2022-23 Women's Track and Field Roster

Darryan Horton

  • Position Sprints
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • High School East St. John
  • Hometown LaPlace, La.
  • Major Biology / Pre-Medical

Biography

Honors
•  All-Gulf Coast Athletic Conference in cross country in 2019

Briefly
•  First year at XULA

2020 Outdoor Track and Field (Freshman)
•  Did not compete; outdoor season was canceled in mid-March because of the COVID-19 pandemic

2020 Indoor Track and Field (Freshman)
•  Competed in 3-of-5 meets prior to NAIA nationals
•  At LSU Twilight meet (Feb. 21, 2020) she ran the third segment on the 1,600-meter relay team that barely missed a qualifying time for NAIA indoor nationals . . . XULA finished fifth in 4 minutes, 3.80 seconds
•  Her best individual times were 1:02.79 in the 400 (Houston G5 and Mid-Major Invitational, Jan. 31, 2020) and 2:42.49 in the 800 (Samford Invitational, Jan. 18, 2020)
•  Member of XULA's first women's indoor team since 2004

2019 Cross Country (Freshman)
•  Competed in the final three meets of the season after missing the first two
•  Named All-GCAC after running 5,000 meters in a season-best 24:02.8 to finish eighth and help the XULA women repeat as team champion

High School
•  Four-year varsity letterwinner in track and field
•  Received the captain's award on her team as a senior
•  Placed third in the 400 (1:04.53) and sixth in the 200 (27.43) at the District 7-5A outdoor meet her senior year (2019)
•  Made the honor roll multiple times
•  Received a first responder award and certified in that discipline based on a class at her school
•  Student body president as a senior
•  Vice president of her freshman class

Personal
•  Entered XULA with 50 community service hours
•  Interested in becoming a cosmetic surgeon
•  Her sister, Kennedi, also attended XULA
•  Her brother, Tevin, played college football at Southern (running back), and her cousin Christian Harris started as a freshman linebacker at Alabama in 2019

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    5'7"
  • 2022-23Senior

    Sprints
    5'7"