Columbia University Athletics

2023-24 (Senior): (ITF) Placed 2nd in weight throw at Penn Select 10 meet with throw of 15.79m, placed third and threw weight throw PR of 16.79m at Fastrack National Invite. (OTF) Threw PR hammer throw of 48.58m at Virginia Challenge.
 

2022-23 (Junior): (ITF) Competed in the shot put at Mets Indoor TF Championship, placing 5th with a PR mark of 41-7.25/12.68m (Feb. 3) … Had a college best weight throw mark of 53-1.5/16.19m, placing 12th at the Ivy League Indoor TF Championships (Feb. 25-26) … (OTF): Placed fourth in hammer throw at Mark Young with a personal best mark of 151-9/46.26m (Apr. 22) … PR discus mark of 130-5/39.76m, earning 14th at Ivy League Outdoor Championships (May 6-7)

High School: Four-time letterwinner in Track at Campbell High School in Smyrna, Georgia ... 2018 USATF Hershey Youth Indoor Championships All-American (Weight Throw) ... 2017 Junior Olympics All-American (Discus Throw) ... 2020 All-7-AAAAAAA Region (Shot Put) ... 2020 All-Section "B" Class AAAAAAA (Shot Put) ... 2020 Cobb County Runner-Up (Shot Put) ... Seven-time Junior Olympian ... Member of the Basketball team (center) during freshman and sophomore year ... National Honor Society Inductee ... National Beta Club Inductee.

Personal: Born, Lailah Aaliyah Malone, on Jan. 13, 2002 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania ... Daughter of Jacqueline Malone and Damon Royster ... Has a career goal of becoming a Sports Physiatrist ... Received recruiting attention from fellow Ivy League programs Penn and Brown, along with Duke ... Went with Columbia because "Columbia just felt like the right choice as soon as I stepped on campus" ... Will enroll in Columbia College ... Plans on majoring in Medicine, Literature and Society.

High School Personal Bests:
Hammer Throw - 122-11.00
Discus Throw - 116-7.00
Weight Throw - 47-11.75
Shot Put - 43-6.50