Desiree Garland

Class:
Junior
High School:
Woodland Hills HS
Hometown:
Duquesne, Pa.

Career Results

2017-18 Indoor: Crowned Pitt's first female ACC track & field champion, winning the 400m at the ACC Indoor Championships with a personal best time of 53.16 ... All-ACC first team in 400m ... Scored a point for the team at the Championships by competing in the 200m final just an hour after her 400m win and placing eighth at 24.43 ... Anchored the school record-breaking 4x400m relay at the Meyo Invitational (Feb. 3), finishing first with a time of 3:35.73 ... Recorded a PR 38.94 in the 300m at the Kent State Golden Flash Gala (Dec. 8-9), finishing in first place … Recorded a PR 7.73 in the 60m at the Kent State Golden Flash Gala (Dec. 8-9), finishing in seventh place … Recorded a PR 23.80 in the 200m prelims at the ACC Championships (Feb. 22-24).

2016-17 Outdoor: Earned All-America Honorable Mention honors anchoring the 4x400m relay at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore. (June 8) ... Competed in the 400m and 4x400m relay at the NCAA East Preliminary Round in Lexington, Ky. (May 27) ... Ran a season-best time of 53.62 in the 400m preliminary at the ACC Outdoor Championships in Atlanta (May 14) ... Finished seventh in the 400m final at ACCs ... Helped the 4x400m relay team pick up a win at the Miami Hurricane Alumni Invitational (April 8) with a time of 3:35.51.

2016-17 Indoor: Ran a season-best 55.10 in the preliminary round of the 400m at the ACC Indoor Championships (Feb. 25) … Finished sixth (3:40.23) with the 4x400m relay team at the ACC Indoor Championships (Feb. 25) … Helped the 4x400m relay team post wins at the Kent State Golden Flash Gala (Dec. 9, 3:48.07) and the YSU College Invite (Jan. 20, 3:50.67) … Posted a season-best time of 24.82 in the 200m at the SPIRE Invitational (Feb. 10), finishing 10th … Reached a season-best mark of 1.60m in the high jump at the Nittany Lion Challenge (Jan. 14), placing sixth … Six individual top-10 finishes.
2016 Outdoor: Did not compete.

At University of Akron:

2014-15 Indoor: Did not compete.

2014 Outdoor: Contributed in three events at the MAC Championships (May 17) ... Placed fourth in the 400m with a time of 55.32 and was a member of the Zips 4x100 (46.42) and 4x400 (3:44.81) relay teams that each took sixth ... Won the 400m at the Northeast Ohio Quad (Apr. 4) with a season-best time of 55.00 ... Scored in four events at the All-Ohio Championships (Apr. 12), placing in the 200m (sixth, 24.69), 400m (runner-up, 54.61), 4x100 (runner-up, 45.81) and 4x400 (third, 3:46.26).

2013-14 Indoor: Member of the Zips 4x400 relay team that broke the school record three times ... Set the current milestone in a fourth-place finish at the MAC Championships (March 1), running a collective time of 3:45.85 ... Also set the standard at the SPIRE D1 Invitational (Feb. 15) and Akron Invitational (Feb. 8) ... Ran a personal-record time of 55.72 in the preliminary round of the 400m at the MAC Championships ... Scored in the final, placing eighth with a time of 56.75 ... Won the 400m at the SPIRE D1 Invitational (Feb. 14) with a time of 55.85 and at the Zips Invitational (Feb. 21), running 56.54.

High School: School record-holder in the 400-meters (55.89) and high jump (5-06.00) ... Placed fifth in the 400m at the state championships as a senior, running a time of 57.63 ... District runner-up in the 200m (25.78) and 400m (56.65) ... Set a meet record with a winning 400m time of 56.79 at the Mars Invitational ... Was also a four-year letterwinner and team captain on the basketball team, scoring more than 1,000 points for her career ... Won the Region II Junior Olympic Championship in the 400m with a time of 54.61 ... In addition to track, was the basketball captain and an elite cheerleader.

Personal: Daughter of Desiree Johnson ... Has three siblings: Lanasia Alston, Duane Alston, and Amanda Garland ... Plans to major in economics.