Grace Poku

Class:
Senior
High School:
Framingham
Hometown:
Framingham, Mass.

2022-23: Indoor: Claimed seventh place in the 60-meter dash finals with a time of 7.74 seconds at A-10 Indoor Track and Field Championships (2/25-26) … Won the 60-meter dash, clocking a 7.78 second finish and got second in the 200-meter dash at 26.45 seconds at URI Coaches Invitational (2/11) … Finished fourth in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.83 seconds and sixth place in the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.69 seconds at the New England Championships (2/2-2/3) … Ran the seventh in the 60-meter dash in 7.87 seconds at the Flagship Indoor Invitational (1/15) … Claimed eighth place in the 60-meter dash running in 7.96 seconds as well as the 300-meter dash in 42.67 seconds at the Alden Invitational (12/3)

2021-22: Outdoor: Collected eighth place in the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.40 seconds and took fourth place as a member of the 4x100-meter relay team in 47.16 seconds, good for the No. 5 all-time mark in the UMass record book at the New England Outdoor Track and Field Championship Meet (5/13-14) … Competed in the 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash, and 4x100—meter relay at the A-10 Outdoor Track and Field Championship Meet (5/07-08) … Took second in the 200-meter dash in 25.37 seconds and third in the 100-meter dash in 12.40 seconds at the Holy Cross Invitational (4/23) … Finished first in the 100-meter dash in 12.36 seconds at the UMass Invitational (4/03) … Placed 47^th in the 100-meter dash in 12.38 seconds at the Raleigh Relays (3/24-26) … Registered a 28^th place finish in the 100-meter dash at 12.18 seconds and 57^th place finish in the 200-meter dash in 25.40 seconds at the Black and Gold Invitational (3/18-19). Indoor: Earned seventh place in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.79 seconds and competed in the 200-meter dash at A-10 Indoor Track and Field Championships (2/26-27) … Won gold in the 60-meter dash and set a new UMass record with a time of 7.59 seconds and earned sixth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.90 seconds at New England Championships (2/4-5) …Won the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.75 seconds and the 200-meter dash with a time of 26.03 seconds at the Blue & Orange Invitational (1/29) … Placed second in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.77 seconds at the Sorlien Memorial Invitational (1/15) … Claimed fourth in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.80 seconds and seventh in the 300-meter dash with a time of 42.68 seconds at the Alden Invitational (12/04).

2020-21: Outdoor: Did not compete.

2019-20: Indoor: Took fourth in 60-meter dash at 7.89 seconds at the Dartmouth Indoor Invitational (2/8) … Scored with UMass’ 4x400 relay at the New England Championships (2/1) with a fifth-place time of 3 minutes, 55.57 seconds … Took fourth in 60 meter dash with a time of 7.91 at the Sorlein Invitational (1/18) … Claimed seventh in 300 meter dash (42.83) at the Alden Invitational (12/7).