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2020-21 Women's Track & Field Roster

Jose Juarez
Jeff Weiss
Michael Dubicki

Teresa Diehl

Teresa Diehl

  • Position:
    Distance
  • Height:
    5-7
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    St. Clair Shores, Mich.
  • High School:
    Warren Regina
  • Letters:
    4

Summary

Biography

Career Notes:  Deans' Award winner from the College of Education for having the highest cumulative grade-point average of all student-athletes in that college in 2018-19, and the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in 2020 ... was a CoSIDA Academic All-District nominee for three consecutive years (2018-19-20).  Cross Country:  Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team for three consecutive years (2017-18-19) ... awarded USTFCCCA All-Academic honors for two consecutive years (2018-19) ... set a 5K PR of 19:01.5 at the 2018 Calvin Knight Invite ... ran a 3K personal-best 18:01.0 at the 2018 GRCC Raider Invitational ... finished the 2019 NCAA DII Cross Country Championships in a 6K PR of 22:41.4 ... served as team co-captain in 2019 ... had one year of outdoor track eligibility remaining at the start of the 2020-21 academic year due to COVID-19 in spring of 2020.

2020-21:  Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Pat Riepma Postgraduate Scholarship recipient ... was a CoSIDA Academic All-District nominee.  CROSS COUNTRY/INDOOR:  Could not compete ... exhausted eligibility.  OUTDOOR:  Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... competed in four regular-season meets, plus the GLIAC Championships ... finished seventh in the steeplechase at GLIACs (5/6) in a time of 11:36.04 ... posted a season-best time of 19:08.77 for 5000m at the GVSU Al Owens Classic (4/17) ... ran a season-best time of 5:10.33 for 1500m at the Oakland Mini Meet (4/30) ... 2020-21 recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award.

2019-20:  Deans' Award recipient from the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences for having the highest cumulative grade-point average among all student-athletes in that particular college ... 2019-20 recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award ... was a CoSIDA Academic All-District nominee.  CROSS COUNTRY:  Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... awarded USTFCCCA All-Academic honors ... voted team co-captain prior to the start of the season ... competed in seven meets ... placed 12th (19:57.7) at the Detroit Mercy Invite 5K (9/7) ... finished seventh (24:00.6) at the Second Annual Warrior Challenge (9/21) ... completed the Greater Louisville Classic Gold 5K race (10/5) in 19:28.4 ... crossed the finish line in 24:37.8 at the Lewis Conference Crossover 6K (10/12) ... placed 33rd (23:01.8) at the GLIAC Championship 6K (10/26) ... finished in 22:43.1 at the NCAA Midwest Regionals (11/9) ... earned a 6K personal-best time of 22:41.4 at the NCAA Championships (11/23).  INDOOR:  Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... participated in six regular-season meets, plus the GLIAC Championships ... placed 16th in the 3000m race (10:48.36) at GLIACs ... ran a season-best time of 10:47.31 for 3k at the SVSU Tune-Up (2/21) ... clocked in a season-best time of 18:50.84 for 5000m at the GVSU Holiday Open (12/6) ... also competed in the 4x400m relay at the SVSU Doug Hansen Open (1/17).  OUTDOOR:  Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... canceled due to COVID-19.

2018-19:  Deans' Award winner from the College of Education for having the highest cumulative grade-point average of all student-athletes in that college ... received the squad's Captain/Leadership Award ... was a CoSIDA Academic All-District nominee.  CROSS COUNTRY:  Selected as the squad's Most Improved Runner ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... awarded USTFCCCA All-Academic honors ... competed in all seven meets ... placed fifth (19:37.1) at the University of Michigan-Dearborn's Wolverine Twilight Invitational (8/31) ... crossed the finish line at the Calvin Knight Invitational (9/8) in 19:01.4 ... earned a 5K personal-best 18:00.9 at the GRCC Raider Invite (9/22) ... completed the Lewis Conference Crossover Invite (10/6) in 23:39.6 ... finished the Inaugural Warrior Challenge (10/20) in 11th place with a time of 23:44.5 ... competed in the GLIAC Championships (11/3), completing the event in 23:12.7 ... earned a 6K time of 22:56.8 at the NCAA Midwest Regional (11/17).  INDOOR:  Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... competed in five of the eight regular-season meets, plus the GLIAC Championships ... finished 11th at GLIACs in the 5000m race (18:30.06) and 15th in the 3000m race (10:56.55) ... ran a season-best time for 800m (2:28.01) at the Doug Hansen Open (1/18) ... ran a season-best 5:20.19 for a mile at the Jet's Pizza Invite (1/26) ... ran a season-best 10:30.59 for 3000m at the GVSU Big Saturday Meet (2/9) ... posted a season-best time of 18:02.22 for 5000m at the SVSU Holiday Open (12/8).  OUTDOOR:  Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... competed in all seven meets, including the GLIAC Championships ... recorded a personal-best time in the steeplechase (11:19.30) to finish eighth at GLIAC (5/2) ... also had a PR for 5000m (18:09.96) to place ninth at GLIACs (5/3) ... set outdoor PRs for 800m (2:30.87) and 1500m (4:53.09) at the High Point VertKlasse Meeting (3/23) and Davenport Tune-Up (4/26), respectively ... 2018-19 recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award.

