Hall of Fame induction: 2020

The Christiana High graduate was the state’s top sprinter and won the William A. Thomson Award as Delaware’s girls out-door track and field MVP in 2000 and 2001. Bailey was also state indoor track MVP both seasons. Outdoors, Bailey was three-time Division I state champion in the 100-meter dash and also won 200 and 400 titles. As a senior in 2001, she swept all three at the Meet of Champions. Bailey anchored Christiana’s 4 x 200 relay team that set a state record 1:40.44 at the 1999 Twilight Relays that wasn’t surpassed until 11 years later. Indoors, Bailey won state titles at 55 meters in 2000 and 2001, 200 meters in 2000 and 400 meters in 2001, She set state records at 55 meters (7.01) and 60 meters (7.50), the latter still standing. She ran on Seton Hall’s Big East indoor championship 4 x 400 relay team and placed fifth in the Big East 400 indoors.

Competed two seasons at Seton Hall…member of the 2002 BIG EAST Indoor Track and Field Champion 4×400-meter relay…placed fifth in the 400-meters at the 2002 BIG EAST Championships. She was also a member of the 2002 NCAA Division I All- American 4×400 meter relay placing 4th at the NCAA Division I National Championships.

Competed for the University of Miami in 2006, Ran the second leg of the Distance Medley Relay that established a UM record (11:46.22) during the indoor season…member of the 4×400-meter relay that won the Florida Intercollegiate title…ran opening leg of the 4×400-meter relay that won the Pepsi Invitational title.

Hall of Fame induction: 2020

Brady was a hurdler and jumper who was Thomson Award winner as the state’s outdoor track and field MVP as a sopho-more in 2007 and sparked Wilmington Charter to its first and only state outdoor team title in 2009. That year, she was Divi-sion I and Meet of Champions winner in the 100 hurdles, long jump and triple jump. Brady was four-time Meet of Champi-ons victor in the long jump, prevailed three times in the 100 hurdles and once in the 300 hurdles and triple jump along with taking seven Division I titles in her four events. Indoors, she was three-time state champ in the 55-meter hurdles and long jump, won the 55-meter dash once and took the 200 twice. Brady was state indoor MVP as a sophomore and junior. At Boston University, Brady won America East titles and finished first in the college long jump at the Penn Relays.

Hall of Fame induction: 2020

Dan Foran first laced up his track spikes in the Spring of 1982 as a Sophomore at Mt. Pleasant High School. He wasted no time in establishing himself as a top runner in Delaware winning his first of THREE State Titles at 3200 meters.

In the Fall of 1982, Dan broke into the DE cross country scene as he battled Hall of Famer, Eric Hamilton, throughout the season. He earned All-Conference and All County honors. Unfortunately, a hip injury sustained in the Blue Hen Conference Championship kept him from competing at States that year. Dan managed to finish 2nd in the Blue Hen Championships despite his season ending injury.

In the Spring of 1983, Dan won his second State Title in the 3200 meters clocking a 9:21.4. That time was a pending state record. A week later at the Meet of Champions, Eric Hamilton eclipsed that time by .1 in a race in which he credited Dan for pushing him to break the record. Dan finished second in 9:24.2.

Dan’s Senior year in cross country (1983), he was undefeated in Delaware competition. He finished 2nd at the Golden Apple Invitational at Van Cortlandt’s 5000 meters course clocking a 16:07.

Dan established two course records that season clocking a 16:14.5 en route to winning the first New Castle County Championships at Carpenter State Park. A week later, he broke the course record at Brandywine Creek State Park clocking a 16:14 at the Blue Hen Conference Championships. He also lowered his Bellevue time to 15:46 that season.
Dan was the Division 2 State Champion and winner of the W. Frank Newlin Award for clocking the fastest time at the State Meet: 16:07 at Killens Pond State Park.

Years later, Dan was one of 7 runners named to the N5CTA All Decade XC Team for the 1980’s.

In the Spring of 1984, Dan was undefeated at 3200 meters. He finished 5th at Penn Relays in the 3000 meters clocking a 8:39.6 (which is still ranked 8th on the DE All Time List) He was County Champion and won his third State Title at 3200 meters.

Hall of Fame induction: 2020

After starring in field hockey at Concord High and the University of Delaware, Gibney took up distance running and be-came an All-American. She placed 16th at the AIAW Division II Cross Country Championships in 1981 after a third at the EAIAW meet. Her 16:53 in the 5,000 was the school outdoor track mark until 2014. Gibney set nine UD outdoor records from 800 meters to three miles.

Hall of Fame induction: 2020

Hamilton was Division I state cross-country champion as a Dickinson senior in 1982, when he also repeated as Blue Hen Conference champion. He was equally adept on the track, winning the Division I 3,200-meter title as a senior, then setting a state record 9:21.3 in the Meet of Champions. He also won the 3,000 at the Greater Philadelphia Coaches meet in 1983 at Penn, clocking a state record 8:39.2 that lasted until 2012. He was also two-time New Castle County champion in the 3,200 and won the 1,600 as a senior. Hamilton ran collegiately at Georgia Tech.