bio updated Sept. 22, 2021
Honors & Awards:
Holds SDSU Top-10 marks in:
1-meter springboard: 298.58 (7th)
2020 CSCAA Scholar All-American (Honorable Mention)
2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Academic All-Mountain West Honors
2019 All-Mountain West honoree (platform diving)
SDSU Scholar-Athlete (Spring 2020)
2019-20: Qualified to compete on all three boards (1-meter, 3-meter, platform) at the NCAA Zone E Diving Championships (March 9-11), earning her top finish on the platform (23rd, 205.70) … Competed to compete on all three springboard events at the MW Championships (Feb. 19-22), finishing with her best placement in the 1-meter (17th, 246.15 points) … Earned two top-three performances throughout the season, placing third on the 1-meter in the Aztecs’ double-dual against Boise State and Pepperdine (263.20 points) and registering a bronze finish in the same event in SDSU’s season-finale against USD (280.65), the latter qualifying her to compete at the NCAA Zone E Diving Championship.
2018-19: Won Mountain West Diver of the Week on Oct. 9… Recorded the 10th-best platform score in school history on Jan. 19 (230.40)… Finished seventh on the platform board at the Mountain West Championships… Won both the 1-meter and 3-meter competitions at the Chick-fil-A Invite in Fresno… Qualified for the NCAA Zone E Championships… Finished fifth in the Northern Arizona Tri Meet on the platform board at 217.00.
2017-18: Recorded the fifth-best 1-meter score (298.58) and ninth-best 3-meter score (298.50) in school history on Jan. 19, 2018 against San Diego… Finished in ninth place in the 1-meter at the Mountain West Championships with a score of 251.85… Posted a second-place score of 278.70 in 1-meter and third-place score of 282.75 in a double dual meet against Air Force and Cal Poly… Posted a top-10 finish at the Trojan Diving Invitational in the 1-meter with a six-dive score of 437.30… Also finished eighth in platform competition with a score of 395.15 at the Trojan Diving Invitational.
2016-17: Personal season best mark of 260.20 on the 1-meter board came at the UCSD Invitational I on Jan. 2 ... Set her top season score of 265.90 on the 3-meter board the following day during the UCSD Invitational II ... Recorded one second-place and one third-place result in dual meet competition during the year ... Those results came in the dual meet vs. University of San Diego on Jan. 20 when she scored 219.87 on the 1-meter and 258.90 on the 3-meter board ... Member of the Mountain West All-Academic Team.
Collegiate Career-Bests
1-meter | 298.58 (vs. San Diego, Jan. 19, 2018) |
3-meter | 307.35 (vs. Air Force, Cal Poly, Dec.19, 2018) |
Platform | 230.40 (at Bruin Diving Invite, Jan. 18-20, 2019) |
HIGH SCHOOL
A four-year letterwinner as a diver and gymnast at McLean High School in McLean, Va. ... Coached there by Nina Avis ... Swimming and diving team captain as a junior and senior ... The Highlanders finished third in the league her first two seasons and second during her final two years ... Team was second in the region and third in the state during her senior year ... Team MVP as a sophomore .... Also received that honor as a senior when she was also a second-team all-conference honoree ... As a gymnast, helped McLean to district championships in 2013 and 2015, a regional title in 2015 and a state championship in 2015 ... Was named team MVP and first-team all-conference in 2016.
CLUB
Was a member of the Alexandria Dive Club in Alexandria, Va., for three years ... As a gymnast competed for the Arlington YMCA Angels Gymnastics Club in Arlington, Va.
PERSONAL
Delaney Ross Gallagher was born Jan. 27.1998, in Arlington, Va. ... Daughter of Cassie and Mike Gallagher ... Hobbies include traveling and photography ... Received a Northern Virginia Athletic Directors, Administrators, and Coaches Association (NVADACA) in 2016 ... Participated in Relay for Life in McLean County to help raise money for cancer research ... Was also recruited by Ohio, Florida Atlantic and UNC Wilmington ... Majoring in food and nutrition.