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DeLay, Kayley
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Kayley DeLay
- Position:
- Distances
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Jacksonville Beach, Fla.
- High School:
- Fletcher
- Prev School:
- Yale
Bio
2023 All-America Second Team (Steeplechase)
2023 Pac-12 Steeplechase Bronze
2022 NCAA Runner-Up in 3,000m Steeplechase
2022 All-America First Team (Steeplechase) and Second Team (5,000m Indoors)
2021 All-America in Cross Country
Six-Time Ivy League Champion in Track and Cross Country
2021ย U.S. Olympic Trials Finalist
2022 CoSIDA Academic All-American
Completed her Bachelorโs of Science at Yale majoring in Environmental Engineering and taking postbaccalaureate studies at Washington in similar areas of study.
2022-23 (Track): An All-America Second Team recipientย in her one season with the Dawgs, making the NCAA Outdoor steeplechase final and placing 10th overall ... signed a pro contract after the NCAA season with Brooks and made pro debut at the USATF Outdoor Championships, making the steeplechase finals and placing 12th in 9:43.06 ... earned her spot at Nationals in Austin with a second-place finish in her West Prelims steeplechase quarterfinal heat, running a season-best time of 9:45.72 โฆ steeple time ranked No. 4 in UW history โฆ at the Pac-12 Championships, took third in the steeple in 9:54.77 and then came back to earn fifth-place in the 5,000-meters in 16:24.63 to score 10 total points for the squad โฆ won her first steeple of the season at the Stanford Invite, going 9:48.44 โฆ also ran 9:46.22 to take third in the Bryan Clay Invite steeple โฆ ran on the Husky 4x1500m relay at the Penn Relays, splitting 4:20 as the team finished third โฆ a season-best 5k of 15:58.15 at the Payton Jordan Invite โฆ did not have remaining indoor eligibility but competed several times in the Dempsey unattached โฆ ran a 3,000-meters best of 8:58.93 at the Husky Classic and had a mile time of 4:39.93 at the UW Invitational โฆ back in November, ran at the USATF 5k Road Championships in New York, placing 13th in a time of 15:56 ... did not have remaining cross country eligibility ... named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.
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2021-22 (Track At Yale): One of the top runners in the NCAA in 2022, finishing as NCAA runner-up in the steeplechase in a blazing time of 9:25.08, the third-fastest time in NCAA history, for First Team All-America honors โฆ continued on to the U.S. Outdoor Championships, reaching the steeplechase final and placing 10th โฆ ran a 1,500-meters PR of 4:12.12 at the Princeton Invitational โฆ won the Ivy League steeplechase in 9:53.70 as well as the 5,000-meters in 16:57.56 โฆ named USTFCCCA Northeast Region Outdoor Womenโs Track Athlete of the Year โฆ was a Second Team All-American indoors in the 5,000-meters, placing 15th at NCAA Indoors โฆ qualified for NCAAs with a 5k PR of 15:36.66 at the BU Sharon Colyear-Danville Opener โฆ won the Ivy League 3,000-meters in a PR of 9:09.19 โฆ a CoSIDA Academic All-American โฆ (Cross Country At Yale): A cross country All-American, finishing 10th at the NCAA Championships in a time of 19:37 โฆ won the Ivy League XC title in 20:08 โฆ was runner-up at Northeast Regionals in 20:28 and was USTFCCCA Northeast Region Athlete of the Year โฆ won the Panorama Farms XC Invite in 16:39 for 5k.
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2020-21 (At Yale): Season canceled due to Covid-19 โฆ competed at the U.S. Olympic Trials held in 2021, placing 11th in the steeplechase.
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2019-20 (Track At Yale): Won the Ivy League Indoor Championship at 3,000-meters in 9:29.74 and was second on the DMR in the final meet before the pandemic canceled the remainder of the indoor and outdoor seasons โฆ had a season-best 3k of 9:15.52 and season-best mile of 4:48.07 (Cross Country At Yale): The Ivy League cross country champion, winning Heps in 20:45 โฆ was 19th at the Northeast Regional โฆ 13th at Pre-Nationals in 20:31.
