Career Highlights
- 2021 SEC Outdoor Bronze | 4×100 relay
Freshman (2021)
Outdoor: Improved her career best to 12.99 during prelims of NCAA West, which bettered previous mark of 13.37 from high school, and ranks No. 8 on the UA all-time list … Finished seventh overall in the second round of NCAA West to advance to NCAA Championships … Placed 17th in NCAA semifinal with a time of 13.31 … Finished seventh in SEC Championships with a wind-aided 12.97 … Opened outdoor campaign with near PR of 13.38 in prelims of Texas Relays … Finished third (13.26w) at John McDonnell Invitational and fourth (13.64) at Arkansas Twilight … Ran third leg on 4×100 relay in seven races this season, which included three wins, a bronze medal at SEC Championships (43.81) and fifth best time at NCAA West with a season best of 43.46, which ranks No. 6 on UA all-time list … Also had a season best 23.84 in 200m with a windy best of 23.71.
Indoor: Established career best of 8.15 in the 60m hurdles during SEC prelims and finished eighth in the final (8.33) … The 8.15 ranks No. 7 on UA all-time list … Started off her season with a career best 8.40 in her debut, winning the 60m hurdles at the Arkansas Invitational and added a 200m victory in a career best of 23.31, which ranks No. 10 on the UA all-time list … Improved to 8.31 in the hurdles, placing fifth at Wooo Pig Classic … Also produced career best time of 7.58 in 60m … Ran on 4×400 relay five times, running second, third and fourth legs … Anchored in 53.54 on runner-up effort in Razorback Invitational … Posted a 53.40 third leg on winning performance in Arkansas Qualifier.
High School
2020 graduate of DeSoto High School in DeSoto, Texas … Coached by June Villers … Also coached by Orlando McDaniel and Robyn Gray … DeSoto won 2019 State 6A team title with 121 points, 73 ahead of runner-up team … DeSoto established national record in 4×100 relay twice with Jayla running second leg … Won State 4×100 title in 44.24 seconds, a full second over runner-up team, to better the State and conference 6A record of 44.60 set in 2004 by Dallas Skyline … During Region I-6A meet in Arlington, DeSoto produced time of 44.44 to break the national record of 44.50 set in 2004 by Long Beach Poly … As a junior, claimed 2019 State 6A title in 100m hurdles with a then career best of 13.40 … Improved to 13.37 as runner-up in New Balance Nationals, ranking fourth on national high school list … Ranked third on World youth list and first on U.S. youth list for the season … 2019 State bronze medalist in 200m with a 23.52 … Produced a career best of 23.36 twice during the Region I-6A meet, which ranked eighth on national high school list … Ranked equal seventh on World youth list, and fourth on U.S. youth list for the season … In an abbreviated senior season, ran indoor bests of 23.66 (200) and 8.51 (60H) while posting outdoor windy bests of 23.59 (200) and 13.61 (100H) … During freshman season in 2017, competing with Lancaster HS, team placed third in State 5A meet as she earned a bronze medal in the 200m with a 23.86 … Also collected silver medal in 4×200 and bronze in 4×100 relay … Member of North Texas Cheetahs track club in Dallas … In 2017 claimed gold in 100H (15/16 age group) at USATF National Junior Olympic Championships and 2018 bronze medalist in 100H (15/16) … Also in 2017 member of winning 4×400 relay and runner-up 4×100 relay … Current Razorbacks Morgan Burks-Magee and Rosey Effiong were high school teammates … Effiong ran anchor leg on the DeSoto national record in 4×100 relay … Lettered four years in track and field.
Best times: 200 (23.36), 100H (13.37)
Indoor: 200 (23.63), 60H (8.51)
Personal
Jayla R Hollis was born September 3, 2002 in Dallas, Texas … Hometown is Lancaster, Texas … Daughter of Timothy and Dottie Hollis … Has two brothers, Jordan and Jarad … Jordan competes in track and field at Purdue … Majoring in Exercise Science … Career plans include medical school, with an ambition to become a neonatal doctor … Favorite athlete is Brianna McNeal, the 2016 Olympic champion and 2013 World champion in the 100m hurdles … Person she most admires is God … Musically oriented, loves to shop and on A honor roll … Chose Arkansas since it felt like home and loved the team and staff.
