Grace Pickell

Position High Jump

Class Senior

Hometown Prairie Village, Kan.

High School Shawnee Mission East HS

Position High Jump

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HIGH SCHOOL
Jumped for coach Chuck Sulzen and the Shawnee Mission East Lancers from 2010-13… Claimed back-to-back state high jump championships as a junior and senior… Broke state high school record in 2012 as a junior with mark of 1.79 meters (5’10½”) en route to her first state title… Broke school’s freshman high jump record in 2010 with top leap of 1.57 meters (5’2”), earning her an eighth-place finish at the state championships… Named a high school All-American in 2012… Two-time member of the All-Metro track and field team… Named to the All-Sunflower Track and Field First Team in both 2012 and 2013… Awarded the Chuck Sulzen and Art Newcomer Scholarship Awards… Member of National Honor Society.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Timothy and Kimberly Pickell… Has five older siblings: Matthew Dallman (35), Zachary Dallman (32), Brittany Pickell (31), Samuel Pickell (30) and Benjamin Dallman (29)… Father, Timothy, ran hurdles and relays at Westminster College (Mo.)… Grandfather, Vernon Pickell and all five siblings attend Kansas… Aspires to become a physical therapist… Plans to major in exercise science.