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2018-19 (Track At Yale): Qualified for NCAA East Prelims in the steeplechase, placing 20th overall in 10:23.82 โฆ was the Ivy League Outdoor runner-up in the steeple in 10:13.52 โฆ indoors, was third in the mile at the IC4A/ECAC Indoor Championships and ran a season-best in the prelims of 4:47.13 โฆ ninth in the 3k at Ivy League Indoors โฆ (Cross Country At Yale): Placed 20th at NCAA Northeast Regionals โฆ was ninth at the Ivy League XC Champs โฆ finished 91st at Pre-Nationals at Wisconsin.
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2017-18 (Track At Yale): Placed 12th in the steeplechase at her first Ivy League Outdoors โฆ third in the steeple at the Harvard-Yale Match in 10:58.58 โฆ indoors, was 15th in the 1,000-meters in 3:05.77 โฆ ran a 3k in 9:50.31 at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invite โฆ (Cross Country At Yale): Finished 26th at Northeast Regionals โฆ was 12th at Ivy League XC in a time of 21:31 โฆ was 95th at the Wisconsin Invitational in 21:16 โฆ second in her collegiate debut at the Harvard-Yale-Princeton race.
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High School and Personal: Parents are Vivian and Charles DeLay โฆ parents both ran track and cross country in college at Florida International โฆ Florida 4A state champion in 3200m in 2016 ... state runner-up at FHSAA 4A 1600m in 2016 & 2017 โฆย state runner-up at Florida 4A state cross country โฆ 10-time state medalist (cross country & track) โฆ four-time Gateway Conference Champion in cross country, 1600m and 3200m ... school record-holder in 5k, 1600m, 3200m and 2k steeplechase โฆ earned A.P. Scholar Award and was a National Honor Society member and Scholastic Art & Writing National Gold Medalist.
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Major Meets
2017 Ivy XC โ 12th
2017 Northeast Regional XC โ 26th
2018 Ivy Indoor TF โ 15th, 1000m
2018 Ivy Outdoor TF โ 12th, Steeplechase
2018 Ivy XC โ 9th
2018 Northeast Regional XC โ 20th
2019 Ivy Indoor TF โ 9th, 3000m | 5th, DMR
2019 IC4A/ECAC Indoor TF โ 3rd, Mile
2019 Ivy Outdoor TF โ 2nd, Steeplechase
2019 NCAA East Prelims TF โ 20th, Steeplechase
2019 Ivy XC โ 1st (Ivy League Champion)
2019 Northeast Regional XC โ 19th
2020 Ivy Indoor TF โ 1st, 3000m (Ivy League Champion) | 2nd, DMR
2021 U.S. Olympic Trials โ 11th, Steeplechase
2021 Ivy XC โ 1st (Ivy League Champion)
2021 Northeast Regional XC โ 2nd
2021 NCAA XC โ 10th (All-America)
2022 Ivy Indoor TF โ 1st, 3000m (Ivy League Champion) | 4th, DMR
2022 NCAA Indoor TF โ 15th, 5000m (All-America Second Team)
2022 Ivy Outdoor TF โ 1st, 5000m (Ivy League Champion) | 1st, Steeplechase (Ivy League Champion)
2022 NCAA East Prelims TF โ 1st, Steeplechase
2022 NCAA Outdoor TF โ 2nd, Steeplechase (All-America First Team)
2022 U.S. Outdoor Champs โ 10th, Steeplechase
2023 Pac-12 TFย โ 5th, 5000m | 3rd, Steeplechase
2023 NCAA West Prelims TFย โ 5th, Steeplechase
2023 NCAA Outdoor TFย โ 10th, Steeplechase (All-America Second Team)
2023 U.S. Outdoor Champsย โ 12th, Steeplechase
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Outdoor Bests
3000m Steeplechaseโฆโฆ.9:25.08
1500mโฆโฆ.4:12.12
5000mโฆโฆ.15:39.11
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Indoor Bests
Mileโฆโฆ.4:35.65
3000mโฆโฆ.8:58.93
5000mโฆโฆ.15:36.66
2023 Pac-12 Steeplechase Bronze
2022 NCAA Runner-Up in 3,000m Steeplechase
2022 All-America First Team (Steeplechase) and Second Team (5,000m Indoors)
2021 All-America in Cross Country
Six-Time Ivy League Champion in Track and Cross Country
2021ย U.S. Olympic Trials Finalist
2022 CoSIDA Academic All-American
Completed her Bachelorโs of Science at Yale majoring in Environmental Engineering and taking postbaccalaureate studies at Washington in similar areas of study.
