Nicole Tully

Nicole Tully

Personal information
Birth name	Nicole Schappert
Born	(1986-10-30) October 30, 1986 Del Ray Beach, Florida, U.S.
Residence	Manhattan, New York, U.S. Piscataway, New Jersey, U.S.
Height	5 ft 1.5 in (1.562 m)
Weight	100 lb (45 kg)
Sport
Country	United States
Event(s)	1500 m, 3000 m, 5000 m
College team	Villanova Wildcats
Turned pro	2010
Coached by	Francis Gagliano
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	1500 m: 4:05.89 Indoor Mile: 4:30.65 3000 m: 8:55.48 5000 m: 15:05.58
Medal record Women's athletics Representing the United States World Championships {{2015 Beijing|5000 m}}

Nicole Tully (née Schappert; born October 30, 1986) is an American middle- and long-distance runner. She holds best of 4:05.89 minutes for the 1500 meters and 15:05.58 minutes for the 5000 meters. She was the American national champion over the latter distance in 2015.

She ran middle-distance for Villanova University and was an NCAA All-American in 2011. She represented the United States at the Universiade in 2013.

Career

Early life and college running

Born to Ken Schappert and Jane Ackerman, Tully grew up in a sporting family. Her father has competed nationally in middle-distance running and for Villanova University, while was an NCAA finalist for the school in swimming. Tully grew up in Delray Beach, Florida and won state titles in running while attending Pope John Paul II High School briefly attended Wake Forest University but, dissatisfied with her running development, transferred to her parent's alma mater. She began a business and marketing major at Villanova and met her future husband, Sean Tully, on the Villanova Wildcats track team.

Running for the Villanova Wildcats under coach Gina Procaccio, in her freshman year Tully placed sixth in the 1500 meters at the Atlantic Coast Conference championships. She was in the top thirty at the 2009 NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship and was fifth in the Big East Conference championships over 1500 m. She enjoyed her most successful collegiate season during her last year at Villanova in 2011. She was twice runner-up in Big East competition (1000 m indoors, 1500 m outdoors) and came sixth at the NCAA Women's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships over 3000 meters.

After graduation Tully began studying for a masters in communication at Rutgers University and also continued running. In 2011 she improved her 1500 m best to 4:10.02 minutes and had her first national placing at the United States 5K Championships, coming seventh. A new best in the mile run came in 2012 and her time of 4:30.65 to win at the Morton Games ranked her in the top ten globally. She ranked tenth nationally in the 1500 m at both the USA Indoor Track and Field Championships and the United States Olympic Trials. By the end of the season she had knocked three seconds off her best, recording 4:06.87 minutes in Italy.

Professional

Tully failed to make the national finals in 2013 but made her international debut at the Summer Universiade and made the 1500 m final, placing eighth. In her first appearance on the major international track circuit, she set a 3000 m best of 8:55.48 minutes to place tenth at the adidas Grand Prix in New York. Working with Frank Gagliano at NJNY Track Club, she began to run over longer distances in 2015, starting with a fourth-place finish over two miles at the 2015 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships. Nicole ran 4:11.65 in the 1500 m beating Marielle Hall in Princeton. She ran her first 5000 meters at the Payton Jordan Invitational in May and surprised by taking third in a time of 15:05.58 minutes – this met the qualifying standard for the national team and was over 25 seconds faster than she anticipated before the race. In her second outing over the distance she won the national title at the 2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, beating much favoured opposition. Tully ran 2016 Olympic standard in 1500 metres (4:05.89) in Heusden, Belgium 18 July 2015. Tully finished the 2015 year ranked 25th in the world in 5000 metres after finishing 14th in the 5000 m 2015 IAAF World Championships.

Personal records

Outdoor

• 800 meters – 2:02.86 min (2012)
• 1500 meters – 4:05.89 min (2015)
• Mile run – 4:30.65 min (2012)
• 3000 meters – 8:55.48 min (2014)
• 5000 meters – 15:05.58 min (2015)

Indoor

• 1500 meters – 4:12.33 min (2015)
• Mile run – 4:31.34 min (2015)
• 3000 meters – 9:00.84 min (2014)
• Two miles – 9:39.38 min (2015)

National titles

• USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
  • 5000 meters: 2015

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2013	Universiade	Kazan, Russia	8th	1500 m	4:15.02
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	13th	5000 m	15:27.42

External links

• Nicole Tully profile at IAAF