Colorado State University Athletics
Track & Field
- Title:
- Volunteer Assistant Coach - Sprints and Hurdles
DeLoach is one of the most decorated female track athletes in CSU history. In the 2012 Summer Olympic Games she earned Colorado State's third ever Olympic medal, taking bronze in the long jump in London.
DeLoach is the third female athlete in school history to earn multiple all-America honors in the same season. She earned the award in 2008 in both the outdoor long jump and 100 meters. In addition to these two, she earned the award in the 2007 indoor and outdoor long jump, bringing her career total to four all-America honors.
She also holds the top two long jumps in CSU history, as she broke her own school record with a jump of 21 feet, 3.75 inches in 2008. The Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., native joined the track coaching staff after an amazing athletic career. On top of her four All-America certificates, she is a two-time winner of the Virginia K. Frank Award as the most outstanding female athlete at CSU. She also won four Mountain West long jump titles and was named all-conference on four occasions.
In 2009, DeLoach qualified for the indoor and outdoor USA championships. DeLoach won the U.S. long jump championship in Feburary 2011, with a world-leading mark of 22 feet, 11.25 inches. A second place performance at the 2011 outdoor USA championships earned her a spot on the U.S. Track and Field team and the opportunity to compete at the world championships in Dageu, Korea in August 2011. She placed sixth with a mark of 21-6.26. DeLoach repeated as the U.S. Indoor long Jump Champion in 2012 and 2013. In 2013 she earned her first U.S. Outdoor Championship Long Jump title.
DeLoach graduated in 2008 with a double-degree in psychology and human development and family studies. In 2012, she graduated with a master's degree in occupational therapy at CSU. She continues to train while working as an occupational therapist and traveling around the country to speak. An Alaska native, she was recently named a 2016 inductee to the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame.
