Diamond Taylor
Diamond Taylor
Height: 5-3
Year: JR
Hometown: Southfield, Mich.
High School: Southfield HS
Position: Sprints

2011-12: Indoor: crossed the line with a season best time of 57.85 in the 400m dash at the Indoor GLIAC Championships and was member of the first place 4,000m distance medley team that clocked an 11:56.85 at the SPIRE Midwest Indoor Open...won the 400m dash at the GVSU Big Meet, SVSU - GVSU Dual, SVSU Indoor Classic and SVSU Doug Hansen Open with times of 58.17, 59.58, 1:00.62 and 1:02.24 respectively...member of the 4x400m relay team that finished first with a time of 4:18.25 at the SVSU Indoor Classic and finished runner-up at the SVSU Doug Hansen Open and SVSU Holiday Classic with times of 4:08.33 and 4:11.13 respectively. Outdoor: crossed the line with a personal best time of 25.40 in the 200m dash at the Azusa Pacific Bryan Clay Invitational and finished third in the 400m dash with a personal record time of 55.68 at the Outdoor GLIAC Championship...had a strong showing at the Northwood Open finishing fourth in the 800m with a new personal mark of 2:18.55 and winning the 4x400m relay with a time of 4:01.28...clocked a second, third and fourth place finish in the 400m dash with times of 55.76, 56.16 and 56.61 respectively at the GVSU Last Chance Meet, GVSU 2nd to Last Chance Meet and CSULA Twilight Open...finished second in the 4x400m relay at the GVSU Laker Early Bird with a time of 3:54.49.

2010-11: Indoor: recorded a season best in the long jump of 4.72 meters at the SVSU Indoor Classic...competed in the open 400-meter run at the SVSU vs GVSU Dual and clocked in at 59.72...was a member of the 4x400-meter relay team that competed at the GaREAT Collegiate Open and crossed the line at 4:03.93 while also timing in at a season best 26.46 for the 200-meter dash...earned a season best of 59.16 in the open 400-meter, which was good for fourth, at the Indoor GLIAC Championships...was a member of the 4x400-meter relay team that clocked in at 3:57.64 at the GVSU Big Meet.  Outdoor: earned a season best in the 200-meter dash with a time of 26.39 and was also a member of the 4x400-meter relay team that clocked in at 3:58.44 at the EMU Twilight Invitational...recorded a season best in the 800-meter run of 2:26.73 at the FSU Bulldog Invitational...was a member of the fourth place 4x400-meter relay team that crossed the line at 3:54.14 at the Outdoor GLIAC Championships while also earning a fifth place finish in the open 400-meter run with a final time of 58.56...earned a season best in the 400-meter run of 58.16 at the Stan Lyons Invitational.

Prior to SVSU/Personal: Prepped at Southfield High School under Head Coach Calvin Johnson…received four varsity letters for track and field…competed in the 400m dash, 200m and 4x200m relay…was all-league, all-county and all-region her junior and senior campaign…honored as academic all-state in the 400m dash, 4x200 and 4x400…member of the National Honor Society and made honor roll throughout high school…was associated with Southfield Student Congress and Top Scholar…graduated in the top 5% of class…majoring in biology…daughter of Eric and Shontell Ballard…born 5/21/92.