SUNY Cortland Athletics

2025-26: Garnered All-AARTFC honors in one event at the regional championship meets...Named to the USTFCCCA All-Niagara Region for a top-8 performance in the region in the indoor shot put...Selected to the Div. III Women's Track & Field/Cross Country Academic All-District team by College Sports Communicators...Won one SUNYAC title and earnered first team All-SUNYAC honors in one event, and garnered second team All-SUNYAC recognition in one event and third team All-SUNYAC honors in one event, at the conference championship meets...Placed eighth in the shot put at the AARTFC Indoor Championships...Won the SUNYAC title in the shot put, and also finished eighth in the weight throw, at the SUNYAC Indoor Championships...Posted a second-place finish in the shot put and a third-place finish in the discus (personal-best 38.00 meters) at the SUNYAC Outdoor Championships...Placed fourth in both the shot put and the discus at the Cortland Red Dragon Open...Finished third in the shot put with a personal-best throw of 12.81 meters at the Pioneer Fast Trax Invite...Was fourth in the discus at the Cortland Classic...Placed fourth in the shot put at the Nazareth Conference Tune-Up...Had a fifth-place finish in the shot put at the Ithaca Six Way Invitational...Competed in 16 meets between the indoor and outdoor seasons for Cortland.

2024-25: Kayla was a two-time SUNYAC champion and earned first team All-SUNYAC honors in two events at the conference championship meets...Was first in the shot put (personal-best 12.56 meters) at the SUNYAC Indoor Championships...Placed first in the discus (34.40 meters) at the SUNYAC Outdoor Championships...Finished fifth in the hammer throw (personal-best 41.81 meters) and 10th in the shot put (10.22 meters) at the conference outdoor meet...Recorded a fifth-place finish in the weight throw (personal-best 13.89 meters) at the conference indoor meet...Registered a personal-best throw of 36.30 in the discus at the Cortland Classic...Competed in 15 meets during the indoor and outdoor seasons for the Red Dragons.

High School: Kayla graduated from Island Trees in 2024...Member of the National Honor Society and French National Honor Society...Named to the honor roll all four years of high school...Scholar-Athlete Award winner all four years of high school...Recipient of the Ted Pedersen Award and Scholarship...Earned the Ray A. Kroc Youth Achievement Award...Four-year member of the basketball team as a power forward, including three years as a starter...Earned all-county, all-classification, and Dan Haggerty all-tournament team honors...Led team in points and blocks in senior year...Was a three-year starter for the lacrosse team at attack...All-country selection in named to the Long Island Player Watchlist in 11th and 12th grade...Two-year member of the track and field team...Five-time county champion and three-time state qualifier...Played two years on the soccer team...Earned all-county and all-conference honors.

Other: Hobbies include soccer, surfing, and working out...Daughter of Karen and Robert Tretola...Has one sibling, Joseph.