MSU Denver Athletics

• 2024 All-RMAC first team (outdoor track & field, 400 meters)
• 2023-24 All-RMAC first team (indoor track & field, 400 meters)
• 2023 MSU Denver Student-Athlete of the Week, Dec. 10
• 2023-24 Student-Athlete Advisory Committee representative
• 2023 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester

College Bests

INDOOR		OUTDOOR
		100	13.11 (1.0)
200	27.38	200	26.97 (-2.6)
400	1:00.79	400	59.58

2023 Outdoor: Continued breakthrough during outdoor season, improving over previous career bests in the 400meters by 6.07 seconds, in the 200 by 1.32 seconds, and in the 100 by 1.16. ... Capped outstanding campaign at the May 6 CSU Pueblo Last Chance with fourth-place personal bests of 13.11 in the 100 and 26.97 in the 200. ... At the April 28-30 RMAC Championships, ran on the school-record 4x400 relay that clocked 3:55.43 for eighth place, and finished 17th in the 400 in 59.97. ... Third in the 400 at the April 21 Mines Mini Meet (1:00.20). ... Ran a career-best 400 of 59.58 on April 8 at the Kit Mayer Classic, finishing eighth. ... Sprinted to career bests in both the 400 (13th place, 1:00.58) and 200 (26th, 27.06) at the CSU Pueblo Open on March 31-April 1. ... Ran a career best 200 of 27.47 for 26 and was also 15th in the 400 (1:03.38) at the March 24-25 Spank Blasing Invitational. ... Sprinted to a career best (by 4.93 seconds) in the 400 with a seventh-place effort of 1:00.72 while also running on the fourth-place 4x400 relay (4:10.01) at the March 17-18 CSU Pueblo Early Bird.

2022-23 Indoor: Made huge strides while knocking nearly two seconds off her personal best in the 200 meters and making a 6.03-second improvement in the 400. ... At the Feb. 24-25 RMAC Championships, ran on the seventh-place distance medley relay and the eighth-place 4x400 relay that clocked 4:06.69 to make it the sixth-fastest team (by season) in program history. ... Won the 400 while just missing a personal best (1:00.90) and had a personal-best 200 of 27.38 for eighth at the Feb. 17 Air Force Collegiate Open. ... Fifth in the 400 (1:03.16) at the Mines Winter Classic on Feb. 4. ... Ran on the first-place 4x400 relay (4:15.03) at the Jan. 28 Mountain Lion Open. ... Just missed personal best in the 200 at 27.66 for 14th place and was 12th in the  400 in 1:03.30 at the Jan. 21 UCCS Invitational. ... More big personal bests in the second meet of the season, Jan. 14 at the Potts Invitational, with a sixth-place 400 of 1:00.79 and a 26th-place 200 of 27.56. ... Opened the season with impressive personal bests in the 400 (1:02.69) and 200 (28.04), placing eighth (Dec. 9) and 14th (Dec. 10) respectively, at the UCCS Pre-Holiday Invitational.

2022 Outdoor: Competed in four meets. ... Turned in a personal-best 200 meters of 28.29 seconds for 10th place at the Kit Mayer Classic on April 20. ... Ran the 100 in 14.27 for 37th place at the Spank Blasing Invitational on March 26. ... Made her MSU Denver outdoor debut March 19 at the CSU-Pueblo Early Bird, finishing 22nd in the 400 (1:05.65) and 32nd in the 200 (wind-aided 28.59).

2021-22 Indoor: Competed in five meets. ... Finished sixth in the 400 meters at the Mines Twilight on Feb. 19, good for sixth place. ... Turned in a personal-best 400 of 1:06.82 for 15th place at the Mines Winter Classic on Feb. 5. ... Ran a personal-best 200 of 29.54 for 38th place at the Air Force Invitational on Jan. 22. ... Made her MSU Denver debut at the season-opening UCCS Pre-Holiday Invitational and Multi on Dec. 11, running the 200 in 29.73 for 21st place.

High School: Career bests include 13.56 in the 100 meters, 27.86 in the 200 and 13-11 1/4 in the long jump.

Personal: Born Naleia McKayla Jolynn Sowell in Denver. ... Birthday is Oct. 9. ... Majoring in exercise science.