Sour note for Delilah

EUGENE, Ore. -- Delilah DiCrescenzo finished dead last in the 14-woman final of the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Olympic trials tonight.

Then the young woman from Chicago with the Warhollian fame -- an appearance at the 2008 Grammys when the song she inspired was nominated -- refused a New York Times' reporter's request for a brief interview after the race.

Her time, 10 minutes, 4.70 seconds, was 23 seconds off the personal best she ran earlier this season and 34 seconds from what Jennifer Barringer ran to earn the third spot on the 2008 Olympic team.

So you likely won't hear The Plain White T's "Hey There Delilah'' on NBC's Olympic telecasts.

Who knows whether this was the last anyone hears of her as a runner?

-- Philip Hersh

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