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2025-26 Women's Track and Field Roster

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Laila Cottom

Laila Cottom

  • Position:
    Distance
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Ambler, Pa.

Personal Records
 

Indoor Track

200m: 26.90
400m: 1:00.60

500m: 1:17.65

600m: 1:43.57
800m: 2:15.62
1000m: 3:01.95

 

Outdoor Track

200m: 27.25
400m: 58.97

800m: 2:13.40

2026 Outdoor:

  • Placed 12th out of 28 competitors in the 800m dash at the American Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
  • Competed in the 800m dash at the Larry Ellis Invitational. 
  • Ran in the 4x400m relay at Penn Relays.
  • Competed in the 200m and 400m dash at the Virginia Challenge.
  • Set a new personal record in the 800m at the South Florida Invitational.
  • Finished seventh out of 39 athletes in the 800m race at the Sam Howell Invitational. Also, helped take home first place in the 4x400m relay with a time of 3:55.25.
  • Ran in the 2026 Hampton Inn River City Relays.


2025-26 Indoor:

  • Finished seventh out of 12 schools in the DMR at the American Indoor Track & Field Championships.
  • Participated in the 800m at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational.
  • Came in fourth out of 21 athletes in 800m dash at the PSU Sykes & Sabock Challenge.
  • Finished sixth in the 800m race at the Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge. Also, ran in the DMR and helped take home first place out of eight schools with a time of 11:55.44.
  • Raced in the 2026 Quaker Invite and set a new personal record in the 200m dash with a time of 26.90.
  • Competed in the 1000m and the 4x400m relay at the 2025 Penn Opener.


2025 Outdoor:

  • Placed 24th at the AAC Outdoor Championships in the 800 meters
  • Was apart of the 4x400 meter relay at Penn Relays
  • Ran a personal best 2:18.91 at the USF Invitational
  • Opened in 2025 outdoor season with a personal best 59.02 for 8th place in the 400 meter dash

2024-25 Indoor:

  • Competed in the AAC Indoor Championship in the 800 meters
  • Ran a personal best in the 800 meters at the Showdown at the Heights 
  • Placed ninth in the 500 meters at the Quaker Invitational

2024 Outdoor:

  • Competed for the Owls in the 400 meters, 800 meters, and 4x200 relay.

2023-24 Indoor:

  • Represented the Owls in the distance medley relay at the AAC Indoor Championships
  • Finished fourth in the 500 meters at the Big Apple Invitational
  • Placed fourth in the 500 meters at the Fast Times at Lehigh Invitational
  • Placed ninth in the 500 meters at the Youree Spence-Garcia Invitational
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Saturday, May 30
Tuesday, May 19
Tuesday, May 05