Grace Bundy

Class:
Senior
Height:
5-9
High School:
New Fairfield HS
Hometown:
Danbury, Conn.

Career Honors
2018 Atlantic 10 All-Conference Second Team

AS A SENIOR IN 2017-18
Spring 2018: Capped the Spring in the Varsity Eight with silver (6:30.092) in the Grand Final at the Dad Vail Regatta (5/11-5/12) ... Advanced to the V8+ Grand Final at the Atlantic 10 Championships (5/5), ultimately finishing second (6:40.23) ... Earned placement in the Grand Final by way of winning the early morning heat (6:39.89) ... Won the Pair (8:06.49) at the Knecht Cup (4/14) ... Took fourth in the Varsity Eight Petite Final (6:58.48) at the Knecht Cup (4/14) ... Took fifth in the V8+ Petite Final (6:50.65) against a challenging field at the Doc Hosea Regatta (3/31) ... Claimed bronze in the Varsity Eight Grand Final (7:34.12) at the Cooper Sprints (3/25) to open the Spring season.

Fall 2017: Raced the 4x to a second place finish (14:51.16) at the Head of the Fish (10/28) ... Was seventh in the Championship 2x (19:19.52) at the Head of the Charles (10/21-10/22) ... Won the 2x (20:03.4) at the Hadley Chase (10/14) ... Also claimed gold in the 2x (7:42.11) at the Small Boat Challenge (10/7-10/8).

AS A JUNIOR IN 2016-17
Spring 2017: Wrapped up the Spring season at the NCAA Championships, placing second in the Varsity 8+ D Final (5/28, 6:49.054) ... Raced the Varsity 8+ to first in the Grand Finale (6:45.14) at the Atlantic 10 Championships (5/6) ... Finished fourth (6:49.90) in the Varsity 8+ at the Knecht Cup (4/8), just six seconds off the lead boat ... Raced in the Varsity 2- with Zoe Hill at the Knecht Cup (4/8) ... That boat won the Grand Final (8:12.71), finishing 25 seconds ahead of the next pair ... At the Doc Hosea Regatta (4/2), was third in the V8+ Petite Final (6:54.62) ... Opened the Spring season at the Murphy Cup (3/25), winning the Varsity 8+ heat (6:39.11).

Fall 2016: At the Collegiate Small Boat Challenge (10/6) 2x, Bundy and Sam Wonderlin out-rowed all other competitors for a first place finish (7:39.84), and beat out Atlantic 10 conference rivals Rhode Island and Saint Josephs ... Finished in second with a time of 15:29.4 at Head of the Fish (10/29) ... Competed in the 8+ at the Head of the Charles (10/23) ... Placed third the Seven Sisters Sculling Regatta (10/9) with a time of 21:31.1 ... Was the top finisher for UMass in the 1x at the Head of the Housatonic, as she took 10th (19:01.2) ... Picked up the silver medal finish in the Women's Collegiate 1x at the Head of the Oklahoma (10/2)

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2015-16
Spring 2016: Competed in the Varsity 8+ in the season home opener against Atlantic 10 conference rival Rhode Island (3/26) ... Tallied a first place victory in the Second Varsity 8+ in a dual regatta at Connecticut (4/2) ... Took home a gold medal in the Second Varsity 8+ at the Knecht Cup after a 6:47.17 finish. The crew opened up the weekend with a first-place win in Heat 3 at 7:24.91, followed by a second-place finish at 6:54.83 in Semifinal 3, good to advance to the Grand Final round (4/10) ... Finished second in the Second Varsity 8+ with a time of 6:43.8 at the Four-School Regatta on the Charles River over Dartmouth and Boston University. Northeastern picked up the victory in a time of 6:39.6 (4/17).

Fall 2015: Sat bow seat in the UMass B boat at the Princeton Chase and finished the three-mile course with a time of 16:28.9, good for 46th place of 65 (11/1) ... Finished fifth in the 2x A Final at the Collegiate Small Boat Challenge alongside Zoe Hill with a time of 7:58.8 (10/31) ... The pair qualified for the 2x A Final after taking sixth place in the preliminary round the afternoon prior (10/30) ... Finished ninth of 38 competitors at the Head of the Charles in the Club 8+ with a time of 176:44.6, good for an automatic reentry into the Club 8+ in 2016 Head of the Charles (10/17) ... Competed at the Seven Sisters Sculling regatta and finished first in the 4x with a time of 17:59.3 (10/11).

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2014-15
Spring 2015: Placed first as member of Varsity 4+ boat in the meeting with Boston College, MIT and Dartmouth (9:42.70) ... Earned a silver medal at the Knecht Cup Final in the second Varsity 8+ race ... Notched gold medal as member of the Second Varsity 8+ boat at the Atlantic 10 Championship en route to UMass winning the conference title and securing the automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Championships ... Placed first in the opening heat of the Second Varsity 8+ at the Dad Vail Regatta (5/8) as the boat crossed in 7:24.915 ... Totaled first in the Dad Vail Regatta Second Varsity 8+ Semifinal (5/9) as the Minutewomen produced a 6:45.508 time for a spot in the Grand Final ... Secured the Coleman D. Boylan Trophy at the Dad Vail Regatta (5/9) with a 6:40.401 time in the Second Varsity 8+ Grand Finale ... Was a member of the Second Varsity 8+ boat that placed 18th overall at the NCAA Championships in Gold River, Calif., and reached the finish in 7:02.760 for sixth in a tightly contested "C" final on Championship Sunday.

Fall 2014: Finished fourth in the 1x and second in the 2x at the Seven Sisters Sculling Regatta (10/12) ... Earned a pair of gold medals in the 4+ and Novice 8+ at the Head of the Fish (10/25) in times of 14:08.51 and 12:54.81, respectively.

BEFORE UMASS: Trained at the GMS Rowing Center under Guenter Beutter, the head coach of the U.S. Junior National Sculling Team ... Was a member of the seventh-highest ranked 4x in the country as a junior in 2012-13 ... Named to the National Honor Society.

PERSONAL: Born Grace Caroline Bundy in Danbury, Conn. ... Daughter of Todd and Jennifer Bundy ... Sister to Peter and Kailey.