Laila Ismail

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Silver Spring, Md.
High School:
Bethesda-Chevy Chase HS

Career Results

2017-18 Indoor: Part of the school record-breaking 4x400m relay at the Meyo Invitational (Feb. 3), finishing first with a time of 3:35.73 ... Competed in five meets … Recorded a personal best 25.21 in the 200m at the Clemson Bob Pollock Invitational (Jan. 26-27), finishing 27th … Recorded a PR 55.75 in the 400m at the Youngstown State College Invite (Jan. 19), finishing first … Recorded a PR 1:38.72 in the 600m at the Nittany Lion Challenge (Jan. 13), finishing 16th … Recorded a PR 8.86 in the 60 hurdles at the Kent State Golden Flash Gala (Dec. 8-9), finishing in fourth place.

2017 Outdoor: Competed at seven meets … Placed first and set a personal-best in the 400m hurdles (59.32) and helped the 4x400m relay team place first (3:35.51) at the Miami Hurricane Alumni Invitational (April 7) … Helped the 4x400m relay team place second at the Virginia Challenge (April 21), Florida Relays (March 30) and Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket Invitational (March 17) … Helped Set a personal-best in the 100m (12.67) at the Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket Invitational (March 17) … Set a personal-best in the 400m (54.89) and placed fifth at the Louisville Invitational (April 14).

2016-17 Indoor: Helped the 4x400m relay team finish sixth at the ACC Indoor Championships (Feb. 25) with a season-best time of 3:40.23 … Picked up wins with the 4x400m relay team at the Kent State Golden Flash Gala (Dec. 9, 3:48.07) and YSU College Invite (Jan. 20, 3:50.67) … Three top-10 individual finishes … Season-best times of 57.26 in the 400m and 9.04 in the 60m hurdles came at the Meyo Invitational (Feb. 3).

2016 Outdoor: Competed in five meets including the ACC Championships … Participated in the ACC Championships (May 13-15) in the 100m hurdles recording a season best time of 14.42 … Also participated in the Wake Forest Open (Mar. 18-19) in the 800m finishing with a season best time of 2:49.04 … Finished 13th at the 2016 Louisville Invitational (Apr. 15-16) in the 400m with a time of 57.39 … Competed at the Miami Hurricane Alumni Invitational (Apr. 8-9) in the 100m hurdles finishing with 14.66.

2015-16 Indoor: Did not compete.

2015 Outdoor: Participated at the ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships (May 14-16) in the 100m hurdles recording a season best time of 14.19 … Also participated in the 2015 Penn Relays (Apr. 23-25) in the 400m hurdles recording a time of 1:03.48 … Competed in the Ohio State- Jesse Owens Classic (May 1-2) in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:00.97 … Also competed at the Virginia Challenge (Apr. 17-18) in 100m hurdles placing 19th with a time of 14.29.

2014-15 Indoor: Did not compete.

High School: State Champion in the 300m hurdles as a senior ... Broke multiple records that year, including 100m hurdles (14.35) and 300m hurdles (43.17) ... Named Honorable Mention by the Washington Post ... Selected to the All-Gazette girls outdoor track and field First Team ... County Champion in 100m hurdles her senior year ... Posted a PR in the 55m hurdles (8.4) that season as well.

Personal: Daughter of Florence Amate and Omer Ismail ... One younger sister, Sariya ... Majoring in business information systems and finance.