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2022-23 Women's Track and Field Roster

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Grace Mary Kearns

  • Position Distance
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Highschool Shawnee
  • Hometown Medford, NJ

Biography

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CAREER TOP TIMES
4K (XC) - 16:25.2 - Monmouth University XC Kick-Off - 9/7/19
5K (XC) - 21:09.1 - Jasper Invitational - 2/20/21
6.17K (XC) - 25:43.1 - Princeton Cross Country Invitational - 10/19/19
400m - 59.00 - Towson Invitational - 4/2/22
500m - 1:18.35 - Villanova Invitational - 1/22/22
600m - 1:34.77 - Scarlet Knight Open - 2/4/23
800m - 2:10.39 - IC4A/ECAC Championships - 3/6/22
1000m - 2:52.28 - Villanova Invitational - 1/21/23
1500m - 4:39.28 - Bucknell Bison Outdoor Classic - 4/16/22

2021-22 (Junior): Competed in the 400m, 500m, 600m, 800m, 1500m, 4x400m, and 4x800m … One event win and five new PRs … Member of the MAAC All-Academic Teams for indoor track and field and outdoor track and field.
 
Indoor: Part of the 4x800m team that set a school record at the IC4A/ECAC Indoor Championships with a time of 8:43.56 (3/5) … Earned a bronze medal in the 800m at the MAAC Indoor Track and Field Championships with a time of 2:14.56 (2/20) … Posted a time of 1:36.83 in the 600m at Wagner’s Seahawk Shootout, finishing sixth (12/10) … Placed fifth in the 500m at the Villanova Invitational with a time of 1:18.35 (1/22) … Crossed the line in the 800m preliminary in 2:10.39 at the IC4A/ECAC Indoor Championships (3/5).
 
Outdoor: Finished seventh in the 800m at the MAAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships, clocking in at 2:16.85 (5/8) … Earned an eighth-place finish in the 400m at the Towson Invitational with a time of 59.00 (4/2) … Completed the 1500m at Bucknell’s Bison Outdoor Classic in 4:39.28 (4/16).

2020-21: Competed in the 4x400, 800, and 1500 as a sophomore… Part of the team that won the 4x400 (3:53.85) at the 2021 Lafayette Open.

2019-20: Competed in the 400m, 500m, 800m, and 1000m as a freshman.

Before Monmouth: Ran track and field and cross country at Shawnee High School under coach Dana Palumbo ... Won the South Jersey Group 4 800-meter sectional Championships in 2018 ... Earned First-Team All-Conference in cross country as a junior and senior ... As a freshman and sophomore, earned Second-Team All-Conference in cross country ... Member of the First Team All-Conference in the 4x400m ... Earned school records in the DMR, 4x400, and outdoor sprint medley relays. 

Personal: Daughter to Michelle and Tim Kearns ... Majoring in Health Studies.

Before Monmouth: Ran track and field and cross country at Shawnee High School under coach Dana Palumbo ... Won the South Jersey Group 4 800-meter sectional Championships in 2018 ... Earned First-Team All-Conference in cross country as a junior and senior ... As a freshman and sophomore, earned Second-Team All-Conference in cross country ... Member of the First Team All-Conference in the 4x400m ... Earned school records in the DMR, 4x400, and outdoor sprint medley relays. 

Personal: Daughter to Michelle and Tim Kearns ... Majoring in Health Studies.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    Distance
    5'4"
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Distance
    5'4"
  • 2021-22Junior

    Distance
    5'4"
  • 2022-23Redshirt Junior

    Distance
    5'4"