EUGENE, Ore. -- Yale women's cross country and track and field alum Kayley DeLay '21 MPH '23 finished 11th in the 5000m run at the USATF Outdoor Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., Sunday. Her time of 15:27.67 placed her just over half a second away from a top 10 finish. Olympian Shelby Houlihan won with a time of 15:13.61. That was Houlihan's 13th U.S. championship overall and fourth in the 5K.
 
DeLay set the Yale record in the 5000m, 15:39.11, in 2022. This year her season-best 5000m time of 15:07.77 came July 12 at the Sunset Tour at Jack Kemp Stadium in Los Angeles. 
 
DeLay also qualified for the Championships with her season-best 3000m steeplechase time of 9:29.07, but she scratched in that event to focus on the 5K. 
 
DeLay has an extensive history competing at the USATF Outdoor Championships/U.S. Olympic Team Trials, though not in the 5K. She competed in the 3000m steeplechase at last year's Olympic Team Trials, finishing 12th with a time of 9:29.07. At the 2023 Championships she placed 12th in the steeplechase with a time of 9:43.06 and in 2022 she placed 10th in the SC with a time of 9:46.91. She competed at the Olympic Team Trials in 2021, finishing 23rd in the steeplechase with a time of 9:58.87.
 
This past February, DeLay competed at the USA Indoor Championships. She placed ninth in the 3000m short track with a time of 8:55.87.
 
A native of Jacksonville, Fla., DeLay is a graduate of Fletcher High School.