Delisa Walton-Floyd

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Delisa Walton-Floyd (born Delisa Walton on July 28, 1961) is a retired American middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 meters. A Detroit native, she won five state titles at Mackenzie High School in 1978 and set the national high school record in the 880 yards (2:07.7). She went on to the University of Tennessee, graduating in 1983 as an All-American and becoming a two-time NCAA champion and two-time U.S. Open champion in the 800 meters.

Walton-Floyd represented the United States at the Pan American Games in 1987, winning silver in the 800 meters, and reached the semi-finals at the World Championships in 1987 and 1991. Her Olympic moment came at the 1988 Seoul Games after finishing second at the U.S. Trials; she ran a personal best of 1:57.80 in the final, finishing fifth in a very close race.

She is married to Stanley Floyd, a former world-class sprinter, and they have two daughters, Ebonie and Kalyn. Ebonie was an NCAA All-American sprinter at the University of Houston and earned a place on the 2008 Olympic Team in the 1600-meter relay after finishing sixth at the trials; Kalyn also competed for Houston as a sprinter. Walton-Floyd still holds the Michigan high school record in the 800 meters (2:07.7) and is noted for her 1:57.80 personal best in the 800m. She is also linked to world records in the indoor 600-yard and 600-meter events, and her career includes a 1991 suspension for amphetamine use after claiming Sydnocarb had been approved as legal by the USOC drug hotline.