2025-26 Women's Track & Field Roster

Aaron Ross-Fortson

Jayla Adams

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Raleigh, N.C.
  • High School Enloe
  • Prev School Charlotte

Biography

PR's
Indoor: 55m - 7.01 ... 60m - 7.54 ... 200m - 24.22 ... 300m - 39.00 ... 400m - 56.48
Outdoor: 200m - 23.94 ... 400m - 54.68

2024-25
Indoor
  • Earned Second Team All-SBC honors as part of the 4x400-meter relay team after finishing second with a time of 3:45.19 at the SBC Indoor Championships (Feb. 24-25)
  • Placed first with a school and facility record time of 2:40.58 in the 4x300-meter relay and clocked a personal best of 7.01 to finish second and moved to eighth in the all-time list in the 55 meters at the John Weaver Invitational (Dec. 7)
  • Helped the distance medley relay (DMR) team to a second-place finish and new program record with a time of 11:25.30 and rounded out the top-10 in the 200 meters with a time of 24.66 at the Doc Hale Invitational (Feb. 7-8)
  • Competed in the 200 meters (24.39) and 400 meters (56.48) at the SBC Indoor Championships (Feb. 24-25); Her time in the 400 meters moved her to seventh on the school all-time list
  • Clocked a personal best of 39.00 to place first in the 300 meters (moving to second in the program all-time list) and placed eighth in the 400 meters with a time of 56.81 at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational (Feb. 14-15)
  • Part of the 4x400-meter relay team that stopped the clock at 3:47.24 to place fourth at the Virginia Tech Invitational (Jan. 17-18)
 Outdoor
  • Did not compete
2024
Indoor
  • Clocked a 60-meter personal best of 7.54 in the preliminary round before finishing seventh in the final (7.56) at the SBC Indoor Championships (Feb. 19-20)
  • Also finished sixth in the 200 meters with a time of 24.43 at the SBC Indoor Championships (Feb. 19-20)
  • Recorded a time of 7.55 in the 60 meters to place fourth at the Mondo College Invitational (Jan. 13)
  • Finished second in the 60 meters (7.59) and helped the 4x400-meter relay team to a third place finish (3:58.96) at the Brant Tolsma Invitational (Jan. 18-20)
  • Part of the 4x400-meter relay team that placed third with a time of 3:47.91 at the Doc Hale Meet (Feb. 2-3) 
Outdoor
  • Part of the 4x400-meter relay team that broke the school record with a time of 3:40.01 to place second and earn Second-Team All-SBC honors at the SBC Outdoor Championships (May 9-11)
  • Part of the 4x100-meter relay team that placed fourth with a time of 44.95 at the SBC Outdoor Championships (May 9-11)
  • Set the Randy Marion Track & Field facility record for the 200 meters with a personal best time of 23.94, and placed first in the 400 meters (55.87) and 4x100-meter relay (44.85) at the App State Open (Apr. 26-27)
  • Clinched first with a personal best of 54.68 in the 400 meters and helped the 4x100-meter relay team to a first place finish with a time of 44.75 at the Lenoir-Rhyne Open (Mar. 16) 
  • Totaled 10 top-five finishes on the outdoor season
Prior to App State
  • Attended UNC Charlotte
High School 
  • Has a personal best of 12.12 in the 100 meters
  • Clocked a personal best of 24.91 in the 200 meters
  • Stopped the clock at 58.11 for a personal best in the 400 meters
  • Earned her OSHA certification
  • Was a Medical BioScience Academy graduate from Enloe High School 
Club
  • Member of the Purpose Driven NC Elite club team under the direction of Irve Hunter and Sonja Collins
Personal
  • Daughter of Shalanda Avery and Monterrio Adams
  • Enjoys seafood and her favorite dessert is banana pudding
  • Favorite color is pink

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

    Sprints
  • 2024-25Sophomore

    Sprints
  • 2025-26Junior

    Sprints