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2021-22 Track & Field

Heather Delaplaine

  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Gaithersburg, Md.
  • High School Damascus

Biography

Career: School record holder in indoor distance medley relay (12:48.47, 3/7/20)…

Outdoor 2022: C2C Champion in 800-meter run…Set personal record in mile (5:19.72), 3/5 at South Regional Final Qualifier…Won 1,500-meter run in personal-best 4:53.86 and finished third in 4x400-meter relay (4:25.54), 4/9 at New Captains Classic…Won 800-meter run (2:21.86) and 4x400-meter relay (4:29.81), 4/23 at Eastern Shore Challenge…Broke personal record to win gold in 800-meter run (2:19.86) and took fourth in 4x400-meter relay (4:26.66), 5/7 at C2C Outdoor Championships…

Indoor 2021-22: C2C Track Athlete of the Week, 12/6…Won mile run (5:30.28) and finished fourth in 4x400-meter relay (4:31.99), 12/5 at CNU Holiday Open…Won 800-meter run (2:29.91), 1/28 at Eastern Shore Invitational…Won bronze as part of distance medley relay team (13:30.24), 2/19 at C2C Indoor Championships…

Outdoor 2021: Won 1,500-meter run (5:16.97) and finished second in 5,000-meter run in personal-best 19:59.50, 3/6 at Lloyd Sigler Spring Meet…Took third in 1,500-meter run (4:58.84), 3/13 at Salisbury University Spring Meet…Set personal best in 800-meter run with second-place 2:22.56 and finished third in 4x400-meter relay (4:22.75), 3/27 at Blue & Silver Challenge…Finished second in 800-meter run (2:26.77) and 1,500-meter run (5:00.06), 4/3 at Betty S. Rogers Invitational…Won 1,500-meter run (personal-best 4:56.63) and 800-meter run (2:26.51), 4/10 at Eastern Shore Challenge…Finished third in 1,500-meter run (5:01.92) and 4x400-meter relay (4:18.37), 4/17 at New Captains Classic…Finished fifth in 1,500-meter run (4:59.88) and 4x400-meter relay (4:22.57), 5/1 at C2C Outdoor Championships…

Indoor 2019-20: CAC Champion in Distance Medley Relay…ECAC Champion in Distance Medley Relay…ECAC South Region Track Athlete of the Month, December…Won mile run (5:30.48) and finished third in distance medley relay (13:44.42), 12/7 at UMES Cappy Anderson Invite…Won 3,000-meter run in personal-best 10:52.05 and took second in 800-meter run (2:25.06), 2/1 at Eastern Shore Invitational…Part of conference title-winning distance medley relay team (12:55.63), 2/22 at CAC Indoor Championships…Finished fourth in mile run with personal-best 5:28.89, 2/22 at CAC Indoor Championships…Part of ECAC title-winning distance medley relay team (12:48.47) and finished second in 800-meter run (2:24.29), 3/7 at ECAC Division III Indoor Championships…

2018-19: Competed in cross country and track at Coastal Carolina University…

High School: Ran cross country and track at Damascus…Team captain…2017 state runner-up….2018 regional champions…Named to 4x800-meter All-Decade team…All-State selection…Member of National Honors Society, National Science Honors Society and Seal of Biliteracy…

Personal: Daughter of Lawrence and Martha Jane Delaplaine…Sister of Nathan and Luke Delaplaine…Favorite food is pasta with grilled chicken…Favorite athlete is her father Lawrence because of how he inspires her…Favorite song is “Life” by Jon Bellion…Favorite vacation spot is any beach…Enjoys hiking and playing Animal Crossing…Chose to transfer from CCU to SU in order to study both biology and environmental science…

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Sophomore

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  • 2020-21Sophomore

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  • 2021-22Senior

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