2010-11 Cross Country & Track and Field Roster

Grace Rich

  • Position Sprints
  • Height 0-0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Albuquerque, N.M.
  • High School St. Pius HS

Biography

 

2011 Outdoor Track Season:  Recorded career-high in the 400-meter dash at the Rhodes College Open placing fourth in 56.36 ranking her seventh in UALR career records…Recorded season-high of 25.45 in the 200-meter dash at the Rhodes College Open, 2:11.94 in the 800-meter run at the Memphis Tiger Invitational, and 4:06.94 as third leg of the 4x400-meter relay team placing fifth at the UCA Relays…Placed fourth in the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships in the 800 meter finals in 2:13.83…Also recorded finishes of 13th in the 400 meters in 56.60 and 43rd in the 200 meters in 25.71 both at the Beach Invitational, fourth in the 800 meters in 2:15.17 at the Ole Miss Invitational, and 60th in the 800 meters at the Mt. Sac Relays in 2:13.40.

2011 Indoor Track Season:  Recorded career-high in the 400-meter dash at the ASU Kickoff Klassic placing second in 57.93 and ranking her seventh in UALR career records…Recorded season-high in the 200-meter dash at the ASU Invitational placing 13th in 26.68…Recorded season-high in the 800-meter run in the prelims at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships placing 12th in 2:18.41…Won the 800 meters at the Middle Tennessee Invitational in 2:19.12…Also recorded finishes of 11th place in the 55-meter dash at the Middle Tennessee Invitational in 7.44, tenth in the 400 meters at the ASU Invitational in 58.79, fifth as first leg of the 4x400-meter relay at the ASU Invitational in 4:05.41, and seventh as first leg of the Distance Medley Relay at the Indoor Championships in 12:41.48.

2010 Cross Country Season:  Recorded a season-high of 22:33.71 in the 5K at the UALR Invitational…Placed 19th at the Arkansas Tech Twilight two-mile in 12:32.54.

2010 Outdoor Track Season:  Recorded season-high in the 200-meter dash at the ULM Warhawk Classic placing fourth in 25.63…Recorded season-high in the 400-meter dash at the Beach Invitational placing 14th in 58.11…Recorded season-high in the 800-meter dash placing 7th in 2:15.60 at the Stanford Invitational…Recorded season-high in the 1,500-meter run at the Ole Miss Invite placing 16th in 4:54.32…Also recorded 200 meter times of 27.37 for second place at the UCA Relays, 26.19 at the Ole Miss Invite, and 25.81 at the Beach Invitational…Recorded a time of 58.45 in the 400 meters for eighth place at the Rhodes College Open…Recorded a time of 2:18.24 for the 800 meters at the Sun Belt Championship…Recorded 1,500 meter times of 5:03.68 for fourth place at the UCA Relays, 4:59.43 for fifth at the ULM Warhawk Classic, and 4:56.24 for 17th at the SBC Championship.

2010 Indoor Track Season:  Recorded season-highs of 2:16.93 in the 800-meter run at the Sun Belt Championships placing fifth in the finals, 5:17.38 in the mile placing 39th at the Iowa State Classic, 1:28.31 in the 600-yard run placing 13th at the Iowa State Classic, 1:00.06 in the 400-meter dash placing 11th at the ASU Kickoff Klassic, 4:07.50 as second leg of the 4x400-meter relay placing sixth at the Arkansas State Invitational, and 12:36.66 as first leg of the Distance Medley Relay palcing sixth at the SBC Championship…Also recorded times of 2:24.54 in the 800 meters for fourth place at the Arkansas State Invitational and 13:09.36 as four leg of the Distance Medley Relay for third place at the ASU Kickoff Klassic.

2009 Cross Country Season:  Helped women’s team to fifth place finish at Sun Belt Championships placing 28th in 22:25.22 for the 5K…Recorded season-highs in the 5K at the Brooks Memphis Twilight placing 48th in 20:04.68 and the 6K at the Chile Pepper Festival placing 195th in 24:41.36…Placed tenth at the Arkansas Tech Twilight in 11:54.83 for the two-mile course helping the women place first for the third-straight season…Recorded 5K time of 20:07.94 at the Greater Louisville Classic and 6K time of 25:18.8 at the NCAA South Central Region.

