Grace Stark

Anerican athlete (born 2001)

Grace Stark
Personal information
Stark at the 2018 Youth Summer Olympics
Nationality	American
Born	(2001-05-06) May 6, 2001 (age 23)
Home town	White Lake, Michigan, U.S.
Height	5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	60m hurdles: 7.78 (Birmingham, 2022) 100m hurdles: 12.31 (Eugene, 2024)

Grace Stark (born May 6, 2001) is an American hurdler.^[1]

Early life

From White Lake, Michigan, she attended Lakeland High School. As a junior in 2018, she won MHSAA Division 1 state championship titles over 100 metres and 100 metres hurdles. In the hurdles she ran the fastest time ever recorded by a Michigan high school athlete. ^[2]^[3] She attended the University of Florida.^[4]

Career

Stark won the NCAA Indoor 60m hurdles title in 2022, having run a personal best 7.83 seconds in the heats and lowering it to 7.78 in the final.^[5] This time equalled the collegiate record set by Brianna Rollins in 2013.^[6] She missed competition time due to a broken leg sustained at the SEC Outdoor Championships in 2022.^[7]

Stark went undefeated competing outdoors in the college season in 2024,^[8] culminating with the NCAA Division 1 Outdoor 100m hurdles title in June 2024.^[9] That month, she qualified for the final of the US Olympic Trials.^[10] In the final, she finished third in a personal best time of 12.31 seconds to earn a place on the US team for the 2024 Paris Olympics.^[11]

Competition results

International competitions

Representing the United States
Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Result
2024	Summer Olympics ^[12]	Paris, France	5th	100 m hurdles	12.43

References

^ "Grace Stark". World Athletics. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
^ "Lakeland's Grace Stark on winning 100 hurdles, 100 dash". Detroit News. June 3, 2018. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
^ "Grace Stark is state's best 100m hurdler ever, a 'once in a lifetime' talent". mlive. April 26, 2019. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
^ "10 way-too-early women's Bowerman frontrunners for the 2024 track and field season". ncaa.com. January 23, 2024. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
^ "Ross attacks world record, Steiner and Stark secure NCAA indoor success". World Athletics. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
^ Becton, Stan (March 12, 2022). "Watch: Florida's Grace Stark ties NCAA women's 60 meter hurdle record". NCAA.COM. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
^ Mull, Cory (May 12, 2024). "It's Grace Stark Season. The Florida Gator Re-Sets NCAA Lead At SECs". Flotrack. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
^ "2024 U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS — TRACK & FIELD EVENT-BY-EVENT PREVIEW". usatf. June 21, 2024. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
^ "Valby, Stark-led Florida 2nd At NCAA Women Outdoor Track & Field Championships". wruf. June 9, 2024. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
^ "U.S. Olympic Track And Field Trials Results Day 7". Flotrack. June 29, 2024. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
^ Mowery, Matthew (June 30, 2024). "Lakeland grad Grace Stark earns Olympic berth with third-place finish in 100 hurdles". Retrieved July 1, 2024.
^ "Women's 100m Hurdles - Final results" (PDF). Olympics. August 10, 2024. Retrieved August 10, 2024.