Birmingham, AL - The Delhi women's indoor track and field team made history this weekend, sending their first ever representatives to the NCAA Championships for the winter season.  The Broncos not only sent two women to the meet, but both came home with All-American Honors.

Sophomore Shaesha Johnson entered the meet ranked number 11 in the nation.  On Friday, she placed third in her preliminary heat with a time of 7.57 seconds and earned the eighth spot in the final.  On Saturday, she gathered in the blocks for the final and got away to an incredible start only to have the race recalled by the officials to issue a warning to another runner that was not completely still for the start.  As they entered the blocks again, Johnson refocussed and ran to a fifth place finish, earning first team All-American recognition.

Sophomore teammate Amanda Intrieri also ran her preliminary heat on Friday.  She ran like a seasoned veteran and won the prelim heat to earn one of the automatic advancement spots into Saturday's final and again lowering her program record to 2:10.60.  In the final, Intrieri got stuck behind a crowd and made multiple attempts to swing wide and pas sonly to have another athlete also swing wide and block her move.  She stayed connected to the group and continued to bide her time before finally getting free and passing two women on the final stretch to place sixth overall and earn first team All-American recognition as well.

With the women earning their spots in the NCAA Indoor championships, the women's indoor program became the tenth one to earn births in the NCAA Championships or tournaments since making the move to NCAA III. This brings the winter season to a close for the Broncos who will now look forward to the spring track season kicking off in just a few weeks.