2021-2022 Track and Field Roster
Diamantae Griffin
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Position:
- Sprints
- Height:
- 5-9
- Hometown:
- Jackson, Miss.
- Prev School:
- Forest Hill High School (William Carey)
NCAA Division I All-America Honors (1)
2022 Outdoor 4 x 100 - 12th (Second Team)
ASUN Individual Titles (4)
2021 Outdoor 100
2021 Outdoor 200
2022 Indoor 200
2022 Outdoor 200
All-ASUN Honors (7)
2021 Indoor 60 - 3rd
2021 Outdoor 100 - 1st
2021 Outdoor 200 - 1st
2022 Indoor 200 - 1st
2022 Indoor 4 x 400 - 1st
2022 Outdoor 200 - 1st
2022 Outdoor 4 x 100 - 1st
2021 Outdoor Track & Field (R-Jr.)
• Qualified for the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round meet in the 100 and 200 after breaking program records that had stood since 1994 in both events
• Named ASUN Most Valuable Male Performer after scoring a meet-high 21.5 points with victories in the 100 and 200 and a third-place finish in the 4 x 100 relay
• His ASUN-winning 100 (10.28) and 200 (20.63) times each set meet records. The 200 clocking also took down the ASUN all-time and Liberty program standards.
• ASUN Men’s Track Athlete of the Week on March 31 after breaking the Liberty 100 record (10.19) and placing seventh in the 200 (20.88) at the Texas Relays
• Also won event titles at the Virginia Challenge (200) and Liberty Twilight Qualifier (100)
• VaSID First Team All-State (sprints)
2021 Indoor Track & Field (Sr.)
• Lone meet of the season was the ASUN Championship, where he placed third in the 60 (6.79) and seventh in the 200 (21.89)
Previous Schools
• Spent 2019-20 at William Carey after spending the two previous years (2017-19) at Hinds Community College
• Helped William Carey win the men's team title at the 2020 NAIA Indoor Track & Field Championships, placing second in the 60 (personal-best 6.73) and running on the winning 4 x 400 relay quartet
• During both of his years at Hinds, placed fifth in the 200 at the NJCAA indoor meet and second in the 4 x 100 relay at the NJCAA outdoor championship
• Top times at Hinds were 10.42 (100) and 20.99 (200)
Prep
• Graduated from Forest Hill High School
• Mississippi 6A state champion in the 200 and state runner-up in the 100 as a senior in 2017
• Top high school times included 10.58 (100) and 21.34 (200)
• Also played football
Personal
• Son of Christopher Bailey and Pamela Griffin
• Birthday is Jan. 7
• Graduated in 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in coaching
• Currently pursuing a master’s degree in sport management
