Sunshine State Conference

Sunshine State Conference Celebrates First-Ever Women's Outdoor Track Award Winners

04.29.25

Thirty-five women gather the SSC's 54 All-Conference awards

MELBOURNE, Fla. - The Sunshine State Conference is pleased to announce the inaugural All-Conference Women's Outdoor Track Awards following the 2025 season. Campbell Caldwell of the University of Tampa and Jillian Thorning of Nova Southeastern University were each named Distance Runner of the Year, Allison Murphy of Tampa garners Sprinter of the Year, Sativa James of Nova Southeastern earns Freshman of the Year, and Tampa's Logan Wells is voted Coach of the Year.

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First Team and Second Team All-SSC honors reflect an athlete's finish at the league championship, held on Saturday, April 19, at the Embry-Riddle Track & Field Complex in Daytona Beach, Florida. Conference champions are named First Team, while second and third-place finishers earn Second Team laurels. A vote of league coaches following the championship determines the Outdoor Track superlatives.

Caldwell acquires Distance Runner of the Year honors after winning the 10000 at the SSC Championship. The junior from Middletown, Maryland, ran a time of 37:24.41 to win the event by more than six seconds. Her best time of the season is 35:25.31, which is the SSC record in the event. It also meets the qualifying standard for the NCAA National Championship.

Thorning nets Distance Runner of the Year honors after winning the 1500 at the SSC Championship. The sophomore from Doylestown, Pennsylvania, finished with a time of 4:34.64 to narrowly escape with the win. Her season-best mark in the 1500 is 4:31, which leads the conference. Thorning was second at the SSC Championship in the 800, at 2:16.62, while her best time this year was 2:12. Her 2025 campaign included a 17:02 5000, a new school record for Nova Southeastern.

Murphy is named the Sprinter of the Year after winning two individual titles at the SSC Championship. The junior from Naugatuck, Connecticut, won the 100 hurdles in a time of 14.10, which set a new SSC record. She then won the 400 hurdles with a mark of 1:01.36. Earlier in the year, she set the SSC record in the 400 hurdles by running a time of 1:00.22. In both events, she hit the NCAA qualifying mark. The SSC Women's Athlete of the Meet also helped lead her Spartans to an SSC title in the 4 x 400 and a second-place finish in the 4 x 100.

James is named Freshman of the Year after winning the SSC title in the 400 in her first year with Nova Southeastern. The West Palm Beach, Florida product finished with a time of 56.39, 1.81 seconds faster than the second-place finisher. James finished second in the 200, running a time of 25.15, while her best time of the year was 24.86.

Wells is voted Coach of the Year by his peers after leading the Spartans to a first-place finish at the SSC Championship. The Spartans finished with 157 points, 43 more than the field. Tampa won the 10000, 100 hurdles, 400 hurdles, 5000, and the 4 x 400. The Spartans finished 2nd and 3rd in the 3000 steeple, 2nd in the 4 x 100, 2nd and 3rd in the 100 hurdles, third in the 400, and second in the 400 hurdles. Additionally, Tampa took four of the top five spots in the 5000.

Distance Runner of the Year: Jillian Thorning, Nova Southeastern
Distance Runner of the Year: Campbell Caldwell, Tampa
Sprinter of the Year: Allison Murphy, Tampa
Freshman of the Year: Sativa James, Nova Southeastern
Coach of the Year: Logan Wells, Tampa

2025 Women’s Outdoor Track All-SSC Honors