Category: Awards

Preparing for College…

Posted on by David
MyMedals

Hi everyone, here is a picture of my Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals from the last few seasons. Including 5 national titles: New Balance Freshman High Jump, Colgate Women’s Games, two AAU 14U Nationals, and the Hershey Youth Nationals all in high jump.

I set three school records at Newark Academy; I’m a 3-season letter winner; a USATF-NY Athlete of the year, and I was also an All-American twice! I have the unique distinction of also being the #1 High jumper in two USATF Regions (1&2) in the same year as my club team switched regions.

I want to thank my family, friends, and coaches for all the support as I look to continue my track career in college.

In college I plan on pursuing one of my passions academically, either in psychology, neuroscience, criminal psychology, zoology, or veterinarian medicine/medicine. Athletically I’ll to continue with track & field in High Jump, Multis, and sprinting. I also like many other sports so I’ll probably try others as well.

The Big Stage

I’m used to competing in front of big crowds indoors, outdoors, and at national meets for the Jr Olympics (AAU & USATF), New Balance, and the Penn Relays.

I travel all over the country for competitions.
AAU, 14U Nationals, Eastern Michigan University, Ysplanti, MI
Ocean Breeze, Staten Island, NY
I’m typically the smallest but in the 2018 season I jumped against 106 girls at 2 JO’s and beat all but 2 of them. NC A&T, Greensboro, NC,
The infamous “Bubble” in Toms River, NJ
As a top competitor I’m often the center of attention.
Icahn Stadium, Randall’s Island, NY City.
I’ve been interviewed several times after competition, so I’m comfortable in the spotlight.

First Team & All-State Honors…Unbeatable in her class

Posted on by David

Selah was honored with membership to the NJ.com First Team and the MileSplit.com All-State team for high jump as a freshman. She has won her Division and Group championships where she tied the meet record. She was second at states, only beaten by a senior. She also garnered 2nd Team honors for Essex county (which includes some state powerhouse schools) and also only beaten by a senior.

During her first indoor season she astounded the officials as they had never seen her before. In middle school she attended a small school that didn’t have a track team so she only competed on the club level. That gave her the competion she needed but the local state track officials subsequently never saw her jump until her first indoor meet which was a group championship…and she won by 5 inches!

her very first high school HJ competion

News Alert: Selah Dungey Breaks 17 year old school record as a freshman

Posted on by David

Selah broke her third school record, this one for outdoor high jump with a jump of 5’3”. The old record stood for 17 years. She also has the indoor HJ record, and the 200m record as well. Interestingly she practiced throwing the javelin and if it was in a NJSIAA-sanctioned meet she would have broken NA’s record for that too! Next year 😉.

She broke the school record for HJ at home.

Colgate Women’s Games High Jump Champion

Posted on by David

Selah won her third national title in high jump. This time it was a national meet for women in the famed New York Armory. It was a tight competion in that she came in to the finals at the #3 contented after 5 preliminary meets in the series. In each prior meet you are awarded points based on where you finished, 13 points for 1st, 11pts for second and so forth. The only way she could garner enough points win it all was to win the finals meet. Anything less than first place would leave her in 3rd place over all. So she tell mom “i guess ill have to come in first.” And with ice water in her veins, that’s exactly what she did!

The very best!