Delilah DiCrescenzo

Delilah DiCrescenzo (/ˌdɪkrəˈʃɛnzoʊ/; born February 9, 1983) is an American 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]