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2022-23 Women's Track & Field Roster

(C) Douglas Johnson
SVSU Sports Information

Makayla Sumrall

Makayla Sumrall

  • Position:
    Sprints
  • Height:
    5-5
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Roseville, Mich.
  • High School:
    Roseville (Boston University)
  • Letters:
    3

Summary

Biography

2022-23:  Named a USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete.  INDOOR:  Received USTFCCCA All-Region accolades for the 60m dash (for the second consecutive year) ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team ... limited to two regular-season meets and the GLIAC Championships, due to an injury ... won the GLIAC title in the 60m dash (7.67) ... ran a season-best time of 25.24 for 200m at the GVSU Holiday Open (12/9).  OUTDOOR:  Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team ... earned USTFCCCA All-Region honors for the 100m dash ... competed in six regular-season meets, plus the GLIAC Championships ... won the 100m dash at GLIACs in an NCAA Provisional time of 11.64 (missed qualifying for the national championships by 0.10 seconds) ... ran the second leg on the second place 4x100m relay at GLIACs, and finished third in the 200m dash in a season-best time of 24.76.

2021-22:  Selected as an All-Academic Athlete by the USTFCCCA ... selected WSU's Track Athlete of the Year. 2021-22 recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award.  INDOOR:  Received USTFCCCA All-Region honors for the 60m dash ... WSU’s lone qualifier for the national championships (60m dash) ... placed 15th at NCAAs in a time of 7.58 (7.575) ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team ... competed in all seven regular-season meets, plus the GLIAC Championships … won the GLIAC title in the 60m dash with a time of 7.57 ... broke the school record and finished fourth at GLIACs in the 200m dash by clocking in at 24.87 ... ran a season-best time of 7.48 for 60m at the SVSU Tune-Up (2/18) ... posted a season-best mark of 4.92m for the long jump at the SVSU Tune-Up (2/18).  OUTDOOR:  Earned Honorable Mention All-America accolades with a ninth-place finish in the 100m dash at the NCAA Championships ... qualified for the finals with a school record time of 11.61 in the NCAA prelims (finished ninth after being seeded 17th) ... received USTFCCCA All-Region honors for having one of the top five 100m dash times in the Midwest Region ... voted GLIAC Female Track Athlete of the Meet ... won GLIAC titles in both the 100m dash (broke GLIAC Championship meet record by clocking in at 11.70 in the prelims) and 200m dash (in an NCAA Provisional time of 24.34) ... earned All-GLIAC honors by running the second leg on the third place 4x100m relay at the GLIAC Championships, which posted the sixth-fastest time in school history (48.09) ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... competed in eight meets (five regular-season, plus GLIAC Championships, Baldwin Wallace Twilight and NCAA Championships) ... ran a season-best 24.77 for 200m at the Texas State Bobcat Invitational ... ran a 24.32 for 200m at the Elaine Leigh Invite ... selected GLIAC Track Athlete of the Week (4/26) after breaking the school records in both the 100m dash and 200m dash at the Oakland Elaine Leigh Invite.

2020-21:  Received USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete recognition ... selected as the squad's Track Athlete of the Year ... was a CoSIDA Academic All-District nominee.  INDOOR:  Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team ... competed in two meets, plus the GLIAC Championships ... placed fourth in the 60m dash (7.67) at GLIACs (2/27-28), and fifth in the 200m dash (25.65) ... ran a season-best time of 7.63 for 60m in the GLIAC Prelims ... posted a season-best time of 25.52 for 200m at the SVSU Jet's Pizza Invite (1/30).  OUTDOOR:  Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team ... earned the squad's track athlete of the year award ... competed in four regular-season meets, plus the GLIAC Championships and two Last Chance meets ... placed third in the finals of the 100m dash at GLIACs (5/7) in a time of 11.95 ... finished seventh in the 200m dash at GLIACs by clocking in at 25.88 after running a WSU season-best 25.68 during prelims ... ran the leadoff leg of the fourth-place 4x100m relay at GLIACs ... posted a season-best time of 11.87 for 100m at the Hillsdale Last Chance Classic (5/13) ... was a part of the WSU season-best 4x100m relay (49.66) that won the Oakland Mini Meet (4/30) ... ran a wind-aided 11.84 for 100m at the OU Mini Meet.

Winter 2020:  Transferred to Wayne State in January of 2020.  INDOOR:  Selected as the squad's Newcomer of the Year ... competed in five regular-season meets, plus the GLIAC Championships ... finished fifth in the 60m dash (7.78) at GLIACs ... ran a season-best time of 7.77 at the GVSU Big Meet Saturday (2/15) ... recorded a season-best time of 27.23 for 200m at the Hillsdale Wide-Track Classic (2/8).  OUTDOOR:  Canceled due to COVID-19.

Fall 2019:  Attended Boston University.

High School:  A 2019 graduate of Roseville High School ... was a four-year varsity letterwinner for the Panthers and coach  Kristin Potts ... set the school records for 100m (12.43) and long jump (16-08.75), and anchored the school record 4x100m relay (50.71) ... won the 100m dash at the 2019 MHSAA Regional meet before finishing 11th at the Division 1 state meet (12.58) ... placed second in the 200m dash (26.86) at the Regional meet ... was a three-time individual champion at the 2019 MAC Gold Division track meet (100m, 200m and long jump) and anchored the 4x100m relay championship quartet ... competed in both the 100m dash and 4x200m relay at the 2018 MHSAA Division 1 state meet ... participated at the 2017 MHSAA Division 1 state meet in the 100m dash ... also participated in Varsity Competitive Cheer and Varsity Dance ... ranked sixth in her graduating class with a 4.01 GPA ... competed in the AAU Junior Olympics ... selected as the 2019 Roseville-Eastpointe Student of the Year ... represented Team Michigan at the Midwest Meet of Champions.

Personal:  Full name--Makayla T. Sumrall ... born on November 19, 2001, in Detroit ... daughter of Sherry Scott and Terrance Sumrall ... has four younger brothers, Sean, Terrance, Michael and Mason, and a younger sister, Savannah ... is majoring in Neuroscience with a minor in Public Health ... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term GPA 3.5+) for Winter 2020, Fall 2021 (4.00), Winter 2022 and Winter 2023 ... named to the Coach's Honor Roll (term GPA 3.0-3.49) for Fall 2020 and Fall 2022 ... is a member of the WSU Student-Athlete Leadership Council.


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Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    Sprints
    5'4"

  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Sprints
    5'6"

  • 2021-22Junior

    Sprints
    5'5"

  • 2022-23Senior

    Sprints
    5'5"