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2025-26 Women's Track and Field Roster

Leila Curtis

  • Position Throws
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Half Hollows Hills High School East
  • Hometown Dix Hills, N.Y.

Biography

Personal Bests
Event Result
Shot Put 15.24m
Discus 42.91m

Awards:
  • 2023 Fall CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll
  • CAA Indoor Field Athlete of the Week (12/9)
Career Highlights:
  • Ranks fourth, All-Time Indoor Performance List: Shot Put (15.24m)
  • Ranks fourth, All-Time Outdoor Performance List: Shot Put (14.86m)
  • 2026 CAA Indoor Silver Medalist: Shot Put (15.02m)
2025-26
OUTDOOR
  • Finished fifth in the shot put (14.75m) and eleventh in the discus (40.02m) at the UCF Black & Gold Challenge (3/20)
  • Won the shot put at the UMass Commonwealth Invite (4/11) with a throw of 14.76m and finished eighth in the discus with a throw of 40.27m
  • Threw 14.83m for twelfth in the shot put at the Virginia Challenge (4/17)
  • Took second in the shot put (14.12m) and finished twelfth in the discus (41.06m) at the Jay Carisella and Joe Donahue Invite (5/2) 
  • Finished sixth in the shot put (13.85m) and sixteenth in the discus (40.40m) at the CAA Outdoor Championships (5/15)
INDOOR
  • Finished second in the shot put at the HBCU & Ivy Challenge (12/5) with a throw of 15.24m 
  • Won the shot put at the Beantown Challenge (1/17) with a mark of 15.17m 
  • Championed the shot put at the Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White (1/24) with a throw of 14.89m
  • Was victorious in the shot put at the Riverhawk Invitational (2/6) with a put of 14.36m 
  • Took second in the shot put at the CAA Indoor Track & Field Championships (2/22) with a put of 15.02m
2024-25
OUTDOOR
  • Finished third in the shot put (13.38m) and fifth in the discus (40.51m) at the UConn Dog Fight (4/4)
  • Recorded a toss of 13.82m in the shot put at the UMass Commonwealth Invitational (4/12)
  • Threw a personal best of 14.39m to win the shot put at the UConn Northeast Challenge (4/18-4/19)
  • Earned ninth in the shot put (13.22m) at the CAA Outdoor Championships (5/14)
INDOOR
  • Set a personal best in the shot put (14.16m) at the Joe Donahue Games (12/8) for first place
  • Second place at the Gordon Kelly Invitational (2/15) with a mark of 13.54m
2023-24
INDOOR
  • Joe Donahue Games Opener 2023 – 1st Place – Shot Put – 12.89m 
  • Finished seventh in the shot put (12.63m) at the Battle in Beantown (1/20) 
OUTDOOR
  • Finished second in the shot put at the Sean Collier Invitational (4/19-4/20) with a throw of 12.98m
  • Set a personal best of 42.91m in the discus throw at the Jay Carisella Invitational (4/27)
2022-23:
INDOOR
  • Finished first in the shot put, posting a personal best 12.96m mark at the Battle in Beantown (1/21)
  • Finished fifth in the shot put with a mark of 12.67m at the NEICAAA Indoor Championships (2/3)
OUTDOOR
  • Finished 14th in the shot put (12.98m) at the UConn Northeast Challenge (4/15)
  • Placed in the top five in the shot put (12.33m) and led the way in the discus throw (38.72m) at the Jay Carisella Coaches Invitational (4/22)

Before Northeastern: Ran for Half Hollows Hills High School East (2018-22) ... Brookhaven National Lab AAAG Scholarship Award ... News 12 Scholar Athlete Award ... Section XI Gold Key Award (Scholar Athlete Recognition).

Personal: Parents are Gena and Jason Curtis ...Siblings are Shaheed Hamilton, Micah Walker and Najah Curtis ... Sister Najah is a college gymnast at the University of Pennsylvania ... Avid reader and enjoys watching Jeopardy.

Why Northeastern? "Northeastern has an incredible program for ecology, which was my main priority in a school, incredible support for their students (and honors program opportunities), and I loved my interactions I had with the coaches and the campus environment combined with several positive shared experiences."

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    Throws
    5'8"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Throws
    5'8"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Throws
    5'8"
  • 2024-25Junior

    Throws
    5'8"
  • 2025-26Senior

    Throws
    5'8"