My name is Selah Dungey and welcome to my site. I am currently working towards attending college to pursue a major in Neuroscience, Psychology, or Zoology. I attend a challenging independent high school where I am an excellent student. I have several interests such as oil painting, reading, sports, architecture and interior design and I love to travel, but I am passionate about all things regarding animals and zoology.
I am a very competitive person and love to compete at the highest levels in anything I do. I have been competing in track since I was 7 years old and I have been to national championship meets every year since 2013. In some cases two or three in a season. I also play soccer and used to swim and do Ju Jitsu as well.
AWARDS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
▪ Member & Secretary, National Jr Honor Society 7th & 8th Grades, (St Peter Academy)
▪ Honors student 6-8th grade (St Peter Academy), K-5th grade (Hackensack Schools)
▪ Colgate Women’s Games Scholarship Competition: 1st Place 2018, 2nd Place 2019, 3rd place 2017, 4th place 2015, NYC
▪ A Better Chance Scholar 2018-19
▪ Gifted and Talented program (4th and 5th grades – Hackensack Schools)
▪ Envision STEM Leadership Program (2016)
▪ Montclair Gifted & Talented Summer Program (2015)
▪ Space Camp, Huntsville, AL (Summer 2017)
▪ Perfect Attendance 1-3rd Grades, Nellie K Parker School, Hackensack
ATHLETIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
5 National titles – New Balance, Colgate, USATF, and AAU(x2)
▪ 2021 5th season as Group Champion in High Jump (Outdoor ’19, ’21, Indoor ’19, ’20, ’21)
▪ 2021 Super Essex HJ Champion 9th, 10th, & 11th grade
▪ 2021 Broke the school record for HJ again
▪ 2021 Newark Academy Athlete of the Month-March
▪ 2019-21 6 season Newark Academy T&F letter winner
▪ 2019 Newark Academy Athlete of the Month
▪ 2019 New Balance Nationals Outdoor Freshman HJ Gold medalist
▪ 2019 Broke 3 school records (the HJ record stood for 17 years)
▪ 2019 NJ All-State Freshman Team
▪ 2019 2nd Team Essex County in HJ as a freshman
▪ 2018 USATF-NY Athlete of the year – Field Events
▪ Top 3 High Jumper in the country, 2018
▪ 2018 USATF All-American
▪ 2018 AAU All-American
▪ #1 High Jumper in NJ & NY for Regions 1 and 2 in both AAU and USATF in the same year due to the team switching Regions.
▪ 2018 1st place scholarship winner for Middle School High Jump in the 44th Colgate Women’s Games ▪ 2017 #1 Ranked Middle School High Jumper in the Nation (Indoor)
▪ 2017-18 USATF Region 1 Silver Medalist – High Jump
▪ 2017 Hershey National Indoor Championship – Silver Medalist in High Jump
▪ 2017 USATF Region 1 Gold Medalist – High Jump
▪ 2017 USATF New York Gold Medalist – High Jump
▪ 2017 AAU Region 1 Gold Medalist – High Jump
▪ 2017 AAU Region 1 Silver Medalist – Pentathlon
▪ 2017 ESPN AAU Club Championships – Silver Medalist – High Jump
▪ 2017 ESPN AAU Club Championships – Silver Medalist – Pentathlon
▪ 2016 Hershey National Outdoor Championship – Gold Medalist in High Jump
▪ And many other district and regional gold medals for HJ, Long Jump and Pentathlon over the years.
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
▪ Hackensack Youth Soccer Referee
▪ Feed the Hungry – Girls Scouts program
▪ Oradell Animal Hospital – shadowing doctors
▪ St Jude’s Children’s Hospital donations from Cougar Comic – President, St Peter’s
▪ Girl Scouts Breast cancer awareness – Tree beautification project – Hackensack, NJ
▪ Slam Dunk the Junk – City park clean up in Hackensack, NJ
▪ Jr Usher – New Hope Baptist Church, Hackensack, NJ
PERSONAL GOALS
▪ Make the US Olympic team
▪ Become a small animal Veterinarian or Zoologist
▪ Own a restaurant with my sister Sydney
