Delilah DiCrescenzo
Delilah DiCrescenzo at the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
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| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Born |
February 9, 1983 Chicago, Illinois |
| Residence | Chicago, IL |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) |
| Weight | 105 lb (48 kg) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track, Long-distance running |
| Event(s) | 1500 meters, 3000 meters, 5000 meters, Marathon |
| College team | Columbia |
| Club | NYAC |
| Turned pro | 2003 |
| Coached by | Frank Gagliano (NJ-NY TC) |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) |
800 meters: 2:08.01 1500 meters: 4:11.70 Mile: 4:32.11 3000 meters: 8:52.43 5000 meters: 15:36.45 Marathon: 2:53:40 |
Delilah DiCrescenzo (/ˌdɪkrəˈʃɛnzoʊ/; 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 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 is sponsored by Puma and continues to compete on a world wide level.
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.
She fared better in cross country running the following year: at the USA Cross Country Championships she finished in fourth place, and qualified to compete at the 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, finishing in 33rd (which was the second-best performance by a North American athlete after Julie Culley). 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.
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