Leila Aruri

Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Andover
Hometown:
Andover, Mass.

As a Sophomore in 2015:Competed in one meet, scoring once for UMass...Finished fifth for the team and 89th overall at the CCSU Mini-Meet (10/23) with a time of 11:34.6. Before UMass: Ran country under head coach Leo Lafond and track under head coach Peter Comeau at Andover High School ... Helped cross country squad to a Merrimack Valley Conference title in 2011 ... Was tabbed a Boston Globe All-Star sophomore, junior and senior year ... Earned MVC All-Conference honors four times ... Collected Eagle Tribune All-Star honors as a freshman ... Personal bests: 5K (18:52), 2-mile (11:36), mile (5:25), 800m (2:23).

Personal: Born Leila Margaret Aruri on Aug. 28, 1996, in Nashua, N.H. ... Daughter of Jamal Aruri and Mona Ingram ... Has three siblings: Sami, Nadia and Zayn ... Plans to major in Public Health.