Delilah DiCrescenzo

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Delilah DiCrescenzo
5000 meters: 15:36.45[1]
Marathon: 2:53:40[1]

Delilah DiCrescenzo (

distance runner. She competes in the women's 3000 metres steeplechase. She is a 2001 graduate of Queen of Peace High School in Burbank, Illinois and a 2005 graduate of Columbia University, where she majored in sociology. In May 2011, DiCrescenzo received her master's degree in Sports Management, also from Columbia University. She now competes for the New York Athletic Club and trains with the NJ-NY Track Club under the guidance of Coach Frank Gagliano. As of 2013 she was sponsored by Puma and continued to compete on a worldwide level.[2]

She is also well known as the subject of the Plain White T's platinum hit "Hey There Delilah".[3]

Running career

She finished 3rd in the steeple chase at the 2006 US Nationals, and won the 6K title at the

U.S. Olympic trials where she made the finals, but did not qualify for the Olympic team.[4]

She fared better in

NACAC-endorsed competition over a 6 km course at the Mt. Irvine Resort in Tobago, beating several other Americans who had previously beaten her in qualifying at the USA Cross Country National Championships.[7][8]

DiCrescenzo qualified for the 2011 IAAF World Track and Field Championships in the 3000m steeplechase by finishing third at the US Championships in a time of 9:46.31.[9] However, she did not compete due to injury.[10]

DiCrescenzo failed to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics, finishing 13th at USA 10 km Championships (33:36) and 7th in steeplechase at Olympic Trials (9:46.30).

On February 2, 2013, she again qualified for the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championship with a 6th place finish in a time of 26:57.2 at the USA Cross Country Championships in Forest Park in St. Louis, Missouri.[11] At the world championships, she finished 47th.

On May 7, 2017, DiCrescenzo won the women's division of Southwest Half Marathon held in

Palos Heights with a time of 1:21:31, which was nearly seven minutes ahead of the second-place finisher.[12]

"Hey There Delilah"

Main article: Hey There Delilah

She is the subject of the

2008 Grammy Award show as the guest of Higgenson, where her namesake song was nominated for 2008 Song of the Year (won by Amy Winehouse for "Rehab").[13]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f All-Athletics. "Profile of Delilah Dicrescenzo".
  2. ^ Boylan-Pett, Liam (August 29, 2013). "Throwback Thursday: Delilah DiCrescenzo". Runner's World. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Celizic, Mike (January 23, 2008). "Muse shares story behind 'Hey There Delilah'". Retrieved February 7, 2009.
  4. ^ "USATF - Events - 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Track & Field". usatf.org. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
  5. USATF
    (February 9, 2009). Retrieved on February 20, 2010.
  6. IAAF
    (March 28, 2009). Retrieved on February 20, 2010.
  7. USATF. March 7, 2010. Archived from the original
    on October 24, 2012. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
  8. ^ "2010 USA Cross Country National Championships". Archived from the original on March 3, 2010. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
  9. ^ "Women's 3000 Meter Steeplechase Senior - Final". Retrieved February 3, 2013.
  10. ^ "Delilah Out At Worlds". Archived from the original on May 9, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
  11. ^ "2013 USA CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS". Retrieved February 3, 2013.
  12. ^ "2017 Southwest Half Marathon & 10k results". theracershub.com. May 7, 2017. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  13. ^ "Delilah DiCrescenzo Finally Gives Tom Higgenson a Date". celebpeeps.net. Archived from the original on March 22, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2015.

External links

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