2022-23 (Track): An All-America Second Team recipientย in her one season with the Dawgs, making the NCAA Outdoor steeplechase final and placing 10th overall ... signed a pro contract after the NCAA season with Brooks and made pro debut at the USATF Outdoor Championships, making the steeplechase finals and placing 12th in 9:43.06 ... earned her spot at Nationals in Austin with a second-place finish in her West Prelims steeplechase quarterfinal heat, running a season-best time of 9:45.72 โฆ steeple time ranked No. 4 in UW history โฆ at the Pac-12 Championships, took third in the steeple in 9:54.77 and then came back to earn fifth-place in the 5,000-meters in 16:24.63 to score 10 total points for the squad โฆ won her first steeple of the season at the Stanford Invite, going 9:48.44 โฆ also ran 9:46.22 to take third in the Bryan Clay Invite steeple โฆ ran on the Husky 4x1500m relay at the Penn Relays, splitting 4:20 as the team finished third โฆ a season-best 5k of 15:58.15 at the Payton Jordan Invite โฆ did not have remaining indoor eligibility but competed several times in the Dempsey unattached โฆ ran a 3,000-meters best of 8:58.93 at the Husky Classic and had a mile time of 4:39.93 at the UW Invitational โฆ back in November, ran at the USATF 5k Road Championships in New York, placing 13th in a time of 15:56 ... did not have remaining cross country eligibility ... named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.
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2021-22 (Track At Yale): One of the top runners in the NCAA in 2022, finishing as NCAA runner-up in the steeplechase in a blazing time of 9:25.08, the third-fastest time in NCAA history, for First Team All-America honors โฆ continued on to the U.S. Outdoor Championships, reaching the steeplechase final and placing 10th โฆ ran a 1,500-meters PR of 4:12.12 at the Princeton Invitational โฆ won the Ivy League steeplechase in 9:53.70 as well as the 5,000-meters in 16:57.56 โฆ named USTFCCCA Northeast Region Outdoor Womenโs Track Athlete of the Year โฆ was a Second Team All-American indoors in the 5,000-meters, placing 15th at NCAA Indoors โฆ qualified for NCAAs with a 5k PR of 15:36.66 at the BU Sharon Colyear-Danville Opener โฆ won the Ivy League 3,000-meters in a PR of 9:09.19 โฆ a CoSIDA Academic All-American โฆ (Cross Country At Yale): A cross country All-American, finishing 10th at the NCAA Championships in a time of 19:37 โฆ won the Ivy League XC title in 20:08 โฆ was runner-up at Northeast Regionals in 20:28 and was USTFCCCA Northeast Region Athlete of the Year โฆ won the Panorama Farms XC Invite in 16:39 for 5k.
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2020-21 (At Yale): Season canceled due to Covid-19 โฆ competed at the U.S. Olympic Trials held in 2021, placing 11th in the steeplechase.
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2019-20 (Track At Yale): Won the Ivy League Indoor Championship at 3,000-meters in 9:29.74 and was second on the DMR in the final meet before the pandemic canceled the remainder of the indoor and outdoor seasons โฆ had a season-best 3k of 9:15.52 and season-best mile of 4:48.07 (Cross Country At Yale): The Ivy League cross country champion, winning Heps in 20:45 โฆ was 19th at the Northeast Regional โฆ 13th at Pre-Nationals in 20:31.
