Saisha Gaillard

Position:
Mid-Distance
Class:
Senior
High School:
Pioneer
Hometown:
Ypsilanti, Michigan

2012 Outdoor: Had a season-best 5:06.46 in the 1,500 meters at the Early Bird Invite, finishing 19th ... finished fifth at the Ball State Invitational with a time of 2:24.44 in the 800 meters.

2012 Indoor: Academic All-MAC Honorable Mention ... placed second in 800 meters at Tom Wright Classic in 2:23.84 … finished 800 meters in 2:23.09 for third place at Findlay Open … posted season-best 2:20.66 time in 800 meters at MAC Championships for 14th place … was part of winning 4x400 relay team (4:04.30) at Tom Wright Classic.

2011 Indoor: Posted a season-best time of 2:21.75 to place 20th in the 800m at the MAC Championships ... competed in the 800 meters at five other indoor meets, including the Bowling Green Challenge (2:22.25) and All-Ohio Championships (2:22.72).

2011 Outdoor: Was BGSU's top finisher in the 400m at the Toledo Collegiate Challenge with a season-best 1:03.17 ... ran a career-best 2:19.38 in the 800m at the EMU Twlight meet.

2010 Indoor: Had a team-best time of 1:40.92 in the 600m to kick-off the indoor season at the BGSU Challenge … placed third at the Tom Wright Classic with a season-best time of 2:20.54 in the 800m … ran the 800m in 2:22.71 at the Jane Herrmann Invite, finishing second … was part of the winning 4x400m relay team at the Jane Herrmann Invite and the winning distance medley relay team at the Tom Wright Classic.

2010 outdoor: Placed fifth at the Jack Shaw Invite with a season-best time of 2:21.45 in the 800m … ran the 800m in 2:21.58 and placed 17th at the MAC Championships … had a season-best time of 1:01.53 in the 400m at the All-Ohio Championships, placing 19th … helped BGSU’s 4x800m relay team win at the Hillsdale Relays.

2009: Recorded the team’s top time of 1:40.69 in the 600m placing seventh at the BGSU Challenge … ran a season best time of 2:19.84 in the 800m run finishing fourth at the All-Ohio Championships … in outdoor ran the team’s best time of 58.54s in the 400m placing 15th at the Hillsdale Relays … finished seventh at the Detroit Mercy Classic with a time of 1:02.36 … placed 20th at the All-Ohio Championships with a time of 2:19.97.

High School: Four year letter winner in track and earned a letter in cross country ... helped her team to four straight All-Regional Championships [apos]05-[apos]08 and three straight first place finishes at State [apos]06-[apos]08 ... as a senior captained both her cross country and track team ... named an All-American in the 800m and 4x400m in 2007 earning fourth place finishes in both ... a NAACP Award recipient in 2004, 2005 and 2006 ... coached by Bryan Westfield, Kent Bernard and Amber Culp.

Personal: Daughter of Shawn Gailliard and Nicole Hale-McGuire ... born on Dec. 7, 1989 ... majoring journalism.