Tajay Roberts

Position:
Sprints
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Sunrise, Fla.
High School:
Dillard

EMU: 2024-25: Indoor: Competed in seven meets… Named Academic All-MAC…Named All-MAC Second Team with a second-place finish in the 4x400m relay at the MAC Indoor Championships, Feb. 28-March 1… Ran a personal-best 600m (1:22.32) at the Wolverine Invitational, Jan. 11… Outdoor: Competed in seven meets… Named Academic All-MAC… Earned All-MAC First Team with a first-place finish in the 4x400m relay at the MAC Outdoor Championships, May 15-17… Secured a first-place finish and program No. 6 mark as part of the 4x400m relay at the Georgia Tech Invitational, April 18-19… Set a personal-best 200m (21.75) at the Texas A&M 44 Farms Team Invitational , April 11-12.

2023-2024: Indoor: Named All-MAC Second Team…Competed in four meets, with two top-five finishes…Member of the second-place 4x400 relay team (3:16.13) at the MAC Indoor Track & Field Championships…Outdoor: Competed in two meets, with two top-three finishes…Member of the second-place 4x400 relay team (3:12.41) at the LSU Alumni Gold Meet…Earned third-place in the 400m (49.18) at the Len Paddock Open.

2022-23: Indoor: competed in six meets and posted a PR of 2:02.46 in the 800 meters at the BGSU-Falcon Early Bird Open…placed ninth in the 400 meters (50.96) at the MAC Championships...Outdoor: ran the 400 meters at the Bobcat Invitational (50.11)...

2021-22: Indoor: Competed in three meets for the Eagles…Named Men’s Freshman Co-Track Performer of the Year…Finished sixth in the 400 in 49.05 and helped the 4x400 crew place third in 3:17.98 at the MAC Championships, Feb. 25-26…Recorded a career-best 600m run time of 1:22.83 at the Wolverine Invitational, Jan. 8…Joins the EMU track & field program as a freshman...

HIGH SCHOOL: Attends Dillard High School in Sunrise, Fla. and runs under Head Coach Davison Gill...A state champion in the 4x800m and 4x400m relays, and placed sixth in the 400m dash at the state meet as a member of the Panthers...Was county champion in the 400m...Named first team all-county...Helped his team become FHAA 3A State Champions...Earned All-American Honors three times…Member of the Plantation H.E.A.T. track & field club where he participates in the 400m dash, and 4x100m and 4x400m relays under Head Coach Dawn Spann...

PERSONAL: Full Name: Tajay Roberts...Son of John Roberts and Tashani Taylor…Has two brothers and one sister...Undecided major.