CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – Four national champions and multiple All-Americans headline the 2024-25 Atlantic Coast Conference Indoor Track and Field season honors, the league announced Friday, March 28.
The honorees were selected via a vote of the league’s head coaches:
ACC Men’s Indoor Track Performer of the Year
Ethan Strand, North Carolina
ACC Women’s Indoor Track Performer of the Year
Makayla Paige, North Carolina
ACC Men’s Indoor Field Performer of the Year
Simen Guttormsen, Duke
ACC Women’s Indoor Field Performer of the Year
Jadin O’Brien, Notre Dame
ACC Men’s Indoor Freshman of the Year
KJ Byrd, Louisville
ACC Women’s Indoor Track & Field Freshman of the Year
Aniyah Kitt, Clemson
ACC Men’s Indoor Track & Field Coach of the Year
Ben Thomas, Virginia Tech
ACC Women’s Indoor Track & Field Coach of the Year
Mark Elliott, Clemson
Elliott was named the ACC Women’s Indoor Track & Field Coach of the Year after leading Clemson to its first ACC Championship since 2015. It marks the second time that Elliott has been named the league’s Women’s Coach of the Year and his first time earning the honor since 2015.
Ben Thomas was named the ACC Men’s Indoor Track & Field Coach of the Year for the first time in his career after leading the Hokies to the ninth ACC Championship in program history. After taking over the reins from legendary head coach Dave Cianelli last season, Thomas quickly etched his name into the record books. It marks the fourth time in five seasons in which Virginia Tech’s head coach has earned the honor.
O’Brien claimed her third consecutive ACC Women’s Indoor Field Performer of the Year honor after winning both the ACC and NCAA Championships in the pentathlon. In addition to winning her third consecutive individual national championship, O’Brien broke her own ACC record of 4,580 points, which was set at the 2025 ACC Indoor Track & Field Championships in Louisville, Kentucky, earlier in the same month. O’Brien’s mark is the fifth-best collegiate score ever recorded.
Guttormsen was named the ACC Men’s Indoor Field Performer of the Year after winning the NCAA Division I men’s pole vault title and becoming Duke’s first men’s individual national champion since 2014. The Ski, Norway, product opened the competition clearing the first bar on the initial attempt, passing…
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