Saturday, June 14
Eugene, Ore. / Hayward Field
10:14 p.m.
University of North Florida
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NCAA Outdoor Championship - Day 2
Kolbe Earns First Team All-American Honors At 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track And Field Championships
6/14/2025 10:30:00 PM | Women's Track
EUGENE, Ore. – North Florida senior Smilla Kolbe cemented one of the most decorated seasons in program history when she became the program's first-ever Outdoor First Team All-American with a sixth-place finish in the women's 800m at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field on Saturday.
Kolbe turned in a time of 2:00.37 to record her second First Team All-American honor of the season to lift UNF to a 51st-place championship finish as a team. She joins Briana Frazier in 2012 and Eden Meyer in 2017 as one of three All-Americans – First or Second Team – in program history. She entered the meet with the third-best time in the nation this season and fourth-best time in collegiate history.
Kolbe was one of eight runners to receive First Team All-American honors in the event and concluded her collegiate track and field career with three All-American distinctions. She was one of five women's runners in the nation to take home First Team All-American honors in both indoor and outdoor track and field this season.
"Smilla [Kolbe] had a great season and capped it off with a sixth-place finish. The fastest 800m in NCAA history was perfect," said head coach Jeff Pigg. "She ran a great race plan, put herself in perfect position and ran very well. She has a lot of exciting 800m races in her future."
Kolbe advanced to the final on Saturday after she earned an at-large qualification spot with a time of 2:00.70 in the semifinal on Thursday. She advanced to Hayward Field after she recorded first-place finishes in her heat at the 2025 NCAA East Region First Round hosted at North Florida's Visit Jax Track at Hodges Stadium on May 29 and 31.
The Hanover, Germany native concludes her accomplished career at North Florida as a three-time All-American, including a pair of First Team selections, an eight-time All-ASUN selection across outdoor track, indoor track and cross country, a four-time ASUN Track Athlete of the Week honoree and most recently the ASUN's Most Outstanding Women's Outdoor Track Performer of the Year. She holds five program records across the three seasons and is the event record-holder for both the ASUN Indoor and Outdoor Championships.
Kolbe was also a five-time ASUN All-Academic Team selection with three ASUN Scholar-Athlete of the Year nods, as well as a CSC Third Team Academic All-America selection in 2024. She is set to graduate from North Florida with her bachelor's degree in psychology with a 4.0 GPA.
"Looking back over the last two years, she has elevated our program in many ways. A presence at the NCAA Championships yielding two First Team All-American honors is amazing," Pigg continued. "She has taught us all about how to be 'all in' with her approach to everything she does. She is respectful, humble and a fierce competitor. It was an amazing journey and I'm proud to have had the opportunity to coach her."
Kolbe turned in a time of 2:00.37 to record her second First Team All-American honor of the season to lift UNF to a 51st-place championship finish as a team. She joins Briana Frazier in 2012 and Eden Meyer in 2017 as one of three All-Americans – First or Second Team – in program history. She entered the meet with the third-best time in the nation this season and fourth-best time in collegiate history.
Kolbe was one of eight runners to receive First Team All-American honors in the event and concluded her collegiate track and field career with three All-American distinctions. She was one of five women's runners in the nation to take home First Team All-American honors in both indoor and outdoor track and field this season.
"Smilla [Kolbe] had a great season and capped it off with a sixth-place finish. The fastest 800m in NCAA history was perfect," said head coach Jeff Pigg. "She ran a great race plan, put herself in perfect position and ran very well. She has a lot of exciting 800m races in her future."
Kolbe advanced to the final on Saturday after she earned an at-large qualification spot with a time of 2:00.70 in the semifinal on Thursday. She advanced to Hayward Field after she recorded first-place finishes in her heat at the 2025 NCAA East Region First Round hosted at North Florida's Visit Jax Track at Hodges Stadium on May 29 and 31.
The Hanover, Germany native concludes her accomplished career at North Florida as a three-time All-American, including a pair of First Team selections, an eight-time All-ASUN selection across outdoor track, indoor track and cross country, a four-time ASUN Track Athlete of the Week honoree and most recently the ASUN's Most Outstanding Women's Outdoor Track Performer of the Year. She holds five program records across the three seasons and is the event record-holder for both the ASUN Indoor and Outdoor Championships.
Kolbe was also a five-time ASUN All-Academic Team selection with three ASUN Scholar-Athlete of the Year nods, as well as a CSC Third Team Academic All-America selection in 2024. She is set to graduate from North Florida with her bachelor's degree in psychology with a 4.0 GPA.
"Looking back over the last two years, she has elevated our program in many ways. A presence at the NCAA Championships yielding two First Team All-American honors is amazing," Pigg continued. "She has taught us all about how to be 'all in' with her approach to everything she does. She is respectful, humble and a fierce competitor. It was an amazing journey and I'm proud to have had the opportunity to coach her."
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