Grace Connolly Season 2023-24
PositionDISTANCE
ClassSenior
HometownNatick, Mass.
TFRRS Performance Profile
Career Accolades
- All-West Region XC (2023)
- Three-time West Region XC team champions (2021, 2022, 2023)
- Pac-12 XC team champions (2020-21)
- Five-time USTFCCCA All-Academic (XC 2020-21, 2023; T&F 2021, 2022, 2023)
- Seven-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (XC 2021, 2023; T&F 2021; winter 2022, 2023; spring 2022, 2023)
Personal Records (thru 2023 outdoors)
- 10,000: 33:21.12
- 5,000: 16:01.72
- 3,000: 9:23.01i
- 1,500: 4:21.99
- Mile: 4:49.34
As a Graduate Student (2023-24)
Cross Country * NCAA West Region Champions
- All-West Region
- Best finishes in conference (18), region (21), and NCAA championships (98)
- Stanford's No. 4 runner at Pac-12 and NCAA championships
- USTFCCCA All-Academic
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
As a Senior (2022-23)
Outdoors
- Ran 33:19.28 in the 10,000 at the Stanford Invitational for No. 8 on Stanford's all-time list
- Advanced to the NCAA West Prelims in the 5,000 and 10,000
- Set personal bests in the 10,000, 5,000, and 1,500
- Team captain
- Achieved highest Pac-12 finish, placing fifth in the 10,000
- Earned highest NCAA West Prelims finish, placing 22nd in the 5,000
- USTFCCCA All-Academic
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
Indoors
- Ran season 5,000 best of 16:06.27 to place fifth at the Ken Shannon Invitational
- Clocked 3,000 PB of 9:23.01 at the Razorback Invitational
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
Cross Country * NCAA West Region Champions
- Stanford's No. 5 runner at NCAA Championships
- Placed 35th at Pac-12 Championships
As a Junior (2021-22)
Outdoors
- Advanced to the NCAA West Prelims in the 10,000
- Ran 10,000 PB of 34:09.79 at the Stanford Invitational
- USTFCCCA All-Academic
- Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
Indoors
- Ran 3,000 PB of 9:29.03 at the Pac-12 Invitational
- Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
Cross Country
- Placed 33rd at NCAA West Regionals, helping Cardinal to team title
- Team's No. 6 runner at NCAA Championships, contributing to sixth-place finish
- Team's No. 5 at Pac-12 Championships
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
As a Sophomore (2020-21)
Outdoors
- USTFCCCA All-Academic
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
- Advanced to NCAA West Prelims in the 5,000 and 10,000
- In her 10,000 debut, placed eighth at Pac-12 Championships in PB 34:15.92
Indoors
- Did not compete
Cross Country * Pac-12 Champions
- USTFCCCA All-Academic
- Stanford's No. 7 runner on Pac-12 championship team
- Placed 181st to help Stanford place third at NCAA Championships
- Made collegiate cross country debut with 35th-place finish at Florida State Winter Classic as team's No. 5 runner
As a Freshman (2019-20)
Outdoors
- Season canceled
Indoors
- Made collegiate debut at the UW Preview, running the mile in 4:53.55
- Seventh in the 3,000 at the MPSF Championships, in a PB 9:29.73
Cross Country
- Did not compete
Prior to Stanford
- Three-time Massachusetts Gatorade Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year
- Second in the mile – in a best of 4:49.34 -- at the 2018 New Balance Outdoor Nationals
- Ninth at the 2016 Foot Locker nationals
- A three-time Massachusetts All-State cross country champion
- Captured the 2018 All-State cross country title by more than a minute in the snow while leading Natick to the state title
- Third at the 2018 Northeast Regional championship, advancing to the Foot Locker Cross Country Nationals
- Five-time All-State champion in indoor and outdoor track
- Won the 2019 All-State two-mile track championship, in 10:44.63
- At the Coaches' Invitational, ran 10:25 to break Shalane Flanagan's two-mile track record
Personal
- Parents are Michael and Christina Connolly
- Grew up running with her mom, Christina, the 1986 Big East outdoor 5,000 champ while at Connecticut
- Has two younger siblings, Michael and Katherine
- Donated $2,000 of Gatorade Runner of the Year grant money to Youth Enrichment Services, where she volunteered as a track coach
Career Results
| Year | Season (Meets) | Event | Season Best | Conf. | Region | NCAA |
| 2023-24 | Cross Country (6) | 6K | 19:54.2 | 18 (19:54.2) | 21 (20:04.1) | 98 (20:40.5) |
| 5K | 16:51.4 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2022-23 | Outdoors (7) | 10,000 | 33:19.28 | 5 (33:33.69) | 31 (33:45.76) | -- |
| 5,000 | 16:01.72 | -- | 22 (16:05.16) | -- | ||
| 1,500 | 4:21.99 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 3,000 | 9:45.13 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Indoors (5) | 5,000 | 16:06.27 | -- | -- | -- | |
| 3,000 | 9:23.01 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Cross Country (5) | 6K | 20:11.9 | 35 (20:11.9) | -- | 136 (20:50.6) | |
| 2021-22 | Outdoors (6) | 10,000 | 34:09.79 | 10 (34:10.90) | 37 (35:16.86( | -- |
| 5,000 | 16:53.69 | 30 (17:07.14) | -- | -- | ||
| 3,000 | 9:47.47 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Indoors (4) | 3,000 | 9:29.03 | -- | -- | -- | |
| 5,000 | 16:35.12 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| DMR | 11:22.44 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Cross Country (5) | 6K | 20:40.4 | 33 (21:46.4) | 33 (20:40.4) | 159 (20:51.1) | |
| 2020-21 | Outdoors (6) | 10,000 | 34:15.92 | 8 (34:15.92) | 24 (35:13.18) | -- |
| 5,000 | 16:11.49 | 14 (16:21.00) | 32 (16:46.92) | -- | ||
| 3,000 | 10:00.23 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1,500 | 4:23.88 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Indoors (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Cross Country (4) | 6K | 20:44.0 | 35 (20:44.0) | -- | 181 (22:11.6) | |
| 2019-20 | Outdoors (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Indoors (3) | 3,000 | 9:29.73 | 7 (9:29.73) | -- | -- | |
| Mile | 4:53.55 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Cross Country (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |