March 25, 2010

Bronx, N.Y. - Fordham University graduate student Brigid Moriarty (Manchester Center, Vt./Burr and Burton Seminary), junior Kerri Gallagher (Belle Harbor, N.Y./Bishop Kearney) and sophomore Nick Delligatti (Hicksville, N.Y./Hicksville) were recognized for their athletic and academic accomplishments by being named to the 2010 Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference Team for indoor track and field in a vote by the conference's Sports Information Directors.

To be nominated for Academic All-Conference honors, a player must be a starter or important reserve and have a cumulative 3.0 gpa or better (on a 4.0 scale) for his/her entire academic career.

Moriarty, who graduated with a degree in English last May and is currently working on a master's degree in English, placed fifth in the 5000m at the 2010 Atlantic 10 Indoor Championships in an ECAC qualifying time of 17:24.94 while also taking tenth in the 3000m at A-10s (10:06.18). She recorded Fordham's fastest 3000m and 5000m times in 2009-10 and was a member of the distance medley relay which won the 2010 Metropolitan Indoor championship.

Last fall, Moriarty was named Academic All-Atlantic 10 for cross country after placing sixth at the 2009 Atlantic 10 Cross Country championships to earn All-Conference honors, only the second Fordham female cross country runner ever to do so.

Gallagher, an English major, wrapped up her indoor season with a second place finish in the 1000 meters at the 2010 ECAC Indoor Championships on March 7th. She was edged out at the finish line by Connecticut's Leah Andrianos, who won the race in a time of 2:47.41, 0.45 seconds ahead of Gallagher. Gallagher's time of 2:47.86, a season-best for the Rams, was the second fastest women's indoor 1000m time in Fordham University history, trailing only Lauren Gubicza's school record time of 2:45.8 set in 1992.

Two weeks prior to the ECAC Championships, Gallagher won the 1000 meter title at the 2010 Atlantic 10 Championship held at the University of Rhode Island while placing second in the mile. She started her day by placing second in the mile in a time of 4:55.76 to earn Second Team All-Conference honors. Later in the day, she came back to take first in the 1000 meters, winning in a time of 2:55.25, almost two seconds ahead of La Salle's Kellilyn Fierras.

On the year, Gallagher recorded Fordham's fastest 800 meter time, clocking a school-record 2:08.56 on February 12th at the Valentine Invitational in Boston. She also has the school's fastest 1000 meter (her time at the ECAC Championship) and mile times (4:55.76).

Delligatti, a Finance major, was a member of the 4x400 relay that placed second at the 2010 Atlantic 10 Indoor Championships, earning Second Team All-Conference honors. He had Fordham's second fastest 200m time (23.36) in 2009-10 and was a member of 4x400 relay that took third at Metropolitan Championships and qualified for the IC4A Championships where they placed 16th in a season-best time of 3:16.59.