2009 Outdoor Track Season:  Recorded career-high and highest finish in the 800-meter run at the Sun Belt Championships finals placing second in 2:11.78 ranking her third in the Sun Belt and fourth in UALR career records after placing first in her heat in the prelims in 2:15.89...Also recorded 800 meter finishes at the Ole Miss Invitational placing fourth in 2:11.97 and the LSU Alumni Gold placing ninth in 2:12.05...Recorded season-high in the 1,500-meter run at the Bison Invitational placing second in 4:43.16 ranking her eighth in the Sun Belt...Recorded highest finish in the 1,500 meters at the Hendrix Invitational winning the event in 4:51.49...Also recorded fourth place finish in the 1,500 meters at the Rhodes Open placing fourth in 4:44.43.

2009 Indoor Track Season:  First leg of distance medley relay team that placed third at the Sun Belt Championships in 12:28.77 ranking them fourth in the Sun Belt and tenth in UALR career records...Anchor leg of 4x400-meter relay team that placed fourth at the SBC Championships in 4:02.12 ranking them eighth in the Sun Belt...Recorded career-high and highest finish in the 800-meter run at the McDonald’s Invitational placing second in 2:14.76 ranking her fifth in the Sun Belt and seventh in UALR career records...Recorded season-high and highest finish in the mile at the Arkansas State Kickoff Classic placing fifth in 5:37.23...Also recorded 32nd place finish at the Iowa State Classic in the 800 meters in 2:16.68, fourth place in the 800 meter prelims (2:15.82) and sixth place in the finals (2:16.01) at the Sun Belt Championships, third place finish in the 4x400-meter relay at the McDonald’s Invitational in 4:05.80.

2008 Indoor and Outdoor Season:  Redshirted.

2007 Outdoor Track Season:  Recorded season best in the 400 meters at the Warhawk Classic placing fourth in 57.92 ranking her ninth in UALR career records...Recorded season best in the 200 meter dash at the Warhawk Classic placing 13th in 26.25...Recorded highest finish in the 200 meters at the Rhodes College Open placing ninth in 27.29...Recorded season best in the 800 meter dash at the John McDonnell Classic placing second in 2:16.29 ranking her tenth in UALR career records and eighth in the Sun Belt...Placed ninth at the SBC Championships in the 800 meters in 2:18.40...Recorded season best in the 1,500 meters at the Tulsa Duels placing 12th in 5:06.54...Competed at the 2007 Finish Line Junior USA National Championships...Named to the Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List for academic excellence.

2007 Indoor Track Season:  Recorded season best in the 800 meters at the Iowa State Classic with a time of 2:18.02 ranking her tenth in UALR career records and fourth in the Sun Belt Conference...Placed third in the 800 meter preliminaries at the SBC Championships in a time of 2:19.52 and placed fifth in the finals in 2:19.98...Recorded season best in the 400 meter dash placing fourth at the ASU Kickoff Klassic in 58.48...Competed on the Distance Medley relay team as the third leg at the SBC Championship with the team placing fourth in 12:35.37.

High School: A three-time All-State selection at St. Pius High School under head coach David Sullivan ... Helped the Spartans to New Mexico 4A State Championships in 2004 and 2005 ... The 2004 Spartan squad went undefeated and was ranked 12th in the nation ... A three-time All-District selection ... Garnered All-Metro accolades and was named District Player of the Year in 2005 ... Served as team captain of the New Mexico Rush Hurricanes 88 under AC Taylor and Justin Sells, a former teammate of head coach Greg Hess at UNM ... Has also guest played for the Colorado Rush, one of the most prestigious clubs in the country ... Has participated in the New Mexico ODP program since 2003 ... A versatile athlete, she earned two letters in cross country and three letters in track at St. Pius ... Won a state title in the 400-meters and finished second in the 800-meters at the Youth Nationals in 2006 ... Plans on competing in both soccer and track at UALR.

Personal: Born April 7, 1988 in Albuquerque, N.M. ... Daughter of Mick and Marion Rich ... Has one brother, Jim, and two sisters, Audrey and Margaret ... Majoring in criminal justice.


Historical Player Information

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