Grace Stark Earns SEC and National Honors After Record-Setting Weekend
Tuesday, January 18, 2022 | Track and Field
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – After an impressive start to her 2022 Indoor Season at the Clemson Invitational, hurdler Grace Stark was named the NCAA Division I Women's USTFCCCA's National Athlete of the Week and SEC Women's Co-Runner of the Week.
The Michigan native blew away her own PR in the 60m Hurdles with a time of 7.86 seconds in the finals of the event. That time set the new school record and moved her into a tie for third on the all-time NCAA list. She is currently the NCAA leader in the event and second in the world.
She becomes the first Gator female athlete to be named National Athlete of the Week during the indoor season and the first Florida Track and Field athlete to win the honor since Grant Holloway in 2019.
This is the second time Stark has won SEC weekly honors. She was also named SEC Women's Co-Runner of the Week on February 16, 2021 following her performance at the 2021 Tyson Invitational.
Stark won Indoor All-American Honors in 2020 and 2021. She was also the 2020 SEC Indoor Women's Freshman Runner of the Year and 2021 SEC Outdoor Women's Co-Newcomer of the Year.
Florida returns to the track on Jan. 28, 2022 at the Bob Pollock Meet in Clemson, S.C.
Full SEC Weekly Honors (Jan. 18, 2022):
Men's Runner of the Week: Matthew Boling, Georgia
Men's Field Athlete of the Week: Bobby Colantonio Jr., Alabama
Men's Freshman of the Week: Brandon Battle, Arkansas
Women's Co-Runner of the Week: Grace Stark, Florida
Women's Co-Runner of the Week: Shafiqua Maloney, Arkansas
Women's Field Athlete of the Week: Lamara Distin, Texas A&M
Women's Co-Freshman of the Week: Kennedy Wade, Texas A&M
Women's Co-Freshman of the Week: Kenondra Davis, Georgia
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The Michigan native blew away her own PR in the 60m Hurdles with a time of 7.86 seconds in the finals of the event. That time set the new school record and moved her into a tie for third on the all-time NCAA list. She is currently the NCAA leader in the event and second in the world.
She becomes the first Gator female athlete to be named National Athlete of the Week during the indoor season and the first Florida Track and Field athlete to win the honor since Grant Holloway in 2019.
This is the second time Stark has won SEC weekly honors. She was also named SEC Women's Co-Runner of the Week on February 16, 2021 following her performance at the 2021 Tyson Invitational.
Stark won Indoor All-American Honors in 2020 and 2021. She was also the 2020 SEC Indoor Women's Freshman Runner of the Year and 2021 SEC Outdoor Women's Co-Newcomer of the Year.
Florida returns to the track on Jan. 28, 2022 at the Bob Pollock Meet in Clemson, S.C.
Full SEC Weekly Honors (Jan. 18, 2022):
Men's Runner of the Week: Matthew Boling, Georgia
Men's Field Athlete of the Week: Bobby Colantonio Jr., Alabama
Men's Freshman of the Week: Brandon Battle, Arkansas
Women's Co-Runner of the Week: Grace Stark, Florida
Women's Co-Runner of the Week: Shafiqua Maloney, Arkansas
Women's Field Athlete of the Week: Lamara Distin, Texas A&M
Women's Co-Freshman of the Week: Kennedy Wade, Texas A&M
Women's Co-Freshman of the Week: Kenondra Davis, Georgia
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