Liberty Athletics Hall of Fame
Delethea Quarles
- Induction:
- 2014
- Class:
- 1989
Women’s Track & Field, 1987-89
After transferring to Liberty following her freshman season, Delethea Quarles helped the Lady Flames start a dominant run in the Mason-Dixon Conference and jump-start the program’s success at the Division I level.
The native of Covington, Va., helped Liberty claim Mason-Dixon indoor and outdoor track championship titles during her junior and senior campaigns (1988 and 1989), thanks to her standout performances in the heptathlon. She also earned All-America honors in the discipline in 1987 and 1988, placing fifth in the heptathlon at the NCAA Division II national championship.
Quarles was the first student-athlete in program history (men’s or women’s) to score more than 200 points in a season and one of only 11 in program history to do so at any level of competition (227.5 points as a senior). The 1989 Penn Relays 100-meter hurdles champion held the program record in the event for more than 20 years before it was broken in 2010.
She served as an assistant coach on Liberty’s staff for eight years (1990-97) before joining the coaching staff at South Carolina, where she helped more than 20 student-athletes earn All-America honors.
After transferring to Liberty following her freshman season, Delethea Quarles helped the Lady Flames start a dominant run in the Mason-Dixon Conference and jump-start the program’s success at the Division I level.
The native of Covington, Va., helped Liberty claim Mason-Dixon indoor and outdoor track championship titles during her junior and senior campaigns (1988 and 1989), thanks to her standout performances in the heptathlon. She also earned All-America honors in the discipline in 1987 and 1988, placing fifth in the heptathlon at the NCAA Division II national championship.
Quarles was the first student-athlete in program history (men’s or women’s) to score more than 200 points in a season and one of only 11 in program history to do so at any level of competition (227.5 points as a senior). The 1989 Penn Relays 100-meter hurdles champion held the program record in the event for more than 20 years before it was broken in 2010.
She served as an assistant coach on Liberty’s staff for eight years (1990-97) before joining the coaching staff at South Carolina, where she helped more than 20 student-athletes earn All-America honors.
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