PEORIA, Ill. -- Senior Emily Delvo (Springfield, Ill./Sacred Heart Griffin) will run in the 1,500 meters at the 2016 NCAA West Preliminaries in Lawrence, Kan., joining twin sisters Caitlin Busch (Waterloo, Ill./Freeburg) and Kristen Busch (Waterloo, Ill./Freeburg), who will run in both the 5,000 and 10,000 meters, announced Thursday afternoon.
Delvo will run at the NCAA West Prelims for the second consecutive year after competing in the 5,000 meters last spring in Austin, Texas. The 2016 Missouri Valley Conference 1,500 meter champion, Delvo is the seventh two-time 1,500 meter champ in MVC history, also winning the event in 2014.