VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia – Tarleton State Track and Field athletes earned All-American status after their outstanding performances at the 2025 NCAA Indoor National Championships at the Virginia Beach Sports Center.
Each day a Texan posted a First Team All-American performance. Prestina Ochonogor earned First Team All-American honors in the long jump on the first day. Ochonogor became the first Tarleton State athlete to earn NCAA D1 All-American honors in any NCAA Championships. Gabriele Tosti joined Ochonogor as a First Team All-American on Saturday evening. Tosti recorded the highest finish ever by a Texan in any NCAA Championships finishing in sixth overall in the long jump.
“I am so proud of this team and my staff,” said first-year head coach Bobby Carter. “They came out to Virginia Beach and handled business. They made history! To come out here and score points on the men’s and women’s side is huge. This was a great experience for all of our athletes. We took four athletes to the meet and all of them came back All-Americans. I’m grateful and blessed to be a part of it all. I truly mean it, when I say greater is coming! This is just the start of what’s to come.”
The Texans scored points in each of the men’s and women’s championships. Tarleton’s three points on the men’s side ranked 46th place in the entire nation. The men finished tied for 13th among teams not from a Power Four Conference. On the women’s side, the Texans ranked 54th with one point from Ochonogor. Out of the 61 women’s teams to score, Tarleton was one of 17 that were not in a Power Four Conference. Tarleton was the only WAC school in either the men’s or women’s to score at least one point.
Ochonogor earned the first NCAA Division I All-American selection of any student-athlete in any sport at Tarleton State. Ochonogor competed in the long jump on the first day. The freshman jumped 6.42 meters in her first leap which was the fourth best of all the jumpers’ first attempts. Her mark qualified her eighth for the eight-woman finals, which granted the top eight athletes three more attempts. On her fourth jump, she improved her mark to 6.43 meters. The Nigeria native earned eighth place to be named a First Team All-American. She was the first Tarleton woman to score a point at a D1 national championship meet. Ochonogor was the only freshman in the 16-woman long jump, quite an accomplishment.
Tosti joined the prestigious First All-American club on the second day of competition. In one of the final events of the night, the Texan senior set a new personal best in the triple jump. The Italian posted the best Tarleton finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships, notching sixth place overall. Tosti lept 16.09 meters on his first jump of the series to break his school record. Tosti set the program record last season with a 16.03-meter jump. He scored three points, the first male to score points for the Texans at an NCAA D1 Championship.
Victoria Cameron earned Second Team All-American in the 60-meter dash. The redshirt-freshman was placed in a heat with a 2024 Paris Olympian and the current NCAA leader heading into the semifinals, Tina Godbless. Godbless was disqualified for a false start in the lane next to Cameron. Cameron finished in 7.38 seconds increasing her total to notching nine of the top 10 indoor 60-meter dash times in school history.
Lokesh Sathyanathan earned his second All-American title, his first indoor and as a member of the Texans. Sathyanathan recorded a 7.21-meter leap in the long jump in the evening of day one. Sathyanathan’s jump in the semifinals led the Texans to their third All-American on the day.
The Texans concluded their record-breaking indoor season with its first trip to the NCAA Indoor National Championships in their first season eligible. Tarleton State set 12 new school records and over 40 new top 10 best performances in program history this season.
Tarleton State will now shift its focus to outdoor season. The Purple and White will open its outdoor slate next Saturday in Waco.
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