NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Senior captain Kayley DeLay (Jacksonville Beach, Fla.) of the Yale women's cross country team has been named Northeast Region Athlete of the Year. The USTFCCCA announced the award Tuesday.
 
DeLay finished 10th at the NCAA Championships this past Saturday in her home state of Florida, earning All-America honors in the process. She earned All-Region honors earlier this season, finishing second at the NCAA Regional at Franklin Park.
 
This fall DeLay also won the Ivy League championship (her second in a row), earning first team All-Ivy League recognition.
 
DeLay finished in the top 10 of every race she ran this year. She opened with a win at HYPs, her second straight time winning that race. She also won the XC23 Invitational at Virginia, helping the Bulldogs to a first-place finish at that event. Her win at the Ivy League Heps Championships with a time of 20:08.8 at West Windsor Fields was the second-fastest 6K Heps time in history for that course.
 
Per USTFCCCA records DeLay is the first Bulldog to win Northeast Region Athlete of the Year since Kate O'Neill '03, who earned the award in 2002.
 
Award winners were determined by a vote of USTFCCCA member coaches.