2022 Women's Track & Field Roster
Biography
2022
- UAA Winter and Spring Sport All-Academic
- NYU Student-Athlete Academic Achievement Award
- Competed in four meets
- Achieved an 800m personal best (2:28.58) at the Chester Quarry Classic (4/16), placing eighth in the event
- Made her 1500m debut (5:18.08) at the Ramapo Invite (4/1-2)
- Finished seventh in the 800m (2:36.15) at the Oscar Moore Invite (3/26)
2021
- NYU did not compete due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic
- UAA Winter and Spring Sport All-Academic
2020
- UAA Winter and Spring Sport All-Academic
- IAAC Spring Honor Roll
- Took 17th in the 800m (2:39.45) at the Metropolitan Indoor Championships (1/30-31)
- Posted a season best in the 800m (2:35.11) at the Armory Last Chance Meet (2/21)
2019
- IAAC Spring Honor Roll
- Ran a season-best time in the 800m (2:32.40) at the UAA Outdoor Championships (4/27-28)
- Finished eighth in the 800m (2:34.18) at the Princeton Invitational (2/16)
Personal
- Four-year member of the cross country and track & field teams in high school
- Helped the cross country team win the league championship in 2017
- Enjoys tap dancing, playing the piano and violin, listening to music, sleeping, and “simply experiencing life”
Lai on NYU
- Chose to attend NYU “because it forces me out of my comfort zone - because it's integrated in a huge city - and it also forces me to stop being such an introvert”
Historical Player Information
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2019Freshman
Distance
5'2"
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2020Sophomore
Distance
5'3"
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