Grace Morgan
JUNIOR (2016)
Posted a fifth-place finish in her lone meet of the season, clocking a 5K time of 18:51.7 at the Bob Timmons Classic (9/3).
SOPHOMORE (2015)
Ran in four of the Jayhawks’ six meets on the year … Top outing of the season came at the Rim Rock Classic (10/3) when she claimed 15th overall with a 6K time of 22:03.7 … Came in as KU’s eighth finisher at the Big 12 Championship (10/31) by way of a 6K time of 22:47.1 and a 57th-place finish … Opened the year with a 13th-place finish at the Bob Timmons Classic (9/1) after completing the 5K in 19:18.2 … Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2014)
Saw action in five of KU’s six meets on the year … Opened her season with a victory at the Bob Timmons Classic (8/30), completing the 5K in 18:49.10 for her first collegiate win … Tallied a 57th-place finish at the Big 12 Championship (11/1) where she completed the 6K course in 22:07.4 … Kansas’ seventh finisher at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships (11/14) after finishing 115th overall with a 6K time of 21:54.8 … Her team’s second finisher at the Roy Griak Invitational (9/27) by way of her 131st-place finish and 6K run of 23:22.5 … Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.
FRESHMAN (2013)
Competed in one meet on the year before injury sidelined her for the rest of the season … Ran in the season-opening Bob Timmons Classic (8/31) where she tallied a third-place finish and posted a 5K time of 19:17.36.
HIGH SCHOOL
Named the 2012 High School Runner of the Year as a senior by the Lawrence Journal-World … Kansas state cross country meet qualifier each year she was a member of the team … Named Lawrence High School’s Female Athlete of the Year in 2013 … State track meet qualifier her sophomore and senior years in the 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters … Valedictorian of her class and a member of the National Honor Society.
PERSONAL
Grace O’Leary Morgan is the daughter of Scott and Kathleen … Has two older siblings, Kelly and Calvin … Has 24 relatives who attended KU including her parents, sister and grandfather … Majoring in biology.
