- Delilah DiCrescenzo
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Delilah DiCrescenzo 
Delilah DiCrescenzo at the
2009 USA Cross Country ChampionshipsPersonal information Born 7 February 1983 Residence New York, NY Sport Country 
United StatesCollege/university team Columbia Lions Turned pro 2003 Delilah DiCrescenzo (born February 9, 1983) is an American distance runner. She competes in the women's 3000 meters steeplechase. She is a 2001 graduate of Queen of Peace High School in Burbank, IL and a 2005 graduate of Columbia University, where she majored in sociology. In May 2011, Delilah received her Masters degree in Sports Management, also from Columbia University. She now competes for the NY-NJ Track Club and continues to compete on a world wide level.
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Running career
She finished 3rd in the steeple chase at the 2006 US Nationals, and won the 6K title at the USATF National Club Cross Country Championships in the fall of 2007. She competed at the 2008 U.S. Olympic trials where she made the finals, but did not qualify for the Olympic team.[1]
She fared better in cross country running the following year: at the USA Cross Country Championships she finished in fourth place,[2] and qualified to compete at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, ending up in 33rd (although this was the second-best performance by a North American athlete after Julie Culley).[3] She headed Team USA to the gold with a win at the Americas Cross Country Championships – she won the 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.[4][5]
Hey There Delilah
Main article: Hey There DelilahShe is the subject of the Plain White T's song "Hey There Delilah".[6] She had met Plain White T's singer Tom Higgenson through a mutual friend. Higgenson was inspired to write the song after meeting her. Though the two never dated, Delilah did attend the 2008 Grammy Award show as the guest of Higgenson, where her namesake song was nominated for 2007 Song of the Year (won by Amy Winehouse).[7]
References
- ^ USATF - Events - 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Track & Field
- ^ 2009 US Cross Country Championships Results - Open Women. USATF (2009-02-09). Retrieved on 2010-02-20.
- ^ Senior Race - W Final. IAAF (2009-03-28). Retrieved on 2010-02-20.
- ^ DiCrescenzo and King lead USA sweep at NACAC XC Champs. IAAF/USATF (2010-03-07). Retrieved on 2010-03-08.
- ^ http://www.usatf.org/events/2010/USAXCChampionships/OpenWomen.asp USATF Results
- ^ Celizic, Mike (January 23, 2008). "Muse shares story behind ‘Hey There Delilah’". http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/22799483/from/ET/. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
- ^ Delilah DiCrescenzo Finally Gives Tom Higgenson a Date
External links
- IAAF profile for Delilah DiCrescenzo
Categories:- American middle distance runners
- American long-distance runners
- Living people
- Columbia University alumni
- 1983 births
- American people of Italian descent
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