ATLANTA — The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference announced its SIAC Women's Track and Field Athletes of the Week on Tuesday, April 15, honoring student-athletes for impressive performances in meets last week.
Dasia Gilyard (
Albany State) and
Diamond Richardson (
Fort Valley State) were recognized.
WOMEN'S TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK – DASIA GILYARD, ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY
Senior | Marietta, Ga.
Gilyard delivered an outstanding performance at the Alice Coachman Invitational, headlining the Lady Golden Rams’ success on the track. She posted a personal record and national qualifying time of 55.20 to win the 400m dash, anchored the 1st-place 4x100m relay team (45.60 NQ), and closed the meet with another victory in the 4x400m relay (3:50.70). Gilyard's speed, consistency, and leadership made her one of the top performers of the meet.
WOMEN'S FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK – DIAMOND RICHARDSON, FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY
Senior | St. Louis, Missouri
Richardson had a stellar weekend at the Alice Coachman invite hosted by Albany State. She snagged a first place finish in the hammer throw with a 47.34m sling. Richardson placed first in discus with 36.28m throw. She capped off her outing with a third place finish in shot put with an 11.56m shove.
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ABOUT THE SOUTHERN INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (SIAC)
The SIAC is a NCAA athletic conference consisting primarily of historically black colleges and universities with headquarters in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The SIAC includes 15 member institutions (Albany State University, Allen University, Benedict College, Central State University, Clark Atlanta University, Edward Waters University, Fort Valley State University, Kentucky State University, Lane College, LeMoyne-Owen College, Miles College, Morehouse College, Savannah State University, Spring Hill College, and Tuskegee University), which are located within a contiguous seven-state footprint (Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee and Ohio). The SIAC sponsors nine men's and seven women's sports and is a proud member of the NCAA Division II. For more information, visit
www.thesiac.com.