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2025-26 Women's Track and Field Roster

Helana Napiorkowski

Helana Napiorkowski

  • Position:
    Distance
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Highschool:
    Austin Catholic
  • Hometown:
    Macomb, Mich.

Summary

Biography

Official Collegiate Results & Top Times
 

Career Highlights:

  • 2x Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (2023, 2024)
  • Horizon League Fall Academic Honor Roll (2024)
  • Horizon League Spring Academic Honor Roll (2025)


2025 Outdoor:

  • Registered a career-best 18:17.63 for sixth in the 5,000m at Oakland's Golden Grizzlies Invite
  • Clocked a career-best 38:06.43, 10th in school history, in the 10,000m for 37th at the Bison Outdoor Classic
  • Was fourth in the 1,500m in a career-low 5:01.81 at the Don Kleinow Memorial Invitational 
  • Ended the year 13th in the 10,000m (38:22.98) and 19th in the 5,000m (18:34.34) at the Horizon League Championships


2024-25 Indoor: 

  • Took sixth in 11:05.24 in the 3,000m at the SVSU Classic
  • Was fifth in the 5,000m (18:55.30) at the Akron Invitational
  • Placed eighth in the 3,000m (10:56.04) at Michigan's Silverston Invitational
  • Posted a career-best 10:52.44 for 30th in the 3,000m and was 13th in the 5,000m (18:31.99) at the Horizon League Championships


2024 Outdoor:

  • Ran in one event clocking 18:54.02 in the 5,000m for 11th at the Eastern Illinois Big Blue Classic


2023-24 Indoor:

  • Made her collegiate track debut running 11:14.59 for 11th in the 3,000m at the SVSU Classic
  • Lowered her 3,000m time to 10:58.31 for 15th at the Grand Valley Bill Clinger Classic
  • Tallied a time of 18:49.70 for seventh in the 5,000m at the Akron Invitational
  • Posted a career-best 18:30.53 for 17th in the 5,000m and 10:59.69 for 33rd in the 3,000m at the Horizon League Championships

Prior To Detroit Mercy:
  • Lettered in basketball, cross country and track and field
  • In cross country, she was a two-time team captain, two-time All-Catholic honoree and a two-time state qualifier
  • As a senior, she broke the school 5k record
  • In track, as a senior, she was All-State in the 3200-meters taking seventh place at the state championships
  • Also All-Catholic and claimed sixth at the Macomb County Championship in the 3200m, receiving All-County honors
  • As a junior, she broke school records in the 800 and 3200m and was a state qualifier in the 1600 and 3200m
  • All-League honors at the Catholic High School League Championships in both events
  • Helped her team to a regional championship as a sophomore and was a state qualifier for 1600m and 4x400-meter relays
  • Graduated holding school records in the 800, 1600 and 3200m as well as the 4x400

Personal:
  • Daughter of Audra and Jared Napiorkowski
  • Has an older sister, who graduated from the University
  • Chose Detroit Mercy because she felt most drawn to the atmosphere of the campus
  • A Communications major

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