reigning outdoor champion in the event, entered the meet seeded 13th. 

Roberts Wesleyan freshman Karis Kraf posted a mark of 3.77m (12' 4 1/2") to finish 19th in the pole vault on Saturday afternoon. With a PR of 3.96m (12' 11"), set at the ECC Outdoor Track and Field Championships earlier this month, she was seeded 18th in the field entering her first NCAA Championship.