By: By: Bill Morgal, Interim Sports Information Director
was named on Wednesday afternoon to the 2009-10 PSAC Spring Top 10 squad. Dell was honored for a school-record fourth time and extended the university's streak of consecutive seasons with a Top 10 award winner to five.
Dell, a biology major certified for secondary education, graduated this May with a 3.97 grade-point average (GPA) and will be continuing her education this fall at Shippensburg with the assistance of a NCAA postgraduate scholarship. Wednesday's award marks the second consecutive year that Dell has earned a Spring Top 10 award for her prowess on the track.
At the 2010 Division II National Championships, Dell finished second in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:20.37 that broke the previous meet record and established a new all-time mark in PSAC history. It extended her streak of consecutive championship seasons as an All-American to eight, a stretch that dates back to her seventh-place finish with the indoor DMR unit in 2008. It took a historic meet-record performance by Adams State freshman Alicia Nelson (10:11.48) to keep Dell off the first-place podium.
She was a three-time All-PSAC athlete in outdoor competition and won two conference titles, including a victory in the 3K steeplechase by a margin of 10 seconds. She contributed 28 points to a Shippensburg squad that recorded a meet-record 212.5 points and was an integral factor in the program becoming the first in the history of the PSAC to achieve a Triple Crown by winning the cross country, indoor track and field and outdoor track and field championships in the same calendar year since the PSAC began sponsoring an indoor championship in 2002.
Dell completed her collegiate track and field career as a three-time outdoor All-American and a three-time indoor All-American. Dell was been an All-American in three different events on the outdoor national stage (4x400-meter relay, 1,500 meters, 3K steeplechase). She is a received All-PSAC designation 24 times and won seven PSAC individual championships in her career.
Notes: Dell, who is in contention for a spot as a National Academic All-American for the second consecutive year, is just the fifth student-athlete in school history to earn a NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship…
Neely Spence, the 2010 Division II 5K national champion, 2010 PSAC Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year, 2010 PSAC Female Sportsmanship Award winner and 2010 CoSIDA Academic All District First Team selection, was also nominated but not selected as one of the five award winners…Spence boasts a 3.80 grade-point average through four semesters as a human communications studies major and a coaching minor.
The Dell File
Major: Biology/Secondary Ed. Cert.
Cumulative GPA: 3.979
Position: Mid-Distance/Distance
Hometown/High School: Boiling Springs, Pa./Boiling Springs
Team Record: 1st/PSACs; 9th/NCAAs
Important Statistics from Current Season:
2010 DII Outdoor All-American in 3K Steeplechase (2nd; 10:20.37)
2010 PSAC Outdoor Champion in 1500 (4:33.65)
2010 PSAC Outdoor Champion in 3K Steeplechase (10:52.90)
2010 All-PSAC in 800 (3rd, 2:13.62)
Set PSAC record in 3K Steeplechase (10:20.37)
Outstanding Academic and Athletic Accomplishments and/or career highlights:
2009-10 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Recipient
2009-10 CoSIDA Regional First Team Academic All-American (XC/Track)*
2009-10 PSAC Spring Top Ten Award Winner
2009-10 PSAC Fall Top Ten Award Winner
2008-09 CoSIDA National First Team Academic All-American (XC/Track)
2008-09 Shippensburg University Student-Athlete of the Year
2008-09 PSAC Winter Top Ten Award Winner
2008-09 PSAC Spring Top Ten Award Winner
2009 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team Member
2008 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team Member
2010 DII Indoor All-American in DMR (2nd; 11:31.29)
2010 DII Outdoor All-American in 3K Steeple (2nd; 10:20.37)
2009 DII Indoor National Champion in DMR (1st; 11:24.54)
2009 DII Outdoor All-American in 1,500 (6th; 4:33.38)
2008 DII Indoor All-American in DMR (7th; 12:01.38)
2008 DII Outdoor All-American in 4x400M relay (8th; 3:45.89)
2010 - Set All-Time PSAC Indoor Track Record in 4x800M relay (9:04.77)
2010 - Set All-Time PSAC Indoor Track Record in DMR (11:24.54)
2010 - Set All-Time PSAC Outdoor Track Record in 4x800M relay (9:02.85)
* National ballot has not yet been released.
