Hall of Fame
AMANDA (SEIGWORTH) QUIGLEY
- Sport: Track & Field (hurdles/sprints)
- Graduation Year: 2011
- Highlights: 12-time PSAC champion in 400-meter hurdles and relay events … two-time All-American … SRU record holder in three different events … three-time national qualifier in 400-meter hurdles.
Amanda Quigley is the best women's intermediate hurdler in Slippery Rock history and earned her place in the Hall of Fame for her efforts in the 400-meter hurdles and as a member of the two fastest 4x400-meter relays in SRU history.
Quigley, whose maiden name is Seigworth, was part of a 1-2 punch with teammate and close friend Allison Smith that gave SRU one of the best intermediate hurdle rosters in the country during a four-year stretch between 2007 and 2011. That daily competition of having two of the best hurdlers in the nation pushed Quigley to the fastest 400-meter hurdle time in SRU history when she clocked a time of 59.23 seconds on two different occasions in 2010 and again in 2011. Her record still stands as the best time in program history more than a decade later.
In addition to her excellence in the 400-meter hurdles, Quigley also teamed with Smith, Tiffany Tedesco and Lacey Cochran to run the fastest 4x400-meter relays in Slippery Rock history. That group shattered the outdoor school record on the way to earning All-America honors at the National Championships in 2009 when they ran 3:44.83, a mark that hasn't come close to being threatened at SRU since. The same foursome also ran 3:51.53 during the indoor season in 2009 to set the SRU indoor record as well.
Quigley picked up her second All-America award the following year when she placed sixth in the 400-meter hurdles at the National Championships in 2010, breaking her own school record with a time of 59.23 seconds in the finals. She also qualified in the 100-meter hurdles and placed 19th at that same national meet.
She qualified for the national meet in both the 100-meter and 400-meter hurdles again in 2011 and posted the fourth-best time in the country in the 400-meter hurdles 2011, but came up just short of an All-America finish with top-15 placings in both events at nationals that spring.
Over her four-year career, Quigley would win an incredible total of 12 PSAC championships in individual and relay events. She helped SRU to PSAC titles in the 4x400-meter relay on six different occasions, helped SRU to the 4x100-meter relay title on three different occasions and she claimed her own individual title in the 400-meter hurdles in three out of her four years on the team.
She also helped Slippery Rock to eight team trophies during her four-year career with four PSAC titles and four runner-up finishes at the indoor and outdoor championship meets.
After earning her undergraduate degree in biochemistry from SRU 2011, Quigley would go on to add a bachelor's degree in nursing from Edinboro in 2013 and a master's degree in nurse anesthesia from the University of Pittsburgh in 2018.
Quigley currently works as a certified registered nurse anesthetist for North American Partners in Anesthesia / UPMC Northwest. She lives in Grove City, Pennsylvania with her husband Gary and their three combined children, Logan, Eliyana and Ariyella. The Quigley's are also part owners of Jellystone Park at Kozy Rest, a local campground.
