COLLEGIATE PERSONAL BESTS: 200m – 23.77, 800m – 2:12.22, 60mH (indoor) – 8.54, 60mH (outdoor) - 8.19, 100mH – 13.54, HJ – 1.72m (5' 7.75"), LJ – 6.24mm (20' 5.75"), SP – 13.10m (42' 11.75"), JT – 31.06m (101' 11"), PENT – 4,384 pts, HEP – 5,778 pts
CAREER RECORDS, AWARDS, AND NOTES
RECORDS:
- No. 1 all-time in pentathlon (3,384 pts)
- No. 2 in SMR (outdoor) – 200m leg (3:44.66 – NCAA No. 18 all-time)
- No. 3 all-time in heptathlon (5778 points)
- No. 3 all-time in 60m hurdles (8.19)
- No. 7 all-time in 100m hudles (13.56)
AWARDS:
1x First Team All-American ('26 pentathlon)
1x Second-Team All-American ('25 hepathlon)
1x Second Team All-Big Ten (’24 heptathlon)
2x Big Ten Bronze Medalist (’24 pentathlon, 26 pentathlon)
2x Big Ten Sportsmanship Award ('25 outdoor, '26 indoor)
1x CSC Academic All-America Second Team ('26)
3X CSC Academic All-District ('24, '25, '26)
3x Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (’24, '25 '26)
3x Academic All-Big Ten (’24, '25, '26)
3x USTFCCCA All-Academic Team ('23, '24, ’25)
1x USTFCCCA Mid-Atlantic Regional Honoree (Indoor '25)
Indoor 2026
Season: Earned First Team All-American honors with a fifth-place finish in the pentathlon at the NCAA Indoor Championships...Claimed the Big Ten bronze medal in the pentathlon with a program record of 4,384 points...Won the pentathlon at the Penn Opener and collected individual event victories in the long jump at the Nittany Lion Challenge and Penn Elite...Set personal bests in the pentathlon (4,384 points), 60m hurdles (8.19), long jump (20-5.75 / 6.24m), shot put (42-11.75 / 13.10m) and high jump (5-6.5 / 1.69m).
Penn Opener (12/6): Opened the season by winning the pentathlon with 4,132 points, earning victories in the 60-meter hurdles, long jump, shot put and 800m…Nittany Lion Challenge (1/17): Won the long jump while competing in the 60m hurdles, high jump, shot put and 4x400-meter relay…Penn Elite (1/24): Won the long jump and competed in the 60m hurdles…Penn State National Open (1/30-31): Finished second in the pentathlon with 4,239 points, winning the 60m hurdles, shot put and 800m while placing second in the long jump…PSU Sykes & Sabock Challenge (2/7): Helped Penn State win the 4x400-meter relay and recorded a personal-best shot put of 42-11.75 (13.10m)…Tyson Invitational (2/13-14): Competed in the 60-meter hurdles and high jump…Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/26-28): Earned bronze in the pentathlon with a program record 4,384 points...Won the 60m hurdles and placed third in the long jump and shot put…NCAA Indoor Championships (3/13-14): Finished fifth in the pentathlon with 4,356 points to earn First Team All-America honors...Won the 60m hurdles with a personal-best 8.19 while placing third in the shot put and fourth in the 800m…
Outdoor 2025
Season: Earned First Team All-America honors with a ninth-place finish in the heptathlon at the NCAA Outdoor Championships...Finished seventh in the heptathlon at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships and runner-up at the Jim Green Invitational...Won the heptathlon 200 meters and 800 meters at the Big Ten Championships...Set personal bests in the heptathlon (5,778 points), 100-meter hurdles (13.54), 200 meters (23.77), 800 meters (2:12.22), high jump (5-7.75 / 1.72m), long jump (19-8.75 / 6.01m) and javelin (101-11 / 31.06m).