National Competition
10-Time Division II Automatic Qualifier
6-Time Division II All-American
6-Time Division II Provisional Qualifier
1-Time Division II National Champion
2010 Division II Indoor All-American (DMR)
2010 Division II Indoor Automatic Qualifier (Mile)
2010 Division II Indoor Provisional Qualifier (800)
2010 Division II Indoor Provisional Qualifier (5K)
2010 Division II Outdoor All-American (3K Steeple)
2010 Division II Outdoor Automatic Qualifier (1500)
2010 Division II Outdoor Provisional Qualifier (800)
2009 Division II Indoor National Champion (DMR)
2009 Division II Indoor Automatic Qualifier (800)
2009 Division II Indoor Automatic Qualifier (Mile)
2009 Division II Indoor Provisional Qualifier (4x400M relay)
2009 Division II Outdoor All-American (1,500)
2009 Division II Outdoor Provisional Qualifier (800)
2008 Division II Indoor All-American (DMR)
2008 Division II Outdoor All-American (4x400M relay)
2008 Division II Outdoor National Qualifier (800)
2007 Division II Indoor Provisional Qualifier (400)
PSAC Competition
2008 PSAC Indoor Championships Meet MVP
2007-08 PSAC Women's Track and Field Rookie of the Year
29-Time PSAC Place Winner
24-Time All-PSAC Award Winner
7-Time PSAC Champion
2007 Indoor - 55 (8th), 200 (5th), 400 (2nd), 4x400 (4th)
2007 Outdoor - 400 (5th), 4x100 (3rd), 4x400 (3rd)
2008 Indoor -1600 (2nd), 800 (3rd), 4x400 (1st), 4x800 (1st), DMR (2nd)
2008 Outdoor - 800 (2nd), 1500 (2nd), 4x100 (4th), 4x400 (2nd)
2009 Indoor – 800 (1st), DMR (1st), Mile (3rd)
2009 Outdoor – 800 (2nd), 1500 (3rd), 3K (3rd)
2010 Indoor – 800 (2nd), Mile (2nd), 3K (2nd), DMR (1st)
2010 Outdoor – 800 (3rd), 1500 (1st), Steeple (1st)
Indoor School Records
800: 2:12.84
4x4R: 3:52.77
4x8R: 9:04.77 (PSAC record)
DMR: 11:24.54 (PSAC record, NCAA meet record)
Outdoor School Records
3KS: 10:20.37
4x4R: 3:45.89
4x8R: 9:02.85 (PSAC record)
Shippensburg's All-Time PSAC Top 10 Award Winners
Spring 2009-10
Mary Dell (women's outdoor track and field)
Winter 2009-10
Lauren Beckley (women's basketball)
Neely Spence (women's indoor track and field)
Shane Wolter (men's swimming)
Fall 2009-10
Mary Dell (women's cross country)
Spring 2008-09
Mary Dell (women's outdoor track and field)
Winter 2008-09
Lauren Beckley (women's basketball)
Mary Dell (women's indoor track and field)
Spring 2007-08
Justin Garber (baseball)
Winter 2007-08
Lauren Beckley (women's basketball)
Spring 2005-06
Heather Chantiles (softball)
Winter 2005-06
Corey Jacoby (wrestling)
Spring 2004-05
Frank D'Agostino (baseball)
Jaime Dacey (softball)
Winter 2004-05
Corey Jacoby (wrestling)
Fall 2004-05
John Kuhn (football)
Spring 2003-04
Page Heath (women's lacrosse)
Jared Krebs (baseball)
Kelly Stewart (women's outdoor track and field)
Winter 2003-04
Nebojsa Bogdanovic (men's basketball)
Kelly Stewart (women's indoor track and field)
Fall 2003-04
John Kuhn (football)
Kelly Stewart (women's cross country)
Spring 2002-03
Page Heath (women's lacrosse)
Winter 2002-03
Beth Klemick (women's swimming)
Winter 2001-02
Beth Klemick (women's swimming)
Mike Robinson (men's swimming)
Spring 2000-01
Greg Ryan (men's outdoor track and field)
Winter 2000-01
Christa Cline (women's basketball)
Janette Pieczynski (women's basketball)
Spring 1999-00
Jamie Eichelberger (baseball)
Winter 1999-00
Christa Cline (women's basketball)
Brett Owen (wrestling)
Winter 1998-99
Ashley Totedo (women's basketball)
Spring 1997-98
Danielle Argento (women's lacrosse)
Winter 1997-98
Ashley Totedo (women's basketball)
Fall 1997-98
Mike Iaquinta (football)
