Grace Hanafin

Position:
Sprints/Jumps
Class:
Junior
High School:
Burlington High School
Hometown:
Burlington, Mass.

2025-26
Did not compete

2024-25
Outdoor: Earned third place in the long jump with a leap of 5.43 meters and 12th in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.99 at the UMass Flagship Opener (4/5)... Earned third in the long jump with a personal-best leap of 5.73 meters at the UMass Lafreniere Commonwealth Invitational (4/12)... Placed sixth in the long jump with a leap of 5.66 meters and 14th in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.80 at the Jim Kavanagh Legacy Invitational (4/19)... Earned seventh in the long jump with a leap of 5.68 meters at the UMass Ken O’Brien Pre-Conference Qualifier (4/25-27)... Placed 11th in the long jump with a leap of 5.66 meters at the A-10 Outdoor Championships (5/3-4)... Finished 14th in the long jump with a leap of 5.35 meters at the NEICAAA Outdoor Championships (5/10).
Indoor: Opened season with a sixth-place finish in the long jump with a leap of 5.27 meters and 13th in the 60-meter dash with a time of 8.44 at the UConn Husky Challenge (12/5-6)... Finished 18th in the long jump with a leap of 5.00 meters, 22nd in the 60-meter dash with a time of 8.32 meters and 36th in the 200-meter dash with a time of 27.38 at the UMass Flagship Invitational (1/12)... Placed 10th in the long jump with a leap of 5.24 meters at the Battle in Beantown (1/18)... Finished 28th in the long jump with a leap of 4.94 meters at the Riverhawk Invitational (1/24-25)... Earned fifth in the long jump with a leap of 5.50 meters at the Harvard Invitational (1/31-2/1)... Placed sixth in the long jump with a leap of 5.33 meters at the Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Meet (2/8)... Finished 15th in the long jump with a leap of 5.19 meters at the Yale Giegengack Invitational (2/15)... Earned third in the long jump with a leap of 5.21 meters at the Brown University Invitational (2/22)... Earned fourth in the long jump with a distance of 5.51 meters at the NEICAAA Indoor Championships (3/7-8).

2023-24
Indoor: Earned 3rd place in the 4x400 meter relay (O’Leary, Hanafin, Headley-Mawasi, Murphy) with a time of 3:55.41 minutes at the UCONN Husky Challenge (12/7-8)...Placed 6th in the 200 meter dash with a time of 26.66 at the URI Coaches Invitational (2/10)... Placed 6th in the 4x400 meter relay (Mullady, Richardson, Hanafin, McBride) with a time of 3:56.21 and set a new personal record in the 200 meter dash with a time of 25.91 seconds at the NEICAAA Indoor Championships (3/1-2)... Also ran a personal record in the 60 meter dash with a time of 8.06 seconds at the Boston University Battle in Beantown (1/20).
Outdoor: Earned 1st place in the long jump and a new personal record with a leap of 5.66 meters at the Holy Cross Invitational (4/20)... Earned 1st in the 4x100 meter relay (Headley-Mawasi, Hanafin, Gorgenyi, Murphy) with a time of 48.14 seconds, earned 1st place in the 4x400 meter relay (Witt, Headley-Mawasi, Murphy, Hanafin) with a time of 3:53.66 minutes, and placed 6th in the long jump with a leap of 5.46 meters at the UMASS Flagship Opener (4/7)... Earned 1st place in the 4x400 meter relay (Beckman, Hanafin, Harrison, Witt) with a time of 4:00.91 minutes, Earned 2nd place in the 4x100 meter relay (Murphy, Hanafin, Wood, Hernandez) with a time of 48.99 seconds, and earned 2nd place in the long jump with a leap of 5.62 meters at the UMASS Commonwealth Invitational (4/13)... Earned 1st place in the 4x100 meter relay (Allen, Hanafin, Murphy, Gorgenyi) with a time of 48.56 seconds and placed 4th in the 200 meter dash with a time of 26.62 seconds at the UNH Pre-Conference Invitational (4/26-27)... Placed 6th in the long jump with a leap of 5.35 meters at the Black & Gold Invitational (3/29-30).

Before UMass: Attended Burlington High School where she won 16 varsity letters and was a captain of the track team her junior and senior year… Holds 13 school records… Has the league record in the 100 and 300… Set a facility, league and divisional state record in the long jump… Won the Coaches and Players Award… Named as the League MVP while being a League All-Star and a part of the League All-Conference team.

Personal: From Burlington, Mass…. Daughter to David and Lori… Sister to Rose, Hope, David, Faith, Brendan, Bridie, Annie, and Michael… Father David played football at UMass Lowell.