LSU Battle on the Bayou (3/28-29): Competed in the 200m, 100m hurdles and long jump…Duke Invitational (4/10-12): Finished third in the heptathlon with 5,184 points, winning the 100-meter hurdles, 200 meters and 800 meters…Virginia Challenge (4/18-19): Helped Penn State win the 4x400-meter relay while competing in the high jump, long jump, shot put and javelin…Penn Relays (4/24-26): Competed in the 100-meter hurdles, long jump and 4x400-meter relay, recording a personal-best 13.54 in the hurdles…Jim Green Invitational (5/2-3): Finished second in the heptathlon with 5,603 points, winning the 100m hurdles, high jump and 800m…Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/16-18): Placed seventh in the heptathlon with 5,677 points...Won the heptathlon 200 meters and 800 meters while placing third in the high jump…NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/11-14): Finished ninth in the heptathlon with a personal-best 5,778 points to earn Second Team All-America honors...
Indoor 2025
Season: Earned Second Team All-America honors with a ninth-place finish in the pentathlon at the NCAA Indoor Championships...Claimed the Big Ten bronze medal in the pentathlon...Won the pentathlon title at the Penn State National Open and opened the season with a pentathlon victory at the Penn Opener...Set then-personal bests in the pentathlon (4,229 points) and long jump (19-8.75 / 6.01m)...
Penn Opener (12/7): Won the pentathlon with 3,944 points, capturing titles in the 60mhurdles, high jump and long jump…Penn State National Open (1/31-Feb. 1): Won the pentathlon with 4,229 points, earning victories in the long jump and 800 meters…PSU Sykes & Sabock Challenge (2/8): Helped Penn State win the 4x400-meter relay and finished third in the long jump…Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/28-Mar. 1): Earned bronze in the pentathlon with 4,193 points and competed on Penn State's sixth-place 4x400-meter relay… NCAA Indoor Championships (3/14): Finished ninth in the pentathlon with 4,229 points to earn Second Team All-America honors, placing third in the 60m hurdles and fourth in the 800m..
Outdoor 2024
Season: Claimed the Big Ten silver medal in the heptathlon with the fifth-best point total in school history.
Hurricane Alumni Invitational (4/5-6): Completed the first heptathlon of her 2024 outdoor season, finishing third overall with top-five event finishes in the 800m (2:17.08, 2nd), 200m (24.58, 3rd), shot put (39-10.5 (12.15m), 4th), and long jump (18-8 (5.69m), 5th). Bison Outdoor Classic (4/12-14): Was a part of the event-winning 4x100 relay team that clocked a 45.64…Also competed in the shot put (39-11.5, 12.18m) and javelin throw (93-11, 28.63m). Penn Relays (4/25-27): Moonlighting as a sprinter for the day, Pitts, along with teammates Jermecia Brown, Zoey Goldstein, and Hayley Kitching, set the school record in the SMR with a 3:44.66, the 18th-fastest mark in NCAA history…Ran in the 4x200m relay as well, recording a 1:36.89…Competed in the open long jump, finishing with a 18-9.75 (5.73m) mark. Jim Thorpe Invitational (5/3): Set a PR in the shot put with a 41-11.5 (12.79m) effort. Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/10-12): Earned the silver medal in the heptathlon at the conference championships, amassing 5,422 points, the fifth-best total in school history…Finished first in the hep 200m with a 24.46…Added PRs in the 100mH (14.29, 6th) and javelin throw (98-5, 30.00m, 8th)…Placed second in the long jump (19-2.5, 5.85m) and 800m (2:16.94), third in the shot put (41-3, 12.57m), and ninth in the high jump (5-1.75, 1.57m)…Also competed in the 4x100m relay as Penn State’s group finished tenth with a season-best time of 45.27.
Indoor 2024
Season: Won bronze in the pentathlon at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with a personal-best point total.
Bison Opener (12/1-2/2023): Won the pentathlon in her season opener with a 3,857-point total. Penn State Tune-Up (2/16): Finished second in the open long jump with an 18-3.75 (5.58m) mark…Took third in the shot put with a 37-8.75 (11.50m) toss. Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/23-24): Finished third in the conference in the pentathlon with a personal-best 3,985 points…Recorded PRs in the high jump (5-4.5, 1.64m) and 60mH (8.76) events…Earned second in the pentathlon shot put competition with a 40-9.5 (12.43m) mark…Added a ninth-place standing in the long jump (18-0.25, 5.49m) and capped off her outing with a sixth-place result in the pentathlon 800m (2:17.74)…Teammate Chloe Royce earned the conference title in the pentathlon while Pitts won bronze.
