Still only a junior at Allegany-Limestone, she turned in the most stunning performance of her career over the weekend.

Competing in the Section VI state qualifier on Saturday at West Seneca West High School, Napoleon set the national record in the Division 2 2,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 6:24.32, breaking the previous mark of 6:25.35 set by Sydney Masciarelli of Marianapolis (Connecticut) Prep last year.

Napoleon also claimed first-place finishes at the state qualifier in the Division 2 800 meters (2:08.02), the 3,000 meters (10:11.73) and the high jump (5-4).

There were plenty more outstanding efforts by Division 2 athletes from the Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association on Friday and Saturday.

Allegany-Limestone’s Angelina Napoleon sets the national record in the 2,000-meter steeplechase. P-J photo by Tim Frank

Devin Austin of Falconer/Cassadaga Valley won two events (high jump and triple jump) and placed second in another (long jump); Trenton Shutters of Southwestern won one individual event (800 meters) and anchored the winning 3,200-meter relay; Ledreth Velez-Olmo of Fredonia claimed the 400 meters (50.98) and anchored the 1,600-meter relay; and Michael Butterfield of Southwestern (200 meters), Roan Kelly of Randolph (1,600 meters), Dontae Hoose of Southwestern (shot put), Clayton Crouse of Randolph (pole vault), Jacob Brink of Allegany-Limestone (3,200 meters), Gerald Carris of Clymer/Sherman/Panama (boys pentathlon), Jenna Fisher of Clymer/Sherman/Panama (100 meters) and Tyyetta Herman of Franklinville/Ellicottville (400 meters) also punched their ticket to the state championships next weekend at Cicero-North Syracuse High School.

Austin posted a 6-foot, 3-inch leap in the high jump, a 43-8 leap in the triple jump and a 21-7 leap in the long jump, which met the state qualifying standard; Shutters ran a 1:55.09 in the 800 meters and was joined by Nate Lewis, Donavin Brown and Ethan Luce on the winning 3,200-meter relay (8:18.72); Velez-Olmo ran a 50.98 in the 400 meters and was joined on the winning 1,600-meter relay by Alex Field, Jayden Yerico and Matt Linder; Butterfield posted a 23.25 clocking in the 200 meters; Kelly ran a 4:15.91 in the 1,600 meters; Hoose tossed the shot 45-3.25; Crouse cleared 12-3 in the pole vault; Brink ran a 9:35.82 in the 3,200 meters; Carris recorded 2,970 points in the pentathlon; and Herman ran a 58.81 in the 400 meters.

Turning in second-place finishes among the CCAA Division 2 athletes were: Collin Riel of Falconer/Cassadaga Valley in the 100 meters (11.50), Brink in the 1,600 meters (4:22.37), Sam Eimiller of Maple Grove in the high jump (state-qualifying leap of 6-2) and 110-meter hurdles (15.28), Nate Lewis of Southwestern in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (10:08.95) and the Maple Grove 3,200-meter relay team of Lukas Baer, RJ Helt, Ben Cornell and Hal Svetanics (8:34.29).

Other second-place showings were recorded by Matt Lotter of Fredonia in the shot (44-10), Carson Conley of Randolph in the pentathlon (2,783 points), Abby Bruenenavs of Maple Grove in the 800 meters (2:19.64) and in the 3,200-meter relay where she was joined by Lizzie Lai, Megan Baer and Allison Bohall (9:50.03), Corinne Inkley of Ranolph in the pole vault (9-9), Leighanne Swan of Clymer/Sherman/Panama in the pentathlon (2,526 points) and the Portville girls 1,600-meter relay team (4:06.07).

Clymer/Sherman/Panama’s Jenna Fisher takes first place in the 200 meters on Saturday. P-J photo by Tim Frank

Randolph’s Roan Kelly runs to the finish in the 1,600 meters. P-J photo by Tim Frank