Grace Wills

Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Mountain Lakes
Hometown:
Boonton, N.J.

2023-24: Cross Country: Competed in two meets, the Shawn M. Nassaney Invitational (9/9) and the the Ken O’Brien Minuteman Invitational (9/2).

2022-23: Indoor: Competed in three meets with season bests of 1:48.80 in the 600-meter run and 2:29.63 in the 800-meter run. Cross Country: Did not compete.

Before UMass: Competed at Mountain Lakes High School … Earned 9 total letters … Was a North 1 Group 1 State Sectional Champion, NJAC Small School Champion … Had an undefeated season as a team in 2020 … Was the Undefeated Liberty Division Championship Team in 2021 … Won the Small School County Team Championship in 2022 … Won the Liberty Division Team Championship in 2022 … Was a 2019 sectional champion in the 800 meter, 1600-meter, and 3200-meter … Was named to the All-County Team in 2021 … Holds the Sectional Record in the 1600-meter run, set in 2021 … Was named to the First Team All-Group in 2021 … Was named an All-American at the Junior Olympic Nationals in the 1500-meter run in 2021 … Holds the Sprint Medley Relay record (4:18.00) … Also played soccer … Was a member of the National Honors Society.

Personal: Born Grace Annabelle Wills … From Boonton Township, New Jersey … Daughter of Gina and Eric Wills … Sister of Tyler, Lyla, and Oliver … Mother and Father both competed in gymnastics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign … Intends to major in Marketing and minor in Environmental Science.