University of Massachusets Athletics
2019 Women's Cross Country Roster
Pettengill, Grace
Grace Pettengill
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Minnechaug Regional
- Hometown:
- Wilbraham, Mass.
Bio
2021-22: Indoor: Did not compete.
2020-21: Outdoor: Competed in the 4x800 relay at the A-10 Outdoor Track and Field Championships (5/01-02) … Finished sixth in the 400-meter dash in 1:03.31 at tri-meet against Holy Cross and Merrimack (3/26).
2019-20: Indoor: Finished fourth with UMass’ 4x800 meter relay at the Atlantic 10 Championships (3/1) in 9:11.56 … Took home a bronze medal with UMass’ distance medley relay at the Atlantic 10 Championships (2/29), which combined to run 11:52.00 … Took fourth in 400 meter dash (1:00.21) at the Dartmouth Indoor Invitational (2/8) … Placed fourth in in 500m (1:19.13) at the Sorlein Invitational (1/18). Cross Country: Did not compete.
2018-19: Outdoor: Received two seventh place finishes, running 2:13.32 in the 800m and 9:29.83 on the 4x800m relay at the New England Outdoor Championships (05/10-11) … Ran a personal best of 2:11.17 in the 800 to place tenth and ran a leg on the fourth place 4x800m relay that ran a 9:00.82 at the Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championships (05/04-05) … Took first place in the 800m with a time of 2:15.18 at the UNH Pre-Conference Invitational (04/27) … Raced to a second place finish in the 800m with a time of 2:14.81 and a fourth place finish in the 4x400m relay at the Minuteman Invitational (04/06) … Set a personal best in the 400, running a time of 58.44 to claim fifth and also received the top spot in the 4x800m relay at the Black and Gold Invitational (03/29-30) … Claimed fourth in the 800m with a time of 2:17.48 and set a personal best in the 1500m, running 5:01.13 at the Black and Gold Challenge (03/15-16). Indoor: Helped the 4x800 meter relay, UMass' team of freshman that posted a time of 9 minutes, 16.29 seconds for sixth at the Atlantic 10 Championship (2/24) … Ran the 800m and ninth place 4x800m relay at the New England Indoor Championships (02/01-02) … Claimed fifth in the 800m with a time of 2:21.88 at the Sorlein Invitational (1/19) … Claimed fourth in the 1000m with a 3:16.30 finish at the Alden Invitational (12/1).
Before UMass: Ran cross country and track at Minnechaug Regional High School in Wilbraham Mass. … Earned nine total letters … Named First Team Western Mass. all four years … Won a Division-II State Championship title in the 4x200m relay in 2014 and in the 600m in 2015 … Won Western Mass. titles in 400m (2015, 2016), 600m (2015, 2016) and 800m (2017) … Set school records in the DMR, 600m (1:35.01) and 800m (2:15.02) … Also played soccer for Minnechaug Regional and was a state qualifier in cross country … Named to school’s Honor Roll all four years.
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Personal: Born Grace Elizabeth Pettengill in Springfield, Mass. … Daughter of James and Pam Pettengill … Has two sisters, Faith and Hope … Majoring in Kinesiology.
2020-21: Outdoor: Competed in the 4x800 relay at the A-10 Outdoor Track and Field Championships (5/01-02) … Finished sixth in the 400-meter dash in 1:03.31 at tri-meet against Holy Cross and Merrimack (3/26).
2019-20: Indoor: Finished fourth with UMass’ 4x800 meter relay at the Atlantic 10 Championships (3/1) in 9:11.56 … Took home a bronze medal with UMass’ distance medley relay at the Atlantic 10 Championships (2/29), which combined to run 11:52.00 … Took fourth in 400 meter dash (1:00.21) at the Dartmouth Indoor Invitational (2/8) … Placed fourth in in 500m (1:19.13) at the Sorlein Invitational (1/18). Cross Country: Did not compete.
2018-19: Outdoor: Received two seventh place finishes, running 2:13.32 in the 800m and 9:29.83 on the 4x800m relay at the New England Outdoor Championships (05/10-11) … Ran a personal best of 2:11.17 in the 800 to place tenth and ran a leg on the fourth place 4x800m relay that ran a 9:00.82 at the Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championships (05/04-05) … Took first place in the 800m with a time of 2:15.18 at the UNH Pre-Conference Invitational (04/27) … Raced to a second place finish in the 800m with a time of 2:14.81 and a fourth place finish in the 4x400m relay at the Minuteman Invitational (04/06) … Set a personal best in the 400, running a time of 58.44 to claim fifth and also received the top spot in the 4x800m relay at the Black and Gold Invitational (03/29-30) … Claimed fourth in the 800m with a time of 2:17.48 and set a personal best in the 1500m, running 5:01.13 at the Black and Gold Challenge (03/15-16). Indoor: Helped the 4x800 meter relay, UMass' team of freshman that posted a time of 9 minutes, 16.29 seconds for sixth at the Atlantic 10 Championship (2/24) … Ran the 800m and ninth place 4x800m relay at the New England Indoor Championships (02/01-02) … Claimed fifth in the 800m with a time of 2:21.88 at the Sorlein Invitational (1/19) … Claimed fourth in the 1000m with a 3:16.30 finish at the Alden Invitational (12/1).
Before UMass: Ran cross country and track at Minnechaug Regional High School in Wilbraham Mass. … Earned nine total letters … Named First Team Western Mass. all four years … Won a Division-II State Championship title in the 4x200m relay in 2014 and in the 600m in 2015 … Won Western Mass. titles in 400m (2015, 2016), 600m (2015, 2016) and 800m (2017) … Set school records in the DMR, 600m (1:35.01) and 800m (2:15.02) … Also played soccer for Minnechaug Regional and was a state qualifier in cross country … Named to school’s Honor Roll all four years.
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Personal: Born Grace Elizabeth Pettengill in Springfield, Mass. … Daughter of James and Pam Pettengill … Has two sisters, Faith and Hope … Majoring in Kinesiology.
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