2017-18:  Selected as the track squad's Most Improved ... was a CoSIDA Academic All-District nominee.  CROSS COUNTRY:  Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... competed in five meets ... finished 14th at the Detroit Titan Invitational (9/9) with a time of 20:08.4 ... placed 96th at the MSU Spartan Invitational (9/15) with a time of 24:40.3 ... ran in the Greater Louisville Classic (9/30), finishing in 19:39.6 ... participated in the GLIAC Championships (10/21) and finished with a time of 24:47.1 (45th) ... finished the course at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships (11/3) in 23:58.6.  INDOOR:  Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... competed in seven of eight meets, including the GLIAC Championships ... was part of the fourth-place DMR (12:37.91) at the GLIAC Championships ... ran a season-best time of 2:47.61 for 800m at the SVSU Holiday Classic (12/2) ... had a season-best time of 3:12.09 for 1,000m at the Youngstown State Invite (2/2), which was the fifth-fastest in school history ... ran a season-best for the mile (5:22.71) at the GVSU Saturday Big Meet (2/10) ... compiled a season-best time of 10:41.91 for 3,000m at YSU (2/2) ... ran a season-best for 5,000m (18:57.28) at the SVSU Jet's Pizza (1/26) ... also competed as a member of the WSU junior varsity women's basketball team.  OUTDOOR:  Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... competed in all six meets, including the GLIAC Championships ... set four personal-bests during the season, including a fourth-place finish at the GLIAC Championships (5/3) in the 3,000m steeplechase (11:25.67) ... ran a 38:54.45 for 10K at the Charlotte 49er Classic (3/16) ... recorded a 4:57.65 for 1,500m at the Ashland Alumni Open (4/28) ... completed the 5K race at the Oakland Grizzly Invite (4/13) in 18:24.31 ... 2017-18 recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award.

2016-17: CROSS COUNTRY:  Competed in all seven meets as a true freshman … finished 18th with a time of 16:20.2 at Oakland’s Golden Grizzly Open (9/2) … garnered a 17th-place finish (20:08.2) at the Ray Helsing Bulldog Invite (9/10) … notched a time of 24:42 at the Michigan State Spartan Invitational (9/16) … recorded a 5K season-best (19:30.42) at the Greater Louisville Classic (10/1) … placed 16th with a time of 20:26.3 at the Michigan Intercollegiate (10/7) … had a time of 24:26.1 at the GLIAC Championships (10/22) ... finished the 6K NCAA Midwest Regional (11/5) in a season-best time of 23:22.08.  INDOOR:  Competed in all seven meets, including the GLIAC Championship ... ran a season-best 1:49.53 for 600m at the GVSU Friday Big Meet (2/10) ... top time of 2:29.17 for 800m took place at the SVSU Classic (1/14) ... ran a season-best 3:19.63 for 1,000m at the Hillsdale Winter Opener (1/7) ... top time of 5:26.71 for a mile came at the GVSU Saturday Big Meet (2/11) ... also competed as a member of the WSU junior varsity women's basketball team.  OUTDOOR:  Participated in four meets … placed fourth in the 3000 steeplechase, with a personal best of 12:47:31 at the Cumberlands Invitational (4/7) … set personal records in the 1500m (4:57:72) and the 3000m (11:27:52) at the Bellarmine Invitational (3/31) and Tennessee Rust Buster (3/25), respectively.

High School:  A 2016 graduate of Regina High School … earned four letters in both cross country and track under coach Gregg Golden … led the Saddlelites to four straight Catholic High School League first-place finishes … posted a personal best of 19:00 during her senior year after finishing second at the state regional meet … competed at the MHSAA Division II State Championships all four years … earned All-State accolades both her junior and senior year … was named Team MVP her junior and senior year and was voted as captain her senior year … also lettered basketball … posted a 4.3 GPA  and was named co-Valedictorian.

Personal:  Full name--Teresa L. Diehl … born on February 12, 1998, in Grosse Pointe, Mich. … daughter of John and Cathy Diehl … has four brothers, Daniel, James, Patrick and Matthew, and three sisters, Nancy, Mary and Maureen … her sister Nancy was a member of the rowing team at Michigan State (2006-09) … was majoring in Kinesiology (enrolled in the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in the Fall 2019 to pursue a degree in Physical Therapy) ... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term GPA 3.5+) for Fall 2016 (4.00), Winter 2017, Fall 2017, Winter 2018, Fall 2018 (4.00), Winter 2019 (4.00), Fall 2019, Winter 2020 and Fall 2020 ... was a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) ... was a member of the WSU Student Leadership Council.


 

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Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    Distance
    5'6"

  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Distance
    5'6"

  • 2018-19Junior

    Distance
    5'6"

  • 2019-20Senior

    Distance
    5'7"

  • 2020-21Graduate Student

    Distance
    5'7"