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Layla Almasri

Layla Almasri

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2022 XC: USTFCCCA All-America First Team, USTFCCCA All Region, All-RMAC First Team, RMAC All-Academic First Team, RMAC Runner of the Week (Sept. 7)… Competed in five meets… Finished 10th at the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships in 20:54.0 to earn All-America honors… Ran a PR time of 17:07.8 in the 5k at the Louisville Classic on October 1st… Placed first in the 5k at the 15th Annual UCCS Rust-Buster on September 3rd… Became the third runner in program history to earn multiple All-America distinctions.

2022 OUTDOOR: USTFCCCA Second Team All-American in 1500m … All-RMAC First Team in 5,000m … Second Team All-RMAC in 1500m … RMAC All-Academic First Team … PR in 5000m (16:31.42) at the Stanford Invitational on Apr. 1-2 (seventh place) … PR in 1500m (4:23.01) on Apr. 13-15 at the Bryan Clay Invitational … Took first place in the 5000m (17:26.37) at the RMAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships … Competed in 800m, 1500m and 5000m.

2021-22 INDOOR: USTFCCCA First Team All-America in the mile and distance medley relay… USTFCCCA Second Team All-America in 3000m… All-RMAC First Team in the mile… All-RMAC Second Team in the 3000m… RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll… National qualifier in 3000m, mile and distance medley relay… PR in mile (4:47.16) at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships (placed 8th)… PR in 3000m with a time of 9:38.11 at the 2022 Ichabod Invite (placed 1st)… Competed in 800m, 4x400m, 3000m, mile and distance medley relay.

2021 XC: All-American … USTFCCCA All-Academic ... All-South Central Region … All-RMAC First Team … RMAC All-Academic First Team … Ran in five meets … Finished 12th at the NCAA DII National Championship meet in 20:57.9 to earn All-America honors … Finished runner-up at the NCAA South Central Regional meet in Lubbock, Texas in a 6k PR time of 20:30.9, two weeks after a second-place finish at the RMAC Championships (21:36.4) … Recorded a 5k PR time of 17:09.8 at the Louisville Classic on Oct. 2.

2021 OUTDOOR: All-RMAC First Team in the 1500m (2nd place) and 5000m (2nd Place) … RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll … National Qualifier in the 1500m … Competed in the 800m, 1500m, and 5000m ... PR in the 5000m at Maverick Multi & Open on April 9-10 with a 17:33.04 finish … PR in the 1500m at the Maverick Multi & Open on April 9-10 finishing in 4:31.90 ... PR at the CSU Pueblo Spank Blasing/Open on Mar. 26-27 in the 800m finishing sixth with a 2:14.73 time.

2020-21 INDOOR: USTFCCCA Second Team All-America in the mile and Distance Medley Relay … Four-time USTFCCCA All-Region (800m, mile, 3000m, Distance Medley Relay) ... RMAC Female Track Athlete of the Year ... All-RMAC First Team in the mile (Event Winner) and Distance Medley Relay (Event Winner) … RMAC All-Academic First Team … National Qualifier in the mile and Distance Medley Relay … Competed in the 800m, mile, 3000m, and Distance Medley Relay ... PR in the mile at the NCAA DII Indoor Track & Field Championships with a 4:53.97 finish … PR in the 3000m race on Jan. 23 at CSU Pueblo vs. UCCS Dual finishing in 10:07.53 … Helped run a season best Distance Medley Relay time of 11:45.70 at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships.

2020 XC: Academic All-RMAC First Team … All-RMAC First Team … Competed in four meets … Recorded back-to-back career bests in the 5K and 6K … Finished second at the WT Buffalo Stampede 5K race on Oct. 9 in 18:34.5 … Earned All-RMAC First Team honors on Oct. 24 with an eighth-place finish at the RMAC championship team, setting a new 6K PR time of 21:58.3.

2019-20 INDOOR: USTFCCCA All-American (DMR, mile) ... USTFCCCA All-Region (Distance Medley Relay) ... All-RMAC Second Team (mile) ...  RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll ... Competed in 6 meets for UCCS … Qualified for the NCAA DII Championships in the Mile and DMR … Recorded a career-best 10:37.65 in the 3000m at the Air Force Invitational on Jan. 18 … Helped her team place 1st in the DMR at the Mountain Lion Open on Feb. 7 with a combined time of 12:02.60, which was good enough for 1st place and earned them a provisional mark … That time was converted to 11:39.28, the 9th fastest time in DII … Ran a season best 2:20.30 in the 800m at the Mountain Lion Open … Ran a career-best 5:07.40 in the Mile at the RMAC Championship Meet, she finished with the 4th best time and another provisional mark … Her mile time at the RMAC Championships was converted to a 4:54.79, the 25th fastest time in DII.

2019 XC: USTFCCCA All-South Central Region Team ... USTFCCCA All-Academic ... All-RMAC Second-Team ... Academic All-RMAC Honor Roll ... Competed in six meets, including all three post-season races …. Ended the season with a 6K PR at the NCAA DII Championship race with a time of 21:18.2, finishing 62nd overall … Posted a 19th place finish at the South Central Regional meet (22:27.0), and 17th overall at the conference championship meet (21:21.0) … Started the season at the 12th Annual UCCS Rust Buster, posting a 5K PR time of 18:13.7.

2019 OUTDOOR: All-RMAC Second Team (1500m)

2018 XC: RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll ... Competed in 4 meets for Mountain Lions … Recorded a career best 5K time of 19:03.8 on September 1st at the UCCS Rust Buster Invite … Finished 102nd at the RMAC Cross Country Championships with a time of 25:59.2.

2017-18 INDOOR: All-RMAC Second Team (DMR)