2025 Track & Field Roster
Kaila Jackson
- Position:
- Sprints
- Height:
- 5-2
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Renaissance
- Hometown:
- Redford, Mich.
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- Pitch an NIL Deal
2023 SEC Indoor Women’s Freshman Runner of the Year
2023-24 NCAA Indoor First Team All-American (60m)
2023-24 NCAA Indoor First Team All-American (200m)
2023 SEC Outdoor Women’s Freshman Runner of the Year
2023-24 NCAA Outdoor First Team All-American (100m)
2023 NCAA Outdoor First Team All-American (4x100m)
2023 NCAA Outdoor Second Team All-American (200m)
2024 NCAA Outdoor First Team All-American (200m)
2024 CSC Academic All-District
2024 CSC Second Team Academic All-American
2025 SEC Indoor 60m Champion
2025 NCAA Indoor First Team All-American (60m)
2025 NCAA Indoor First Team All-American (200m)
2025 NCAA Outdoor Second Team All-American (100m)
2025: Outdoor – Scored in the 100-meter dash, 200m and 4x100-meter relay at the SEC Championships…SEC bronze medalist in the 200m with a season-best 22.66, also posting a 22.70 in the prelims…Clocked an 11.19 for fourth place in the 100m finals in Lexington following her 11.29w in the prelims to finish eighth…Guided the Bulldogs to fourth place in the 4x100m relay with a time of 43.19…Ran a season-best 100m time of 11.00 in the first round of the NCAA East Prelims, going on to finish 10th in the quarterfinals with an 11.17 to advance to Nationals…Finished eighth in the 200m first round at the NCAA East Regional with a time of 23.02…Earned Second Team All-America honors in the 100m, crossing the line in 11.15 to place 12th in the semifinals in Eugene…Led the Bulldogs to a runner-up finish in the 4x100m relay at the Florida Relays, helping the Bulldogs post a 43.87 in the prelims before running a 43.18 in the finals…Ran the opening leg in both the prelims and finals in Gainesville…Placed fifth in the 200m at the Florida Relays with a time of 22.69…Finished third in the 100m invite and the 4x100m relay at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational, clocking an 11.16 in the 100m and running the opening leg on the 4x100m relay team that posted a 43.29…Runner-up in the 200m (22.91) and fifth-place finisher in the 100m (11.25) at the LSU Invite…Also helped the 4x100m relay team place second in Baton Rouge with a season-best time of 43.07.
Indoor – Earned NCAA First Team All-America honors in the 60m and 200m at the NCAA Championships, earning a bronze medal in the 60m with a time of 7.15 and placing seventh in the 200m with a 22.96 following her 22.94 in the prelims…Posted her fastest 60m time of the season in the prelims at the NCAA Championships (7.11)…SEC indoor champion in the 60m, clocking a 7.12 to win gold in College Station, Texas…Also placed fourth in the 200m at the conference meet with a time of 22.91…Opened her season at the Razorback Invite, where she placed second in the 60m (7.32)…Won the 200m at the Tiger Paw Invitational with a time of 23.32 in the purple race, also posting a runner-up time in the 60m semis (7.18)…Victorious in the 200m at the USC Invite with a time of 23.18.
Indoor – Runner-up in the 60-meter dash at the NCAA Championships, tying her own school record of 7.07 in the prelims before running a 7.08 in the finals to earn First Team All-America honors…Also scored in the 200m at NCAAs, clocking a 22.63 to finish fourth as a First Team All-American…Ran a personal-best 22.55 in the NCAA prelims, becoming the No. 25 all-time collegiate performer in the event while posting the second-fastest time in Georgia history…Earned a bronze medal in the 60m at the SEC Championships, clocking a 7.15 to finish third in the prelims before running a 7.18 in the finals for All-SEC Second Team honors…Scored in the 200m at the SEC Championships, posting a 22.94 in the prelims before clocking a 23.03 to finish sixth in the finals…Opened the season with a win in the 60m at the Clemson Invite, clocking a 7.29 for the top time in the prelims before securing victory in the finals with a season-best 7.19…Finished first in the 60m at the Track at New Balance Collegiate Showdown, posting times of 7.32 in the prelims and 7.20 in the finals…Runner-up in the 60m at the Razorback Invitational with a time of 7.20, previously running a 7.19 in the prelims…Finished third in the 60m at the Tiger Paw Invite with a 7.19 in the finals, also placing ninth in the 200m with a 23.18.
