Grace Boone Season 2021

2022 Outdoor: Competed in the 800m at the NCAA East Prelims, finishing 25th with a time of 2:06.02 ... Placed fifth in the 800m at the ACC Championships, earning second team All-ACC with an outdoor PR of 2:05.62 ... Set a lifetime best in the 1500m with a time of 4:21.67 to finish second at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier ... Finished as runner-up in the 800m at the Virginia Grand Prix with a time of 2:07.29.

2022 Indoor: Recorded a PR time of 1:32.49 in the 600m at the Hokie Invitational to finish eighth … Finished first in the Virginia Tech Challenge with a time of 2:08.89 in the 800m … Delivered a time of 2:10.00 in the 800m to finish third in the Doc Hale VT Elite Meet … Finished eighth in the 1000-meter dash posting a time of 2:54.59 at the Virginia Tech Invitational.

2021 Outdoor: Posted an outdoor PR of 2:05.85 in the prelims of the 800m before finishing 23rd at the NCAA East Prelims ... Delivered a time of 2:06.21 in the 800m at the ACC Championships to finish 7th ... Finished third at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier with an 800m time of 2:09.24 ... At the Virginia Challenge posted a time of 2:08.54 to finish 21st in the 800m and ran a PR of 4:29.44 in the 1500m to finish 27th.

2021 Indoor: At the NCAA Championships ran the 1200m leg of the ninth place DMR team that finished in 11:20.32 ... Posted a PR time of 2:05.46 in the 800m to finish seventh at the ACC Championships ... Ran the 1200m leg of the DMR team that finished first in 11:11.78 at the Camel City Invite ... Delivered a time of 2:06.45 in the 800m to finish fifth and set a PR of 4:48.16 in the mile to finish fourth at the Tiger Paw Invite ... Finished fourth in the 800m at the Doc Hale Elite Meet with a time of 2:06.95 ... Posted a PR of 2:45.42 to finish third in the 1000m at the Hokie Invitational.

2020 Indoor: Earned a sixth-place finish in the mile at the ACC Indoor Championships with her time of 2:09.28 … Was also a member of the distance medley relay team that won silver with a time of 11:08.41 … Ran a time of 2:09.34 in the 800 meters to finish first at the Virginia Tech Challenge … Ran in the mile race at the Iowa State Invitational and finished with a time of 4:49.67 … Finished 7th in the 800-meter dash with a personal best of 2:13.61 at the Camel City Invitational.

High school: A nine-time state champion in track and field … Named The Roanoke Times’ Girls Performer of the Year in track and field as a senior … Swept the Class 4 state titles in the 400, 800 and 1,600 during the outdoor season as a senior … Won those events in times of 56.62, 2:11.48 and 5:03.77, respectively … Earned first-team all-state honors in all three events … Her time of 2:10.63 in the 800 during her senior season was the top girls time in the state in that event … Won the Class 4 state indoor title in the 1,000 as a senior with a time of 2:58.07 … Won a silver medal in the 500 at the Class 4 state indoor meet as a senior … Won Class 4 state outdoor titles in both the 400 and 800 as a junior with times of 57.53 seconds and 2:15.53, respectively … Finished her junior season with the top time in the area in both the 800 and 1,600 … Named The Roanoke Times’ Girls Performer of the Year in track and field as a junior … Has career best times of 56.62 (400), 2:07.46 (800) and 5:03.37 (1,600).
 
Personal: Born April 8, 2001 in Roanoke, Virginia … Daughter of Greg and Melissa Boone … Major is biology, with a career goal of becoming a veterinarian.

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