- 18 years after the release of Hey There Delilah, Delilah Dicrescenzo lives a private life and is now married – but not to Tom Higgenson
- The song which she was its subject is one of Plain White T’s most successful songs; it won them 2 Grammy nominations
- The 41–year-old also has another job apart from being an athlete; instead, this job is in the aviation sector
Delilah Dicrescenzo, 41, is an American distance runner and a woman whose name became the center of Plain White T’s song, Hey There Delilah. She is currently working in the Customer Marketing department of an aviation and aerospace component manufacturing company. She also lives in New York City Metropolitan Area and is married to a former running coach.
Delilah gained notoriety from her career when she competed at the 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Americas Cross Country Championships, and 2011 IAAF World Track and Field Championships. Here’s all about her current life and other facts.
Truth About Delilah DiCrescenzo’s Whereabout
The 2017 Southwest Half Marathon winner is currently living in New York and taking a normal job as a customer marketer. She works at Pratt & Whitney, a company that focuses on aviation and aerospace component manufacturing.
She started the job in 2017 and prior to that, she worked for about 2 years and 6 months with PepsiCo as a Gatorade Athletic Channel- Market Development Associate.
From 2008 to 2014, she worked closely with sporting goods manufacturing company, Puma Group.
Despite all of the careers that she may have juggled, Delilah became famous for her career as a runner. She turned pro in 2003 and was involved in track and long-distance running. She ran 1500, 3000, and 5000 meters as well as marathon.
As a runner, one of her greatest records was at the 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. She finished 33rd and this led to her breaking a record as the second-best performance by a North American athlete after Julie Culley.
Moreso, she led the United States to gold at the Americas Cross Country Championships. Little wonder the Columbia Univerity Athletics website describes her as a woman who “knows something about building a dynasty. She’s been there”.
In any case, here are other important milestones in her career include:
- Finishing third at the US Championships at the 2011 IAAF World Track and Championships in the 3000m steeplechase
- She finished 6th at the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championship at the USA Cross Country Championships
- Delilah won the women’s division of the Southwest Half Marathon in 2017
Is Delilah DiCrescenzo Married?
There are suggestions that Delilah is married to Will Boylan-Pett. Based on a marriage website, they married on August 11, 2018.
Will is a legal practitioner who works as a director, digital, and transformation officer at the same company that Delilah works at – Pratt & Whitney.
With the same organization, Will had earlier worked as a general manager of aftermarket contracts, senior contracts manager, and international trade compliance manager.
While it’s difficult to ascertain how Delilah met her husband, it may be through her career as a runner. This assertion is based on the fact that Will worked as an assistant track and field coach at Columbia University – the same school that Delilah graduated from.
In fact, he also obtained a bachelor’s degree in Political science from the same school in 2005.
Did She Ever Date Tom Higgenson?
Due to Hey There Delilah, many believed that the runner may at a point be romantically involved with Tom Higgenson. However, the celebrities never dated even though Higgenson wanted a romantic life with her.
The truth is that Delilah had a boyfriend at the time she met Tom who believed that she was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. According to her, they met through a mutual friend in 2002 and he told her about writing a song for her.
Of course, it was difficult to believe him at the time. The song had to wait another 4 years to be released.
In another light, if you wonder if there ever would be a chance between Delilah and Tom, our answer may be a little away from the affirmative. The reason is that Delilah is married while Tom started dating Angie Chavez after the hit song about Delilah.
In fact, Angie and Tom had a son, Lennon Higgenson in November 2009.
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How Delilah DiCrescenzo Became Notable in the Music Industry
The song Hey There Delilah by the American rock band, Plain White T’s was released in 2006 and Delilah DiCrescenzo is its subject.
The song, written by Tom Higgenson after he met Delililah became a highly acclaimed one and it added to her fame. It reached number 2 in the UK and also became the 14th biggest-selling single in the UK in 2007.
In 2008, it was nominated twice at the Grammys for Song of the Year and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. It won several awards such as Teen Choice Awards for Choice Summer Song in 2007.
Furthermore, the song has been certified the following:
- 4x Platinum in the US
- 3x Platinum in Canada
- 2x Platinum in the UK
- Platinum in Italy, Germany, Australia, and Denmark
- Gold in New Zealand
What to Know About Delilah Before Her Fame
Of course, her career and Hey There Delilah brought a lot of fame to her, she definitely had a life before then. She was born Delilah Dicrescenzo on February 9, 1983, in Chicago, Illinois, US.
The 5 feet 6 inches tall runner attended Queen of Peace High School in Burbank, Illinois where she graduated in 2001. She also went to Columbia University where she obtained bachelor’s and master’s degrees in sociology and sports management respectively.
There seems to be more about her but for now, she is one of those famous people who started with only little but grew up to have well-deserved fame. Some of the famous people in this category are Johnny Depp, Dolly Parton, and Winter Everett.
