East Texas A&M University Athletics

2017 (Outdoor): Competed in seven meets in the middle distance events... Finished ninth in the 400m at the TCU Invitational (3/17)... Finished sixth in the 800m at the East Texas Invitational (4/15)... Also finished 10th in the 1500m with a season-best time of 5:22.13... Finished 15th in the 400m with a season-best time of 1:01.30 at the Bobcat Classic (4/28)... Set a season-best time of 2:21.34 in the 800m at the LSC Outdoor Championships (5/6).

2017 (Indoor): Competed in six meets in the 800m and the mile... Ran a season-best 5:32.84 in the mile run at the MSSU Southern Invitational (1/20)... Posted a season-best time of 2:20.40 at the Pittsburg State Invitational (1/28), placing third, her best finish of the season... Finished seventh in the 800m and ninth in the mile at the LSC Championships (2/18).

2016 (Cross Country): Competed in five meets as a sophomore… Set a personal best time of 20:11.8 in the 5K at the Chile Pepper Festival (10/1)… Placed seventh in the 5K at the Lois Davis Invitational (10/8)… Placed 57th in the 6K at the LSC Championships (10/22) with a personal best time of 26.24.4… Also competed in the NCAA Division II South Central Region Championships (11/5).

2016 (Outdoor): Competed in five meets in the 800 and 1500-meters and the 4x400 meter relay… Finished second in the 800-meters at the ASU David Noble Relays (4/9)… Finished third in the 800-meters at the East Texas Invitational (4/16)… Placed fourth in the 1500-meters at the ACU Oliver Jackson Twilight Meet (4/27)… Ran a season-best 2:22.13 in the 800-meters at the Lone Star Conference Championships (5/5).
 
2016 (Indoor): Competed in three meets in the 800-meters… Ran a season-best 2:26.29 at the Gorilla Classic (2/12)… Finished sixth in the distance medley relay at the Lone Star Conference Championships (2/20).
 
2015 (Cross Country): Competed in two meets… Placed 41st in the 6K at the Lone Star Conference Championships (10/26) with a time of 26:45.8.
 
Prior to A&M-Commerce: Four-year letter winner in cross country and three-year letter winner in track and field at Rockwall… Set a personal best of 2:19 in the 800-meters her sophomore year… Named First Team All-District all four years and was named team MVP all four years… Set the school record of 19:49.5 in the 5K… XC team was district champions in 2014.
 
Personal: Born February 20, 1997… Daughter of Lakai and Marcia Collins. Cousin La’el Collins plays guard for the Dallas Cowboys.
 
Collins’ A&M-Commerce Career Bests
Cross Country
5K: 20:11.8 – Chile Pepper Festival (10/1/2016)
6K: 26:24.4 – LSC Championships (10/22/2016)
10K: 1:42:24.6 – NCAA Division II South Central Region Championships (11/5/2016)
 
Indoor
800m: 2:20.40 – Pittsburg State Invitational (1/28/2017)
Mile: 5:32.84 – MSSU Southern Invitational (1/20/2017)
 
Outdoor
400m: 1:01.30 – Bobcat Classic (4/28/2017)
800m: 2:21.34 – LSC Outdoor Championships (5/6/2017)
1500m: 5:11.39 – ACU Oliver Jackson Twilight Meet (4/27/2016)