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2018-19 (Track At Yale): Qualified for NCAA East Prelims in the steeplechase, placing 20th overall in 10:23.82 โฆ was the Ivy League Outdoor runner-up in the steeple in 10:13.52 โฆ indoors, was third in the mile at the IC4A/ECAC Indoor Championships and ran a season-best in the prelims of 4:47.13 โฆ ninth in the 3k at Ivy League Indoors โฆ (Cross Country At Yale): Placed 20th at NCAA Northeast Regionals โฆ was ninth at the Ivy League XC Champs โฆ finished 91st at Pre-Nationals at Wisconsin.
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2017-18 (Track At Yale): Placed 12th in the steeplechase at her first Ivy League Outdoors โฆ third in the steeple at the Harvard-Yale Match in 10:58.58 โฆ indoors, was 15th in the 1,000-meters in 3:05.77 โฆ ran a 3k in 9:50.31 at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invite โฆ (Cross Country At Yale): Finished 26th at Northeast Regionals โฆ was 12th at Ivy League XC in a time of 21:31 โฆ was 95th at the Wisconsin Invitational in 21:16 โฆ second in her collegiate debut at the Harvard-Yale-Princeton race.
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High School and Personal: Parents are Vivian and Charles DeLay โฆ parents both ran track and cross country in college at Florida International โฆ Florida 4A state champion in 3200m in 2016 ... state runner-up at FHSAA 4A 1600m in 2016 & 2017 โฆย state runner-up at Florida 4A state cross country โฆ 10-time state medalist (cross country & track) โฆ four-time Gateway Conference Champion in cross country, 1600m and 3200m ... school record-holder in 5k, 1600m, 3200m and 2k steeplechase โฆ earned A.P. Scholar Award and was a National Honor Society member and Scholastic Art & Writing National Gold Medalist.
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Major Meets
2017 Ivy XC โ 12th
2017 Northeast Regional XC โ 26th
2018 Ivy Indoor TF โ 15th, 1000m
2018 Ivy Outdoor TF โ 12th, Steeplechase
2018 Ivy XC โ 9th
2018 Northeast Regional XC โ 20th
2019 Ivy Indoor TF โ 9th, 3000m | 5th, DMR
2019 IC4A/ECAC Indoor TF โ 3rd, Mile
2019 Ivy Outdoor TF โ 2nd, Steeplechase
2019 NCAA East Prelims TF โ 20th, Steeplechase
2019 Ivy XC โ 1st (Ivy League Champion)
2019 Northeast Regional XC โ 19th
2020 Ivy Indoor TF โ 1st, 3000m (Ivy League Champion) | 2nd, DMR
2021 U.S. Olympic Trials โ 11th, Steeplechase
2021 Ivy XC โ 1st (Ivy League Champion)
2021 Northeast Regional XC โ 2nd
2021 NCAA XC โ 10th (All-America)
2022 Ivy Indoor TF โ 1st, 3000m (Ivy League Champion) | 4th, DMR
2022 NCAA Indoor TF โ 15th, 5000m (All-America Second Team)
2022 Ivy Outdoor TF โ 1st, 5000m (Ivy League Champion) | 1st, Steeplechase (Ivy League Champion)
2022 NCAA East Prelims TF โ 1st, Steeplechase
2022 NCAA Outdoor TF โ 2nd, Steeplechase (All-America First Team)
2022 U.S. Outdoor Champs โ 10th, Steeplechase
2023 Pac-12 TFย โ 5th, 5000m | 3rd, Steeplechase
2023 NCAA West Prelims TFย โ 5th, Steeplechase
2023 NCAA Outdoor TFย โ 10th, Steeplechase (All-America Second Team)
2023 U.S. Outdoor Champsย โ 12th, Steeplechase
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Outdoor Bests
3000m Steeplechaseโฆโฆ.9:25.08
1500mโฆโฆ.4:12.12
5000mโฆโฆ.15:39.11
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Indoor Bests
Mileโฆโฆ.4:35.65
3000mโฆโฆ.8:58.93
5000mโฆโฆ.15:36.66
Raising the Bar | Hana & Amanda Moll
Monday, August 04
Women's 1500m final - 2025 NCAA outdoor track and field championship
Sunday, June 15
Nathan Green | 2025 NCAA 1500m Champion
Saturday, June 14
Track & Field NCAA Championships | Huskies Highlights
Friday, June 13