Outdoor 2023
Season: Finished fourth place in the Big Ten Championships in the heptathlon, setting PRs in five of seven events for the eighth-best heptathlon total in school history…Was a member of Penn State’s 4x100 squad that finished fourth in the Big Ten conference.
Penn Springtime Challenge (3/18): Competed in three of the seven events of the heptathlon, finishing top-six in each of the 200, 100mH and long jump events. Virginia Challenge (4/20-22): Finished her first career heptathlon, setting PRs in the 100mH (14.56) and the javelin throw (68-0 (20.73m)…Amassed a 5075 final score, elevating her into the top ten in school history in her first ever heptathlon. Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/12-14): In her career outing, the Nittany Lion freshman set PRs in the 800 (2:15.30, 3rd place), long jump (19-6.75 (5.96m), 2nd place), 200 (24.35, 2nd place), shot put (39-2.25 (11.94m), 5th place), and high jump (5-3.75 (1.62m), 7th place)…She threw 57-4 (17.49m) in the javelin and ran 14.32 (+3.5 m/s) in the 100mH to complete her day…Her total reached 5265 points, the eighth-best heptathlon total in Penn State history and a fourth-place finish in the Big Ten…She then went and helped her squad clock a 45.50 in the 4x100 for a sixth-place finish in the conference…To cap off her weekend, she competed in the open long jump, leaping 18-5.75 (5.63m) for 20th place.
Indoor 2023
Season: In her true freshman season, set her pentathlon PR at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/24-25), finishing 12th in the conference
Bison Opener (12/2-3): Set her HJ PR with a 5’2.25 (1.58m) clearance in her first collegiate pentathlon. Nittany Lion Challenge (1/14): Recorded her best shot put effort of the season, a 34-0.75 (10.38m) effort. Sykes & Sabock Challenge (2/4): Ran an 8.93 to finish eighth overall and record her personal-best 60mH time. Music City Challenge (2/10-11): Leapt 19-5.25 (5.92m) to record her long jump PR. Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/24-25): Ran a 2:15.47, her 800m PR, to finish fourth overall in the pentathlon 800m…Capped off her indoor season with a personal-best 3,645 in the pentathlon.
PRIOR TO PENN STATE
HIGH SCHOOL PRs: Indoor: Long Jump: 17-11.5,* Triple Jump: 38-4.75,* 300m: 40.79,* 600m: 1:38.33,* 55m Hurdles: 8.65,* 4X200: 1:49.39.* 4X400: 4:04.86,* Pentathlon: 3,413, High Jump: 5-4
Outdoor: Triple Jump: 38-6.5,* 400m Hurdles: 1:01.66.* 100m Hurdles: 15.04.* 4X100: 48.87,* Pentathlon: 3,244.* High Jump: 5-4, Shot Put: 31-6.75.
*Denotes school record
Competed in multiple events in indoor and outdoor track and field at Victor Senior High School...Name team captain 2020-22..Named MVP field athlete six times between indoor and outdoor track and field seasons...Holds 12 Victor track & field school records...Selected All Greater Rochester Indoor Track Athlete of the Year 2022...Five-time All Greater Rochester First Team selection...Victor Central School Barney Lynaugh Female Athlete of the Year 2021-2022...Section 5 Devin Snyder Outstanding Female Field Athlete 2021...Marion Invitational Outstanding Female Field Athlete 2019...Member of Section 5 Championship winning team at Victor, the first for the school since 1999...Won a total of 15 individual event titles between indoor and outdoor track and field at the county, section, and state levels, including 2022 Indoor New Balance Nationals Pentathlon title.
PERSONAL
Parents are Shannon and Mike Pitts...Has one brother, Max...Majoring in hospitality management.