2023: Outdoor – Placed sixth in the 100-meter dash prelims at the NCAA Championships with a time of 11.08 before finishing fourth in the final with a windy 10.96 (+2.3)…Ran a season-best time of 10.95 (+2.6) to win her heat in the first round of the NCAA East Prelims…Later placed seventh in the quarterfinals at the NCAA East Prelims, clocking a time of 11.09…Finished second in the 100m at the SEC Championships, crossing the finish line in a wind-legal 11.04, which stands second in the school record books…Matched that 11.04 for a victory in the 100m at the Mt. SAC Relays with the wind at +2.2…Had another regular season victory in the 100m (11.19) at the Spec Towns and Torrin Lawrence Invite…Placed 12th in the 200m prelims at the NCAA Championships with a time of 22.75…Placed fifth in the 200m quarterfinals at the NCAA East Prelims, clocking a time of 22.72…Placed third in the 200m at the SEC Championships with a season-best time of 22.65 (No. 6 in school record books)…Ran the opening leg on the 4x100m relay team that placed sixth at the NCAA Championships with a time of 42.87, setting a school record.
Indoor – Set a school record in the 60-meter dash at the NCAA Championships, clocking a time of 7.07 to place third in the prelims…Went on to finish as the NCAA runner-up in the 60m with a 7.08… Ran the third-fastest 200m time in Georgia history at the NCAA Championships, crossing the line in 22.69 to place sixth in the prelims…Went on to finish eighth in the finals with a 22.80 at Nationals…Was first across the line in the 60m prelims at the SEC Championships (7.15) before finishing second in the finals with a time of 7.17…Runner-up in the 60m at the Texas Tech Open and the Clemson Invite… Finished fourth in the 200m at the SEC Championships with a time of 22.97.
High School: Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior and the 2022 Detroit Athletic Club Michigan Athlete of the Year…Secured two Michigan high school state titles in the 100-meter dash, three in the 200m, three in both the 4x100m and 4x200m relays…Earned Academic All-State honors three seasons and was All-State all three of those years…Established school records in the 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay and 4x200m relay…Swept regional titles in the 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay and 4x200m relay all three years (2020 was canceled due to the pandemic)…Won 100m and 4x200m championships at the New Balance National Outdoors in his third year…Finished first in the 60m, 200m and 4x200m relay at the AAU Indoors as a junior…National champion in the 4x100m and 4x200m relays at the Nike Invitational in her third year…Collected national titles in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay at the 2021 AAU West Coast Outdoor Junior Olympics while setting a national record…Won the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay at the AAU Outdoor Junior Olympics and set another national record…Named 2021 AAU National Track & Field Track Athlete of the Year…Earned 2021 AAU Junior Olympics Outstanding Performance as a junior and New Balance Invitational Female Star of the Meet…Set the record and secured the New Balance Invitational Freshman title…Won AAU 100m national championship in her first year…Captured AAU indoor national championships in the 60m, 200m and 4x200m relay…Was a silver medalist in the AAU outdoor 4x100m relay as a freshman…Collected AAU district and regional national titles in the 100m, 200m and 4x200m relay…Earned 2019 Michigan Indoor Track Series Award…School’s Outstanding Female Track Performer as a freshman…Personal bests of 7.26 (60m), 22.85 (200m) and 11.37 (100m)…Also played volleyball in high school…Member of National Honor Society.
Personal: Born June 30, 2004…Daughter of Kimberlee Jackson and Anthony Jackson…Intending to major in Journalism...Recipient of the Vickie and Leon Farmer Scholarship Endowment.
