Laila Owens

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Photo by: Tyler Pounds/Texas A&M Athletics

Photo by: Errol Anderson

Position:
Sprints
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
George Bush '20
Hometown:
Richmond, Texas

Season and Career Results
*Last Updated 8/12/2022

TAMU All-Time Top-12 List
#1 Outdoor 4x400m - 3:22.01 (5/14/22)
#1 Indoor 300m - 37.06 (12/3/21)
#1 Indoor 4x400m - 3:25.43 (2/26/22)
#1 Outdoor SMR - 3:38.93 (3/25/22)
#3 Outdoor 4x400m - 3:23.30 (3/26/22)
#4 Outdoor 4x400m - 3:24.55 (6/11/22)
#6 Outdoor 200m - 22.57 (4/2/22)
#8 Indoor 200m - 23.00 (2/12/22)

Collegiate All-Time List
#1 Outdoor SMR - 3:38.93 (3/25/22)
#9 Indoor 300m - 37.06 (12/3/21)

SEC All-Conference
2022 Outdoor 4x100m - 43.38 (3rd)
2022 Outdoor 4x400m - 3:22.01 (2nd)
2022 Indoor 4x400m - 3:25.43 (2nd)

NCAA Championships
2022 First Team All-American Outdoor 4x400m - 3:24.55 (4th)
2022 Second Team All-American Outdoor 200m - 22.97 (16th)
2022 First Team All-American Indoor 200m - 23.32 (8th)
2022 Second Team All-American Indoor 4x400m - 3:36.92 (10th)
2021 Honorable Mention Outdoor 4x100m - 44.68 (18th)
2021 Honorable Mention Indoor 200m - DQ (N/A)

2022: Indoor - Opened her campaign at the Wooo Pig Classic, clocked a school record 300m time of 37.06 which ranks as the ninth fastest performer in collegiate history... Picked up first place finishes in the 200m at the Ted Nelson Invitational, Texas Tech Open and the Charlie Thomas Invitational... Ran 23.00 to win the 200m at the Don Kirby Invite to go undefeated in the regular season for the event and make her the eighth fastest performer in school history...Finished 7th place in the SEC championship 200m running 23.16 and was a member of the 4x400m relay that grabbed a 2nd place finish with a school record time of 3:25.43...Competed at the NCAA Championships where she ran 23.32 in the 200m to finish eighth, also opened the 4x400m relay that finished 10th with a 52.17 split. Outdoor - At the Baldy Castillo Invite, she was part of the winning 4x100m and 4x400m teams that ran 43.12 and 3:28.79, respectively... Competed at the Texas Relays as part of the 4x100 (44.11), 4x400m (3:23.30), and SMR (3:38.79) teams. The 4x400m team ran the second fastest time in school history and fourth fastest in collegiate history to finish in second place while the SMR team ran the collegiate record to win the event... Ran a nation leading time of 22.57 in the 200m to take the victory in the Texas A&M vs. Texas dual meet, also making her the number six performer in school history in the event...Ran a personal best 400m time of 52.40 to finish second at the 44 Farms Team Invitational...Clocked a 23.00 200m time at the UF Tom Jones Memorial...Was part of the 4x100m (43.57) and 4x400m (3:25.92) relays that won at the Alumni Muster...Scored points for the Aggies in three different events at the SEC Championships, finished second in the 4x400m (3:22.01), third in the 4x100m (43.38) and fourth in the 200m (23.07)...Competed at the NCAA West Regionals, was the sixth qualifier in the 200m at 22.66 and eighth-fastest qualifier as a member of the 4x100m at 44.18...Earned First Team All-America honors finishing fourth as a member of the 4x400m at 3:24.55 and Second Team All-America honors placing 16th in the 200m at 22.97.

2021: Indoor - Made her Aggie debut on Jan. 16 at the Ted Nelson Invitational running as a member of the 4x400m that clocked 3:41.56, Owens split 53.39...Had a breakout performance on Jan. 23 winning the Aggie Invitational 200m with a personal best time of 23.31, also ran on the 4x400m recording a 54.97 split...Won the Texas Tech Invitational 200m with a time of 23.47...Made the SEC travel team, placed 15th in the 200m at 23.83...Earned Honorable Mention All-American honors. Outdoor - Ran as a member of the 4x100m really the entire season...Opened the year on the relay that won at the Willie Williams Classic with a time of 44.35...Relay team placed third at the Texas Relays at 43.87...Clocked a legal personal best 200m time of 23.30...Recorded an all-conditions personal best 200m time of 23.21 w/3.1 at the Texas A&M Team Invitational, ran on both relays, the 4x100m (44.72) and 4x400m (3:41.84)...Ran at the Michael Johnson Invitational, clocked 23.55 in the 200m atnd 45.16 as a member of the 4x100m...Competed at the SEC Outdoor Championships in the 400m at 53.71...Ran in the 200m and 4x100m at the NCAA West Regionals and earned Honorable Mention honors at the NCAA Championships on the 4x100m that placed 18th at 44.68.

High School: Lettered in track & field, basketball and volleyball...Graduated Cum Laude and with academic excellence from George Bush HS...Was an active member in Ambassadors and the National Honor Society...Was the 2019 state champion in the 200m, helped her team finish fourth at state...Set school records in the 200m - 23.38 and 400m - 54.00...Personal bests: 100m - 11.8, 200m - 23.38, 400m - 54.00.

Personal: Daughter of Jarrod and Veronica Owens...Was coached in high school by her mother Veronica...Has two older sisters, JaLana and Jarra...JaLana competed at Lamar and Jarra competed for Texas A&M from 2015-19...Plans to major in communications.