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2018 Women's Track & Field Roster

Ireland Gibson

  • Position Middle Distance
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Major Media, Culture, and Communications (Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development)
  • Hometown Wilmington, DE
  • High School Tower Hill School

Biography

2016-17: Competed exclusively during the outdoor track season due to injury…recorded a season-best 800m (2:20.73) at the UAA Outdoor Championships (4/22-23)…made 2017 debut at the TCNJ Invitational (4/8), finishing seventh in the 800m (2:24.51)…IAAC Fall Honor Roll…Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports-Scholar Award.

2015-16: Earned All-America honors as a member of NYU’s fifth-place 4x400m relay (3:46.15) at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (5/26-28)…member of NYU’s third-place 4x400m relay (3:50.98) at the UAA Outdoor Championships (4/23-24)…ran on the Violets’ first-place 4x400m relay (3:58.34) at the Tom Farrell Track & Field Classic (5/7)…USTFCCCA All-Atlantic Region 4x400m Relay…UAA Fall Sport All-Academic.
                                 
2014-15: Set the team record with her ninth-place finish in the 800m (2:12.25) at the Swarthmore Invitational (5/11)… member of the Violets’ second-place 4x800m relay (NYU record, 9:12.69) and third-place 4x400m relay (3:55.14) at the UAA Outdoor Championships (4/25-26)…made her collegiate debut with a 27th-place finish in the 4x400m relay (4:14.75) and posted a personal best in the 500m (32nd place, 1:19.04) at the NYC Gotham Cup (1/16)…recorded an indoor best in the 800m (eighth place, 2:17.75) at the ECAC Championships (3/6-7)…member of the Violets’ 4x400m championship team (4:05.03) at the Rider Invitational (4/11)…ECAC Metro Rookie of the Week (3/25)…Intercollegiate Athletics Advisory Committee Fall Honor Roll.

High School: Five-year track & field and one-year cross country team member…track & field team captain as a junior and senior…named team MVP and Athlete of the Year…Delaware State Champion in the 800m as a senior…Sportsmanship Award recipient as a senior…received First Team All-State honors…volunteered with Starfish Volunteers based in Bangkok, Thailand…also a three-year field hockey team member.

Personal: Minoring in business of entertainment, media and technology…enjoys painting, music and exploring art galleries…plans to travel after graduation.

Historical Player Information

  • 2015Freshman

    Middle Distance
    5'7"
  • 2016Sophomore

    Middle Distance
    5'7"
  • 2017Junior

    Middle Distance
    5'7"
  • 2018Senior

    Middle Distance
    5'7"