University of Delaware Athletics
Gibney Inducted Into Delaware Track & Field Hall of Fame
10/22/2020 9:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country, Track & Field
WILMINGTON, Del. – One of the all-time greats in the history of the University of Delaware track & field program earned another honor for her mantle.
Dr. Sandy Gibney (1980-82) was inducted as part of the 27th class in the history of the Delaware Track & Field Hall of Fame. In 2017, Gibney was a part of the UD Athletics Hall of Fame.
An eight-time letterwinner, Gibney was a member of the U.S. National Field Hockey team and played one season at the University of Delaware for Hall of Fame head coach Mary Ann Hitchens, leading the squad to a 10-4-2 mark in 1979.
She then made the full-time switch to running and never looked back, becoming one of the all-time great distance runners in school history. She competed twice at the national cross country championships, earning All-American honors with a 16th place finish in 1981.
A native of Wilmington, Del., she also excelled for the outdoor track & field squad for three seasons, competing in the 5,000 meters at the 1980 national championships. Gibney set nine outdoor records during her career, including UD standards in the 800m, 3,000m, 5,000m, two-mile, and three-mile events.
A 1983 (physical education and health sciences) and 1986 graduate (master's in physiology) of UD, Sandy earned her medical degree in 1994 from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia.
Dr. Sandy Gibney (1980-82) was inducted as part of the 27th class in the history of the Delaware Track & Field Hall of Fame. In 2017, Gibney was a part of the UD Athletics Hall of Fame.
An eight-time letterwinner, Gibney was a member of the U.S. National Field Hockey team and played one season at the University of Delaware for Hall of Fame head coach Mary Ann Hitchens, leading the squad to a 10-4-2 mark in 1979.
She then made the full-time switch to running and never looked back, becoming one of the all-time great distance runners in school history. She competed twice at the national cross country championships, earning All-American honors with a 16th place finish in 1981.
A native of Wilmington, Del., she also excelled for the outdoor track & field squad for three seasons, competing in the 5,000 meters at the 1980 national championships. Gibney set nine outdoor records during her career, including UD standards in the 800m, 3,000m, 5,000m, two-mile, and three-mile events.
A 1983 (physical education and health sciences) and 1986 graduate (master's in physiology) of UD, Sandy earned her medical degree in 1994 from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia.
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