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2025-26 Women's Cross Country Roster

Ayla Young Cook

  • Height 5-1
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Gilbert, Ariz.
  • Prev School Gilbert Classical Academy

Biography

2024 (Junior)
  • Started five races
  • Best 6K time was 24:19 at the Watson Collegiate Classic
  • Best 5K time was 19:39 at the University of North Alabama Invitational
  • GSC Honor Roll
2023 (Sophomore)
  • GSC Championships Second Team All-GSC (10/21/23)
  • Started six races
  • Best 5K finish time of 18:29 at the UAH Charger Invitational
  • GSC Honor Roll
  • D2ADA Academic Achievement Award
2022 (Freshman)
  • Started six races
  • Finished 11th in the Montevallo Falcon Classic
  • Best 5K finish time of 19:03.90
  • GSC Honor Roll
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic

Before Union
Young prepped at Gilbert Classical Academy where she ran Track and Cross Country for all four years. Young helped lead her team to win the Arizona Interscholastic Association Division 4 Section East championship. She was awarded with the MVP of her XC team all four years, MVP of the Track team (2022), 2x Athlete of the Year for Gilbert Classical Academy (2021,2022), Team captain of the XC team. She holds school records in 5k, 3200, 1600, 800, and 4x800.  In the classroom Young was the Valedictorian for the class of 2022, a member of the National Honors Society, and the Head of activities for the Future Doctors Club. 

Personal
Born March 5th...Daughter of Shane Young and Kandra Flora...Majoring in cell and molecular biology

Historical Player Information

  • 2022Freshman

    5'1"
  • 2023Sophomore

    5'1"
  • 2024Junior

    5'1"
  • 2025Senior

    5'1"